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Grass Stains

from Far To Go by Ellie Masterman

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I walked up the hill, for the last time
With my new friends
Thinking, one day, this will all be ours

The quickest one to the top
Gets to see the view, ‘it’s a good one’
I said, cause it was

The city and cathedral were as they’ve always been
As they stood for saints and my dad's friends and a hundred in between
But something of that age-old view seemed different, subtly,
I didn’t know it then of course, but they wouldn’t stand for me

Cobbled stones, winding roads
They’re mine
Ancient walls, draughty halls
I made my mark there long ago
In size two trainers, eight years old
And the ground it ground itself into my soul
Into my soul

Then, like a lousy ex-lover,
It all went quiet
Just a note saying, I’ll call you.

The best way to the top
Is by holding clumps of hill in your hands
and refusing to let go.

With tradition, age and reason, the city captures you
It tells you that it loves you, so of course, you love it too
But my family tree is anchored here, what else am I to do?
How could I, with ripped-out roots, attempt to grow anew?

Cobbled stones, winding roads
They’re mine
Ancient walls, draughty halls
I made my mark there long ago
In size two trainers, eight years old
And the ground it ground itself into my soul



Some don’t reach the top
They don't get the view, the city or the hill
They just get grass stains.

The little girl inside me makes that journey in her mind
Back up the hill to see the place one day she left behind
For ever, cus she'll never have her home among those lanes
If ever I return there, I won't be that girl again.

Cobbled stones, winding roads ….
Ancient walls, draughty halls
I made my mark there long ago
In size two trainers, eight years old
And the ground it ground itself into my soul

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from Far To Go, released February 12, 2018

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Singer-songwriter and student living in Leeds.

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