‘Gone’ is quietly confrontational, the a sigh after a long mental battle about whether they will come back to you or not. It’s candid and matter-of-fact, and was pretty hard to sing the first few times. You want so much for it to not be true, but it is, and now you have to move on. You’re left feeling kind of broken and defeated
LYRICS
You don’t wanna say you’ve gone away
But you are gone
And I don’t wanna pray because
It will waste the time of God
You were a basket where I put my ambitions
You couldn’t carry them all
I wore a mask until my heart was hidden
You never worried at all
You don’t wanna say
You’ve gone away but you are gone
And I want to delay
This promised decay
I think they are wrong
I have accepted the wounds which were not
In my natural design
I have neglected the rooms of my heart
that I tried to deny
You don’t wanna say you’ve gone away
But you are gone
And I don’t wanna pray because
It will waste the time of God
And you are what I want but you are no good for me
So I hope there’s a time when I will get what I need
You don’t wanna stay because you’re afraid
And I’m made of straw
“This is so lovely, Ella! Those vocals are so pristine, it’s like being bathed in sunshine. Fans of Stella Donnelly’s more tender moments should check this out” – Dave Ruby Howe
CREDITS
Vocals and production by Ella Sterland
Guitar by Renee Stein
Mixed by Craig Booth
Mastered by Becki Whitton
Artwork by Maddy Stein
‘Gone’ existed as a much more jaunty guitar song before it became the simple strum pattern it is now- why did I first write it with an om-pa-pa feeling? I wrote gone in the early hours of the morning, keeping my voice low so I wouldn’t wake my parents in the next room. I finally recorded it at the end of 2020, not having massive expectations for myself on it’s release. I remember having a conversation with someone who told me to ‘never release in November, everyone releases in November’, but Gone was set to come out in November! I realised I didn’t know very much about music marketing at all, but I was pretty floored when it found coverage on Triple J, I quite literally cried for hours.
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