Episode III

Listen to ‘Yard’ by Esme Emerson here: https://esmeemerson.lnk.to/yard

CREDITS:
Esme Emerson - “Yard”
Produced by Hugo M Hardy & Esme Emerson
Mixed by Dani Bennett Spragg
Mastered by Jason Mitchell at LOUD master

Director Of Photography & Colour Grade: Dajiana Huang
Creative Direction & Edit: Esme Lee-Scott
Foley & Styling: Emerson Lee-Scott & Esme Lee-Scott

Special thanks to Poppies Care Farm for allowing us to film on their beautiful farm & for being such kind, generous and welcoming hosts.

Please find out more about Poppies Care Farm here: https://www.poppiescarefarm.co.uk/

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Lyrics:
I'll be back in the yard
I'll be running like God
I'll be running like that
(Like that, like that, like that...)

I'll be back in the yard
Feel those scrapes on my palm
Swear that I'll be right back
(Right back, right back, right back...)

A dreamer
Oh fruit of youth
I know I lie but so do you

I'm steeper
Not equal to
That part of me so far from you

I know by now
You'll say I'm out of patience
Oh have patience!

I'll be back in the yard
I'll be running like God
I'll be running like that
Like that (Like that, like that, like that...)

I'll be back in the yard
Feel those scrapes on my palm
Swear that I'll be right back
Right back (Right back, right back, right back...)

I'm stubborn
You're 'resolute'
Expired thoughts! Rotten truths!

I linger
You walk right through
Oh tear me down! Let me lose!

I know by now
You'll say I'm out of patience
Oh have patience!

You said you need to go far
So I won't keep you
Nothing can pull us apart
Apart from everything
You said you need to go far
So I won't keep you down
(You down!)

I'll be back in the yard
I'll be running like God
I'll be running like that
(Like that, like that, like that...)

I'll be back in the yard
Feel those scrapes on my palm
Swear that I'll be right back
(Right back, right back, right back...)

I'll be back in the yard
You've got to squint 'cause I ran so far
Are you watching my back?
(My back, my back, my back...)
Yeah!

I'll be back in the yard
Won't look back!
Have I gone too far?
Am I running too fast?
(Too fast, too fast, too fast...)
Yeah!

‘Yard’ is about growing up. It’s about wanting to be taken seriously, but mourning the loss of youth that comes with it. This song is a promise to return, to come back home to the yard we grew up in. It’s an attempt to gently reassure that impatient child that this is only temporary, to ease the grief of growing up. We all need space to grow, but sometimes we admittedly run a little too far and struggle to find our way back!

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