𝗰𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮 || noel gallagher

Always on My Mind

Molly Burgess practically jumped at any given chance to leave Northwich, whatever the reason may be. Don't get her wrong, she doesn't despise the city she grew up in (because saying she actually likes it would be a little stretch), but that's about all it was; the city she grew up in. Not the city where she found love for the first time, not the city where she made the bestest mates of her life, just the city where she went from a pissing crying baby to a pissing moaning adult- she was above crying by then.

In fact, both Burgess siblings shared that same feeling; that's why nearly every Saturday since Tim turned 16, the two of them, if not accompanied by the lad's mates (Molly's were both very limited and very uninterested in going to fuck knows where just because), got on a train and rode off to anywhere else that wasn't their uneventful, boring home.

That 'anywhere' was typically, if not always, Manchester.

It didn't matter to them If they had to either find a place to sleep for the night or walk home because there were no trains left, be it sunny raining or storming; all that mattered was that they got out, at least for a little while. And they were okay with that- buzzing, actually.

Because somehow, the best moments Molly can recall include walking from The Haçienda to Northwich with her brother and his mates when she was 18- all chatting nonsense, terribly singing to the sound of The Smiths anything because god, did she love that band, eating from a bag of Ravels someone had nicked from a corner store at some point in time; all events that included both her being happy and her being away form her home.

So as one might, Molly made the connection: being away made her happy.

Music was a big part of the picture too, Molly believes she wouldn't have made It past 14 without it- ("Nothing to do and nothing to listen to? Might as well paint my room white, take away me furniture and get me in a straightjacket while I'm at it"). And maybe that desperation for something is what sparked her interest in music- there was never a moment of silence; something was always going on, noise noise noise, she loved it. And like a path, her interest in music didn't stop at enjoying it- she wanted to take part, to be one of the people out there that could do whatever it is they want to at any given time simply because they could. ("I mean, you don't see someone going after fucking, i don't know, David Bowie telling him he can't get on a train and go to Leeds- he's David Bowie. He'll go if he wants to!") And that's the beauty of it, for Molly at least, who couldn't wait until she got the chance to leave Northwich for good.

But that's not to say there wasn't anything worthwhile in Northwich, there was- Molly's family, mates, that one pub she liked down the side of the road, but most important of all (sorry mum, dad, Tim): Columbia- a mix of all of the above.

Molly considered herself to be quite the humble person, sure It wasn't one of her biggest traits but it was there- though If there was something she had to be proud of it was Columbia, her band.

And it was with her band that she was sitting on a train with currently. It was with her band that she, bit by bit, would reach the stars- that or London, either worked

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