Yesterday

These plasticine eyes

Cry their Vaseline tears

That's no surprise

It's been only four years

Lost in the mist of time

Drowned in a sea of brine

Never to reappear

God, it was only four years

This rusty soul

Made where the winters are cold

Next to your heart

Left by the side of the road

Hypnotized by the strobes

Lightyears away from home

All we have left is time

Time and a songbook of sighs

And I call you, oh, yesterday

And I worship the night away

Oh, yesterday, what the hell has changed?

This time of year will leave no one unfazed

A crow in a cage

That's how I felt at the time

Pluckin' away

So full of rage, yet resigned

Floored after one last beer

And kicked in the groin by peers

Glad this is only a phase

It's been only four years

And I call you, oh, yesterday

And I worship the night away

Oh, yesterday, can't you see what's changed?

This time of year will leave no one unfazed

This sham of a grin

Bought when the smiles were on sale

It doesn't convince

It's far too ragged and stale

But on the best of days

It still ignites your face

In memory of the time

Before the fireworks died

And I call you, oh, yesterday

And I worship the night away

And I call you, oh, yesterday

And I worship the night away

Oh, yesterday, can't you see what's changed?

This time of year will leave no one unfazed