Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Perhaps the most purely sombre song on The Holy Bible, This is Yesterday is one of only two songs on the album to be written primarily by usual co-lyricist Nicky Wire. The song tackles themes of nostalgia and regret of the past and present.
[Verse 1]
Do not listen to a word I say
Just listen to what I can keep silent
The only way to gain approval
Is by exploiting the very thing that cheapens me
[Chorus]
I stare at the sky
And it leaves me blind
I close my eyes
And this is yesterday
[Verse 2]
Someone somewhere soon will take care of you
I repent, I'm sorry, everything is falling apart
Houses as ruins and garden as weeds
Why do anything when you can forget everything
[Chorus]
I stare at the sky
And it leaves me blind
I close my eyes
And this is yesterday
I stare at the sky
And it leaves me blind
I close my eyes
And this is yesterday
This Is Yesterday was written by Richey Edwards & Sean Moore & Nicky Wire & James Dean Bradfield.
This Is Yesterday was produced by Manic Street Preachers.
Manic Street Preachers released This Is Yesterday on Mon Aug 29 1994.