Yesterday marca el adiós definitivo, quien la canta se encuentra en un estado de confusión y negación, tiene el deseo de volver al pasado y revivir con quien ama los momentos ya perdidos. Aunque habla acerca del \"día anterior\", ese \"ayer\" es una alusión literal pues surge en el tiempo perdido, un pasado que jamás sabremos cuando realmente ocurrió.
Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.
now it looks as though they're here to stay.
oh, i believe in yesterday.
there's a shadow hanging over me.
suddenly, i'm not half the man i used to be.
oh, yesterday came suddenly.
why she had to go, i don't know,
she wouldn't say.
i said something wrong,
now i long for yesterday.
yesterday love was such an easy game to play.
now i need a place to hide away.
oh, i believe in yesterday.
why she had to go, i don't know,
she wouldn't say.
i said something wrong,
now i long for yesterday.
yesterday love was such an easy game to play.
now i need a place to hide away.
oh, i believe in yesterday.