I Am Yesterday
Reflections of a Past Love: 'I Am Yesterday' by Zoe Boekbinder & Gracie and Rachel
Lyrics
Why are you always on my mind
Expressing constant preoccupation with someone.
Spend all day and night like, you're doing time
Feeling as if spending all time thinking about that person is like serving a sentence.
You're saying I'm the one doing crime
Accusation of being blamed for wrongdoing.
Writing the worst thing I ever said in neon lights
Highlighting a regretful statement illuminated for all to see.
Dragging my name through the mud
Subjected to public criticism and humiliation.
If I did something to offend, tell me what it was
Seeking clarification and understanding for any perceived offense.
Saw you walking tonight
Observing the person in various situations, unable to look away.
Streetlight on your face
-Saw you walking with your head high
-I could not look away
-Saw you out with your new guy
Expressing a sense of being left behind without a proper farewell.
I am yesterday
-You didn't even say goodbyeeee
-I am yesterday
-Whatever you say is what they see
Recognition of the influence the person has on others' perceptions.
Whoever you say I am they will believe
-I know you know that's not me
-I am begging you please tell a different story
-I feel the daggers from their eyes
Feeling the impact of judgment from others while pretending not to be affected.
cnd all the while I pretend they don't cut like knives
-Saw you walking tonight
Continued observation of the person, unable to look away.
Streetlight on your face
-Saw you walking with your head high
-I could not look away
-Saw you out with your new guy
Reiteration of being left behind without a proper goodbye.
I am yesterday
-You didn't even say goodbye
-I am yesterday
-Saw you out with your new guy
Repetition emphasizing the feeling of being abandoned without closure.
I am yesterday
-You didn't even say goodbye
-I am yesterday
-I am yesterday
Reinforcing the theme of being stuck in the past, echoing the absence of farewell.
I am yesterday
-I am yesterday
-You didn't even say goodbye
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