There's no sense in being loyal if
it's loyal to a memory. If i watch
your cold pot not boil, I'll flee this one-way street. Look back less
with every mile, care less of what was "supposed to be". There is
nothing like denial to blur your periphery.
Conscious effort to forget
You've already done so, I'll bet
Matters little anymore
Nothing's worse than the day before
It's not Yesterday
(and that makes it better)
It's not Yesterday
(so I should feel better)
It's not Yesterday
Can't really say I enjoyed my stay in
Yesterday
Pluck these whiskers one by one--beaty eyes'll turn back to
blue. My role as pack rat now is done I'll pick up my self-inflicted
cue . Souvenirs that line these shelves prove of warnings I didn't
heed. Knick-knacks purged from former selves, so long to this
menagerie!
Done with wantin' back trackin'
Done with thinkin' cul-de-sac-ian
Doesn't matter anymore
Can't be worse than the day before
Chorus
Here lies the half packed mem'ry tray thinking if it's time to think
twice. Straddled 'tween safe and uncertainty where nostalgia
becomes a vice. The quicker I fly, the slower I'll go. Take my
rest, then let it be. Curtain's closing on this show--Well here I am
and Here I Be.
Why defend your memory If you can't be nice to me?
Time to negate what was, Doesn't matter just because.....
Chorus
hell, it ain't yesterday
i'll be on my way
your cold pot not boil, I'll flee this one-way street. Look back less
with every mile, care less of what was "supposed to be". There is
nothing like denial to blur your periphery.
Conscious effort to forget
You've already done so, I'll bet
Matters little anymore
Nothing's worse than the day before
It's not Yesterday
(and that makes it better)
It's not Yesterday
(so I should feel better)
It's not Yesterday
Can't really say I enjoyed my stay in
Yesterday
Pluck these whiskers one by one--beaty eyes'll turn back to
blue. My role as pack rat now is done I'll pick up my self-inflicted
cue . Souvenirs that line these shelves prove of warnings I didn't
heed. Knick-knacks purged from former selves, so long to this
menagerie!
Done with wantin' back trackin'
Done with thinkin' cul-de-sac-ian
Doesn't matter anymore
Can't be worse than the day before
Chorus
Here lies the half packed mem'ry tray thinking if it's time to think
twice. Straddled 'tween safe and uncertainty where nostalgia
becomes a vice. The quicker I fly, the slower I'll go. Take my
rest, then let it be. Curtain's closing on this show--Well here I am
and Here I Be.
Why defend your memory If you can't be nice to me?
Time to negate what was, Doesn't matter just because.....
Chorus
hell, it ain't yesterday
i'll be on my way
Written August 1999.