Epitaph for Yesterday - Skin Yard

This epitaph carved out

With a lover’s knife

Into itself inscribed

«I save my life»

Soft breeze blowing

The swinging bridge tonight

Rocking loneliness to sleep

Another cries out to grieve

«I save my life»

Father…

Here, inside the day

The hours pass, fade away

And you hold onto yesterday

Here, in the hour

The minutes fall — how am I happy?

My body hurts…

It hurts to, hurts to be alone

In the back of your heart

With urgency, it whispers…

It whispers to start

There’s an epitaph in our dream

And you see the words

No more, no more, no more tears

For yesterday

Finally

I can hear the sound

Of my own heart beating

Here, inside the day

The hours pass, and they fade away

And you say, «No more…

No more yesterdays»

Here, inside the hour

The minutes fell like the hammer

My body hurts no more

You’re now alone

There’s an epitaph carved out

With a lover’s knife

Into itself inscribed

«I save my life»

There’s a cool breeze blowing

Under the swinging bridge

You look out and say now

«No more yesterdays

I save my life»

Finally

I can hear the sound

Of my own heart beating