“Paint Me Yesterday” by Nigel Nicholls reflects on memory, nostalgia, and the desire to hold onto the past. Through imagery of fading photos and distant memories, the lyrics express a longing to return to simpler times and resist the passage of time. The song captures the emotional struggle to preserve what’s slipping away.
Let me feel the day
As light decays
Let it touch my mind
Noise and Static Combine
The past flies through the door
Truth washes up on the shore
Time is leaving now
Time is leaving us now
Images smile and faint
Look forwards to Yesterday
Paint my life away
Paint me yesterday
A sepia picture stares
Back through pregnant air
A memory of a time
Far back in your prime
Your fingertips can’t reach
The fading epic beach
Time is leaving now
Time is leaving us now
Images smile and faint
Look forwards to Yesterday
Paint my life away
Paint me yesterday
Paint me yesterday
I want to be
Alone with you
I want to stay
Alone with you
Images smile and faint
Look forwards to Yesterday
Paint my life away
Paint me yesterday
Shadows in your mind
Drown slowly in time
Catch a failing breath
Sinking slowly to death
Yesterday’s today
Yesterday’s your vow
Time is leaving now
Time is leaving us now
Images smile and faint
Look forwards to Yesterday
Paint my life away
Paint me yesterday
Images dissolve and fail
Look forwards to Yesterday
Paint my life away
Paint me yesterday
