“Yesterday” – performed by The Beatles

“Yesterday” – performed by The Beatles

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be
There’s a shadow hanging over me.
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
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“Yesterday” was performed by The Beatles and became very popular in the 1960’s. Until this day, the song is still very popular because the meaning of the lyrics is very memorable.

The piece is perfect during memorials when sang with funeral poems because it talks about the pain of losing someone. It is appropriate for the funeral service of a wife or a mother. When death happens, no one will ever take it lightly. People close to the deceased will be very emotional. As emotions rush, you will see yourself in a flashback. All those memories that you have spent together with your wife will come back to life in your imagination and you will start to see the big difference when she was still around and now that she’s gone.

And because your wife won’t be with you physically, you will be holding on to those memories for the rest of your life because you know that they will be the best keepsakes that you will ever have linking to her.

The song also talks about losing a part of yourself when someone you love dies. As a couple, you were identified as one. But she left and you are now alone. The lyrics though would suggest a solution to this dilemma. When you feel all alone, just hold on to those memories and you will feel the connection between you and your deceased loved one again.

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