Like Yesterday Lyrics

Lyric discussion by theneworiginals 

Cover art for Like Yesterday lyrics by Ryan Adams

I like this song a lot. Possible my favorite off Cardinology.

Here's my guess: this song could be about a guy who's special lady friend has moved to the other side of the world, and he's reminiscing about their last day together. It's night time where the guy is, but it's already daylight where his girl is, so they are in completely different timezones. He's saying "it doesn't feel like yesterday" (when they were together), but technically it is "yesterday" because she is on the other side of the planet, several hours ahead of him, where it's already "tomorrow".

Also, it sounds like this move means their relationship is over: "I take a sleeping pill To feel a little less pain". Their relationship is now in the past. He's saying he still feels like the memory of them together is how things are. But he knows that was yesterday, the past. In reality, today, they aren't together.

What do you think?

My Interpretation