Lyric discussion by manic4manics 

Cover art for This Is Yesterday lyrics by Manic Street Preachers

"Why do anything when you can forget everything. Memory more comforting than future. "doing nothing = happy"." (Richey James; THB Tourbook)

"That's the simplest song, musically and lyrically, on the album. It's about how people always look back to their youth and look on it as a glorious period. No matter what walk of life you're in, you always revert back to childhood and look at it as a beautiful time when, as the song says, 'Someone, somewhere soon will take care of you'." (Nicky Wire; Melody Maker 27.8.94)