Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday

The song looks back on a past relationship and a time when life seemed hopeful. The speaker remembers shared dreams, warmth, and love, then contrasts them with a present feeling of loss. The repeated focus on “yesterday” gives the lyrics a wistful, almost helpless mood: the past feels vivid, but it cannot be recovered.

“Yester glow” suggests the special brightness the speaker remembers in earlier days. “The wheel of life turn our way” is an image of good fortune: life seemed to be moving in their favor. The phrase “yester fools” adds a sting of hindsight. The two people once followed the rules and trusted their dreams, but the speaker now wonders whether that confidence was naïve.

The lyrics do not explain what ended the relationship or why the dreams failed, so the loss remains open to interpretation. Calling the past a “cruel and foolish game” may express bitterness in the moment, rather than a settled judgment that the love was meaningless. The speaker’s sadness and repeated return to the memory suggest that, even while questioning the past, they still feel its importance.