The Beatles’ lyric “Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far…” ends with “away.”
Paul McCartney wrote the song, which appeared on the 1965 album Help! The recording is unusual because McCartney performs with acoustic guitar and a string quartet, without the other Beatles playing on the track.
“Yesterday” became one of the most successful and widely covered songs in popular music. Its gentle melody and lyrics about regret helped it appeal to audiences beyond rock and pop.
A common mistake is choosing “behind,” because the lyric describes emotional distance. The official phrase is “seemed so far away,” a concise image of troubles that once felt remote.