Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do, about you now

Back beat, the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now

And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I
Would like to say to you but I don't know how

Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you're my wonderwall

Today was gonna be the day
But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you're not to do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do, about you now

And all the roads that lead you there are winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I
Would like to say to you but I don't know how

I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you're my wonderwall

I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you're my wonderwall

I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me



Lyrics submitted by kevin

Track duration: 04:19

"Wonderwall" as written by Noel Gallagher

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  • -3
    General Comment:Okay, this song is about a guy who has a whore for a girlfriend, and he doesn't want to tell his girlfriend off (off like you're a whore, I hate you, you slut) because he loves her, that's the fucked up part. He feels like if he tells her, then it will come back to bite him in the ass. So basically yeah she is his wonderwall.
    Flagged ImSmarton May 28, 2013   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation:This was my husband's fav. song ever. He passed away in November. The night before he died, I was driving home and the song came on the radio. It was unnerving. The lyrics spoke to me a in very different way that night. I truly believe that there are many references to Beatles music in the song, and some of the other interpretations are spot on, but here is was mine from that night.

    Today is gonna be the day
    That they're gonna throw it back to you (you are in charge of my decisions now as I am in a coma)
    By now you should've somehow
    Realized what you gotta do (you have some plan in your head formulating)
    I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do, about you now (I loved you more than anyone loved you)

    Back beat, the word was on the street
    That the fire in your heart is out (you are so numb, there is nothing)
    I'm sure you've heard it all before
    But you never really had a doubt
    I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do about you now

    And all the roads we have to walk are winding
    And all the lights that lead us there are blinding (this is going to be a very rough trip and you must make it on your own).
    There are many things that I
    Would like to say to you but I don't know how (I can't communicate now, and before because of my brain tumor I could express myself properly.

    Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    And after all, you're my wonderwall (you've always been there for me holding me up while I have been so sick)

    Today was gonna be the day
    But they'll never throw it back to you
    By now you should've somehow
    Realized what you're not to do
    I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do, about you now

    And all the roads that lead you there are winding
    And all the lights that light the way are blinding
    There are many things that I
    Would like to say to you but I don't know how

    I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    And after all, you're my wonderwall

    I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    And after all, you're my wonderwall

    I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    You're gonna be the one that saves me
    You're gonna be the one that saves me
    Flag Simone18on February 19, 2013   Link
  • +5
    Song Meaning:The word "wonderwall" means "the person you constantly find yourself thinking about". This song is simply about the feelings human beings get when they experience the initial stages of love and infatuation (limerence). It describes the volleying between euphoria and agony that a crush can make you feel.

    In other words, the song "Wonderwall" is basically about the butterflies you get in your stomach when your crush walks into the room and the thoughts that stem from those feelings.

    "Today is gonna be the day
    That they're gonna throw it back to you"
    > He's saying today is your opportunity to express your love. You're going to be in the presence of your secret crush, and you better make your move.

    "By now you should've somehow
    Realized what you gotta do"
    >He's saying that it's obvious you need to approach your crush and tell them how you feel. There's no other way. Silence leads to nothing. This, of course, is much easier said than done, due to fear of rejection.

    "I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do, about you now"
    >He's saying that nobody else in the world could possibly have stronger feelings toward this person at this exact moment in time. His crush is the only thing that's on his mind. From the moment he wakes up until he goes to sleep. He's infatuated with his crush.

    "Back beat, the word was on the street
    That the fire in your heart is out"
    >His crush has been hurt so badly by relationships in the past, that he fears cynicism will ruin his odds at casting the spell that will capture his crush's heart.

    "I'm sure you've heard it all before
    But you never really had a doubt"
    >He's certain his crush has been through it all in the past. She's entered relationships without second guessing and has been hurt because of it. He's afraid that this will scare her away from him.

    "I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do about you now"
    >He's saying that nobody else in the world could possibly have stronger feelings toward this person at this exact moment in time. His crush is the only thing that's on his mind. From the moment he wakes up until he goes to sleep. He's infatuated with his crush.

    "And all the roads we have to walk are winding
    And all the lights that lead us there are blinding"
    >Relationships are so complicated and hard to obtain and maintain

    "There are many things that I
    Would like to say to you but I don't know how"
    >He means exactly what is stated. He has so many things to say to his crush but is afraid to open his mouth and express his feelings because he fears rejection.

    "Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    And after all, you're my wonderwall"
    >It is possible that getting into a relationship with his crush will cure his loneliness and sadness and make him truly happy.

    "Today was gonna be the day
    But they'll never throw it back to you"
    >In retrospect, he missed his opportunity to express his love. He remained silent and the opportunity to show his love is now gone. It's too late.

    "By now you should've somehow
    Realized what you're not to do'
    >In retrospect, he realizes remaining silent and holding his feelings inside was the wrong thing to do, because now he is left wondering what could have been and it kills him inside.

    "I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do, about you now"
    >Still, he does not believe it is possible for anyone else on the planet to love her as much as he does, even though he was to scared of rejection to express his feelings.

    "And all the roads that lead you there are winding
    And all the lights that light the way are blinding"
    >Relationships are so complicated and hard to obtain and maintain.

    "There are many things that I
    Would like to say to you but I don't know how"
    >He means exactly what is stated. He has so many things to say to his crush but is afraid to open his mouth because he fears rejection.

    "I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    And after all, you're my wonderwall"
    >It is still possible that getting into a relationship with his crush will cure his loneliness and sadness and make him truly happy.

    "I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    And after all, you're my wonderwall"
    >It is still possible that getting into a relationship with his crush will cure his loneliness and sadness and make him truly happy.

    "I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    You're gonna be the one that saves me
    You're gonna be the one that saves me"
    >He's now simply holding on to the fantasy that him and his crush will one day be together.
    Flagged RpRp0on December 28, 2012   Link
  • -2
    General Comment:Great band. Great song. With that said, there's no such thing as a "wonderwall." Nobody needs anyone else. It's not healthy.We can each survive w/o others. People want to be loved, liked, and desired for who they are, faults and all. They want others to get a chill down their spine when their eyes meet; they want to hear genuine laughter as they talk; they want to be WANTED, not needed. They want to dance the night away! They need to feel wanted. Some of us were not blessed with looks. Some of us aren't as intelligent as others. Some of us have few talents. Some of us have long passed youth. But we're all still the same...we all have the NEED to be viewed as special, as unique, as desirable, and wanted. God gave me a voice. He gave me a heart. He gave me compassion. But he also made me a woman. Someone who has the same wants and needs as all other women, regardless of any deficencies. And although I don't view myself as most women my age (I am far too immature, energetic, silly, wild for my age, and don't EVER want a traditional relationship again), I AM a woman. I demand to be appreciated. I demand to be desired for who I am regardless if I never have and never will rate well against most when it comes to beauty. I'm still special! I'm not boring! And I'm definitely no "wonderwall."
    Flag pocketfullofposieson December 25, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:Wonderwall is one of Noel Gallagher’s most important and personal songs, and his evasiveness over the years in explaining it (the right of any artist, imho), exposes the song to a lot of interpretations. Despite what he said, Noel did indeed write this song to a real person: Paul McCartney, but it was the friendship at that point in his life that was imaginary, not the person. The film “Wonderwall”, which I will discuss shortly, gave him the pretext at a superficial meaning of speaking about Meg, his wife at the time. But the only way you could conclude it was written to her is if you didn’t understand what “wonderwall” really means, or the context of Oasis in ’93 being heralded as the next Beatles, or Noel being placed in the Paul McCartney typecast alongside Liam cast as Lennon. The song was written prior to Noel and Paul becoming well acquainted and having a real relationship, as happened throughout the mid-late 1990’s. At this early stage Paul was Noel’s wonderwall in fantasy and he sensed that Paul’s experience with fame and Lennon and the conflicts and ennui that played out served as a model for the identity crisis that he was facing after the hugely successful Definitely Maybe album and the stormy relationship with Liam in his own life.

    The Movie, “Wonderwall” (1968) is about an aging, absent-minded biologist named Collins who has spent a lifetime peering through the small aperture of a microscope. Then, a young model named Penny Lane moves in next door. One night he sees a ray of light coming from the wall in his darkened flat and discovers a peephole into which he can observe Penny’s apartment. Peering through this aperture opens a completely fantastic and alien world of sex, drugs, psychedelia, and of course Penny naked. Collins gradually withdraws further and further into the wonderwall; or perhaps with a different perspective, allows his mind to expand into this new universe untethered by “ego” or “reality”. As he begins to drill more peepholes, and his observations become increasingly more fantastic and psychedelic. The act of observing another life unobserved by the subject (similar to the relationship of artists to their fans) has become transformational- it’s not really just about his love interest in Penny anymore- the wonderwall opens up an entirely new reality where none of the banality or limitation of actual life applies.

    Noel’s wonderwall is music, and his Penny Lane is Paul McCartney. He has spent his whole life peering into the light coming through the aperture of media- his observations of his hero living a public life. Through music Noel is having an imaginary dialogue with Paul. The relationship of the speakers is that of mentor/role model and student. Noel is struggling internally with the idea that songwriting and performance has nothing to do with artistic authenticity- it’s just acting and burlesque to the Collins’ of the world- the word on the street. Noel wishes Paul would respond to criticism of his later work by producing new great material but that's a bit ironic if satisfying the masses means being inauthentic to one's artistic self.

    (There is also another subtext I've heard that Noel may believe that Paul is actually William Campbell, and that it's time to come clean about it, but that's another thing entirely, and if true, it still fits with the song as laid out here. I don't really have a comment on PID theories)

    Noel is living in both worlds right at the time of the songwriting: like Collins did at his wonderwall- and Noel feels himself being drawn into the same vortex of alternate reality now that he has been crowned “the next Paul”, and he’s scared he’ll follow Paul’s road. He’s met the real Paul, and so he has to square his fantasy version to a new reality- one which ultimately will help him define his own artistic identity. But the dialogue from Noel's perspective is still internal- the Paul inside his head is not the real Paul.

    The dialogue’s subtext is that of disenchantment. You can almost hear Noel saying “Paul, you’re the greatest singer songwriter of the 20th century and it’s been 25 years since you put out a decent album. Buck up man, because people are saying you’re soft, and I’m afraid if I follow your steps I’ll get the same. But ultimately if it’s a road I must follow, maybe by continuing to place my faith I’ll ultimately save myself from what happened to you and John. If I go off the path now, I’m lost: since everything I am, I learned from you peering through the Wonderwall.
    Flag dblentendron December 13, 2012   Link
  • -1
    Song Meaning:This song is about an imaginery friend who is going to save you from yourself
    (Noel G said so himself) and looking up to someone with respect

    My intepretation: The song is sung from the views of the imaginery friend

    '' today is gona be the day that their gona throw it back to you, by now you should've somehow realized what you gotta do ''
    THE ''IMAGINERY'' FRIEND IS SAYING: YOUR GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH STRESS FROM OTHERS AND IT'S TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE AND H/ESHE BYT NOW SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEP FORWARD IS

    '' i dont believe that anybody feels the way i do about you now ''
    BECUASE THE FRIEND IS NOT REAL THERES NO ONE THAT CAN FEEL THE WAY THEY DO ABOUT YOU NOW. THE IMAGINERY FRIEND IS SEEING A CHANGE AND RESPECTING HE/SHE FOR MAKING THIS CHANGE

    ''backbeat the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out ''
    IMAGINERY FRIEND SAYING TO HIM/HER ''EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR STRUGGLING, PROVE THEM WRONG''

    ''im sure you've heard it all beofre but you've never really had a doubt ''
    HES BEEN CRITICISED BEFORE AND IS USED, THERES NO DOUBT HE/SHE STILL KNOWS WHAT TO DO

    '' and all the roads we have to walk are winding and all the lights that lead us their are blinding ''
    GETTING TO A BETTER PLACE IN YOUR LIFE IS TOUGH AND YOU WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH UPS AND DOWNS TO GET THEIR

    ''there are many things that i would like to say to you but i don't know how ''
    IMAGINERY FRIEND CAN'T GIVE ADVICE BECAUSE HE IS NOT REAL AND THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IS THE PERSON IN QUESTION

    ''because maybe your gona be the one that saves me and after all you're my wonderwall
    SUNG UNDER THE LIVING PERSONS PERSPECTIVE. WONDERWALL MEANING PEOPLE HE RESPECTS CAN SAVE HIM, WONDERWALL OF FAMOUS PEOPLE. HE LOOKS TO THEM FOR SUPPORT AS THEY ARE AFTER ALL IMAGINERY. THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAVE HIM FROM HIMSELF. THIS IS WHERE I REALISE HIS IMAGINERY FRIEND ARE THE FAMOUS PEOPLE HE ADORES AND LOOKS UP TO

    Thanks guys for reading my thoughts, this is how i think the song is written and i reckon it's a pretty close intepretation. if you really study the song and imagine all the lines being sung not from first person but from the third person then you can really start to understand such gorgeous lyrics, these lyrics are just fantastic
    Flagged GazPageon October 16, 2012   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:This song to me is about someone a mentor like Necronic suggests or a very good friend who may have borne the brunt of problems in the friendship or helped a friend through a bad time. Their situations have been reversed and now the "stronger" friend has fallen from his/her usual state.

    Today is gonna be the day
    That they're gonna throw it back to you
    By now you should've somehow
    Realized what you gotta do
    I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do, about you now

    The weaker friend has to realize that he/she needs to help his/her friend. Now the previously stronger friend needs help. But he/she is scared of that for some reason.

    Today was gonna be the day
    But they'll never throw it back to you
    By now you should've somehow
    Realized what you're not to do

    In this couplet he is commenting on the situation and how they both expect the other to help.

    I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do, about you now

    This is a dual meaning section. The previously stronger friend wants to ask but doesn't know how. And the previously weaker friend wants to help but doesn't know how. Both of them are afraid to acknowledge the situation.

    And all the roads that lead you there are winding
    And all the lights that light the way are blinding
    There are many things that I
    Would like to say to you but I don't know how

    Though hope is never lost and there is still that chance so help those who helped you. (I'm such a hypocrite)

    I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    You're gonna be the one that saves me
    You're gonna be the one that saves me
    Flagged outsdiouson September 18, 2012   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:Today is gonna be the day
    That they're gonna throw it back to you
    By now you should've somehow
    Realized what you gotta do
    (This specifies that no one has really properly cared for her and protected her, and now its up to her what she wants to do)

    I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do, about you now
    (Saying that his feelings are way more solid than anyone else out in the world

    Back beat, the word was on the street
    That the fire in your heart is out
    I'm sure you've heard it all before
    But you never really had a doubt
    (Loads of people, learnt that her relationship/marriage is failing, but she never really told anyone and she is really upset that it is actually happening)

    I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do about you now

    And all the roads we have to walk are winding
    And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
    (He realises it will be hard for them to have a relationship, maybe due to a long friendship with her and for him to admit his feelings to her.

    There are many things that I
    Would like to say to you but I don't know how
    (He may have all these hopes and dreams that they may be together, but he can't scrape the confidence to tell her, and how to tell her)

    Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    And after all, you're my wonderwall
    (He's saying, she has always been there for him and he has always been there for him. Because she's been his 'Wonderwall', the one thats always mattered the most in his life)

    Today was gonna be the day
    But they'll never throw it back to you
    By now you should've somehow
    Realized what you're not to do
    I don't believe that anybody
    Feels the way I do, about you now
    (He knows that she now knows that she is his "Wonderwall", telling her she is not making a mistake in believing that they could be together)

    And all the roads that lead you there are winding
    And all the lights that light the way are blinding
    There are many things that I
    Would like to say to you but I don't know how

    I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    And after all, you're my wonderwall

    I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    And after all, you're my wonderwall

    I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
    You're gonna be the one that saves me
    You're gonna be the one that saves me
    Flag valiant96on September 02, 2012   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:Noel Gallagher who wrote the song originally said it was about his then girlfriend Meg Matthews. However, after they divorced in 2001 he stated the song was not about her, but about an imaginary friend.
    Flag samukeon August 07, 2012   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation:This is a song about a guy who meets a girl that he believes is going to save him from his life that is full of pain, emotional problems and/or maybe drugs. She tries to help him with the love she has for him. She is blinded by this love. The relationship is a struggle, with many ups and downs. After a while, she realizes she has heard all the lines and lies that he has used before. He does something to really screw it up. By now she realizes that what she has to do is let him go because she knows she can't save him and he is not going to change. He finds out that he has hurt her deeply causing her to leave with a broken heart (the fire in your heart is out).

    Now that she is gone, he wants to apologize and tell her so many things, but he does not know how or what to say to her. It's too late for them, because she has already moved on. He feels at that moment that no other man will feel about her the same way he does. He is grateful for all that she has done. After it's all been said and done, he then realizes that she was his "Wonderwall".
    Flag scooterwrighton June 23, 2012   Link

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