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.

He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.

"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him. There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.

This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines: "Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet" So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other: "I had all and then most of you" Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart "Some and now none of you" Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship. This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"

This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io