The Meaning of Wonderwall + Lyrics

Wonderwall. A song belongs to Oasis.

When I was in middle school, I listened to this song for the first time. And I love it. This is one of my favorite songs so I tried to search the meaning of this song at the time.

Waktu itu, aku cari arti wonderwall dalam bahasa Indonesia dan artinya “orang yang selalu kita pikirkan”. Okay, it made sense.

Dan, belum lama ini, setelah tamat kelas reguler di salah satu English course, I continued my English learning by taking a conversation class in the same place.

My teacher asked us about our favorite song. Then, I said wonderwall is one of my favorite songs. She thought and asked me if I have known the meaning of that song.

Dengan pengetahuan dasar tentang wonderwall yang aku tau dari google ketika SMP, I said wonderwall meant someone who is always in our mind. Dan aku juga bilang ke gurunya, kalau lagunya menceritakan tentang seseorang yang udah melindungi si penyanyi, sehingga si penyanyi selalu memikirkannya (penyanyi disini bukan mengarah ke Oasis sih, but it depends on someone who sings this song dan untuk siapa lagunya dipersembahkan).

Because maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me.

And after all, you’re my wonderwall.

Lirik itu yang membuat aku berpikir bahwa wonderwall mempunya meaning tentang seseorang yang merasa dilindungi oleh orang lain.

Guruku bilang, dia akan cari lagi arti wonderwall because she forgot about it. Jadi, minggu depannya, dia datang tapi lupa soal wonderwall. Aku juga. But, tiba-tiba pembelajaran conversation berubah jadi tanya jawab soal lagu—lagi. I forgot why we could talk about our favorite song, padahal pelajaran sebelumnya adalah tentang how quickly we remember and forget something. Yeah, we didn’t mind at the time, because conversation is about we can talk more without being afraid we do right or wrong. Yang penting ngomong. Benar salah, itu kan bisa dibenerin nanti.

Jadi, guruku ingat soal wonderwall dan bilang kalau wonderwall itu berasal dari kata wonder yang bisa diartikan “khawatir”. It means, wonderwall bisa dibilang oarng yang selalu kita khawatirkan. She gave us example about wonderwall.

Sebagai contoh, we met someone we didn’t know for the first time but after that meeting, kita selalu khawatir tentang orang itu.

Hmm, mungkin aku dapat tali merah dari arti wonderwall itu sendiri.

Karena kita khawatir, makanya kita selalu memikirkan orang itu.

Jadi, bicara soal wonderwall, aku punya orang seperti itu. Dan rasanya, sedikit menyakitkan karena bahkan aku belum lihat langsung orang itu—cuma lihat dari foto. My friends always think I’m absurd because of this situation. Tapi, bukankah orang lain enggak lebih baik mengenal kita ketimbang diri kita sendiri? Mereka hanya enggak tau, perasaan seperti apa yang coba aku atasi :)

Wonderwall Lyrics

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 is 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 were 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