Wonderwall

Oasis' hit song Wonderwall was written to tell Trevor Linden not to retire. I know what you're thinking 'It was written over 10 years ago, how's that possible?' Don't argue, when it comes to Trevor Linden, amazing things happen. So without further ado here are the lyrics as well as the literal meanings after each line, the song is about Noel Gallagher singing directly to Linden moments before he's about to announce his retirement:

Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you

[Today's going to be the day where everyone's going to be regurgitating your career history to you]

By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do

[By now you've already made up your mind on what you should be doing]

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

[Everyone's telling you to retire, but not me, I feel differently]

Backbeat the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out

[Everyone's saying that you're washed up, a shell of your former self]

I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt

[You've tried to ignore all the comments, but by now it's probably gotten to you]

I don't believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now

[Self explanatory]

And all the roads we have to walk along are winding

[The way everything's been set up, with the events that have unfolded this is the only road left to take]

And all the lights that lead us there are blinding

[Everything you've done in your hockey career has led you to this point in time]

There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
I don't know how

[There's so much I want to say to you, but I don't know how]

Because maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?

['me' is the metaphorical me, used to describe the Canucks, maybe Linden, you are the one that's supposed to bring home the cup]

And after all
You're my wonderwall

[And after all I've been watching you in wonder, in amazement, in astonishment since 93/94 when we went on that glorious cup run where we were one Nathan Lafayette goal post away from the Stanley Cup. You're the wall that holds this team up, you're the key stone, you're the pillar of support! Dammit Trevor Linden, I love you. Please don't retire.]

And the rest of the song is just a re-emphasis of what's been said already. So here it is, definitive proof that all things great somehow relate back to Trevor Linden. And for those of you that think the song is about a "girl" pfft, I'd like to see some proof.