The Role of Media in our Lives

How much influence does the media have on our lives?




Do we, as the human race, have the power to block out what they are telling us and make our own decisions and choices?



Who is ultimately responsible for what the media "feeds" us?

Think about "messages" that the media has given you in the past about a story or a situation or a group of people. Have any of these messages ever angered you?
How far does a journalist go to "get a story"; or how far SHOULD he go to get a story?

And now the 6 million dollar questions:
SHOULD THE MEDIA EVER BE CENSORED?

What about this example of a regular radio broadcast in Rwanda prior to the genocide of 1994:
"You have to kill the Tutsis; they're cockroaches.
All those who are listening, rise so we can fight for our Rwanda. Fight with the weapons you have at your disposal: those who have arrows, use arrows. Those who have spears, use spears. We must all fight.
We must all fight the Tutsis. We must finish them, exterminate them, sweep them from the whole country. There must be no refuge for them.
They must be exterminated. There is no other way."

Here is an example of the media attempting to SWAY its audience:
Here is an example... MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO

How do we BLOCK it out and make our own decisions?

Part 2- In Class Writing

Part 2 (Chapters 4-6)

Describe Loung's behavior in these chapters. Is her behavior that of a "typical spoiled five year old"?

The Power of Words

As you consider Maya Angelou's poem "The Calling of Names", think about this incident that happened on April 4, 2007.

Meet Don Imus, radio talk show host:


Meet the Rutgers University Lady's Basketball Team:



During a discussion about the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship, Imus characterized the Rutgers University women's basketball team players as "rough girls" commenting on their tattoos.

His executive producer Bernard McGuirk responded by referring to them as "hardcore hos". The discussion continued with Imus describing the girls as "nappy-headed hos" and McGuirk remarking that the two teams looked like the "jigaboos versus the wannabes" mentioned in Spike Lee's film, School Daze; apparently referring to the two teams' differing appearances.

IMUS: That's some rough girls from Rutgers. Man, they got tattoos and—

McGUIRK: Some hard-core hos.

IMUS: That's some nappy-headed hos. I'm gonna tell you that now, man, that's some—whew. And the girls from Tennessee, they all look cute, you know, so, like—kinda like—I don't know.

McGUIRK: A Spike Lee thing.

IMUS: Yeah.

McGUIRK: The Jigaboos vs. the Wannabes—that movie that he had.

After some outrage from the initial repeated reports, Imus dismissed the incident as "some idiot comment meant to be amusing".

Imus immediately issued a statement of apology:
I want to take a moment to apologize for an insensitive and ill-conceived remark we made the other morning regarding the Rutgers women's basketball team, which lost to Tennessee in the NCAA championship game on Tuesday. It was completely inappropriate and we can understand why people were offended. Our characterization was thoughtless and stupid, and we are sorry.

Imus said, "Our agenda is to be funny and sometimes we go too far. And this time we went way too far. Here's what I've learned: that you can't make fun of everybody, because some people don't deserve it."


Should Imus have been fired?
Is there ever an "appropriate" time for name-calling?
What effect can name-calling have on society?

Here is what poet Maya Angelou had to say on the subject; as you listen think about the words of her poem "The Calling of Names" that we have analyzed earlier today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n9Pq1LNLwM

What were The Killing Fields?

This film was released in 1984 and follows the story of an American journalist, Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran, his Cambodian interpreter and fellow journalist. They have been working in the Cambodia, reporting the events of the civil war that was going on in the early 1970s. However, in 1975 everything changed.

On April 17, 1975, Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh, fell under the control of the Khmer Rouge, the communist guerilla group led by Pol Pot. They forced all city residents into the countryside and to labor camps. During the three years, eight months, and 20 days of Pol Pot’s rule, Cambodia faced its darkest days, an estimated 2 million Cambodians or 30% of the country’s population died by starvation, torture or execution. Almost every Cambodian family lost at least one relative during this gruesome holocaust.

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Pol Pot's Year O

Pol Pot declared 'Year Zero' when Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975. He immediately directed a ruthless program to "purify" Cambodian society of capitalism, Western culture, religion and all foreign influences. He wanted to create Cambodia into an isolated and totally self-sufficient state. Anyone who opposed was killed. Foreigners were expelled, embassies closed, and the currency abolished. Markets, schools, newspapers, religious practices and private property were forbidden. The police, public servants, military officers, teachers, ethnic Vietnamese, Christian clergy, Muslim leaders, members of the Cham Muslim minority, members of the middle-class and the educated were identified and executed.

The country's entire population was forced to relocate to the agricultural labor camps, the so-called "killing fields". Inmates lived in primitive conditions. Families were separated. Former city residents were subjected to unending political indoctrination and brainwashing. Children were encouraged to spy on adults, including their parents.

An estimated 1.5 - 3 million worked or starved to death, died of disease or exposure, or were executed for committing crimes. These crimes which were punishable by death included: not working hard enough, complaining about living conditions, collecting or stealing food for personal consumption, wearing jewelry, engaging in sexual relations, grieving over the loss of relatives or friends and expressing religious sentiments

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"We will be the first nation to create a completely Communist country without wasting our time on the intermediate steps." -Khmer Rouge Minister of Defense, Son Sen

"To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss." -Khmer Rouge slogan

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It is at this point we find Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran. Sydney has been sent back to the United States, but his Cambodia colleague is forced to stay and sent to a work camp in the Killing Fields. Sydney is struggling to understand just who is responsible for these atrocities while his friend is struggling to stay alive.
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An Introduction to "First They Killed my Father"

Watch the following photo story and answer these questions: What do you see? What do you know? What do you feel? What do you wonder?



The Cambodian Killing Fields lasted 3 years and 8 months and 20 days. But what were they? Who were the victims? And who were the guilty parties that caused them? All of these questions, as well as many others, will be answered as we follow the journey of Loung Ung in

The Trial of George

Culminating Writing Assignment- a Persuasive Paper Of Mice and Men

Now that you have completed the novella, you should have a clear understanding about the events leading up to the death of Lennie. If Lennie had gone to trial for what he did, perhaps he would have been found innocent, on the grounds of a lack of mental competence Do you believe that George made the right decision? Was this a mercy killing? Was George justified? Or is George a murderer?

In this writing assignment we are putting George on trial for murdering Lennie. You are to take the position of either the prosecuting attorney or the attorney for George´s defense. This writing assignment represents your “closing arguments” to the jury as this is the time when a lawyer gives a final summary of his case and has his best efforts at persuading the jury to his side. Watch this example of an attorney's closing arguments to give you some ideas of how to convince the jury that YOUR side represents the truth.....

Your first step is to decide what side you will represent. Next begin to construct your case based on the description of persuasive writing below.

Persuasive writing, also known as the argument essay, utilizes logic and reason to show that one idea is more legitimate than another idea. It attempts to persuade a reader to adopt a certain point of view or to take a particular action. The argument must always use sound reasoning and solid evidence by stating facts, giving logical reasons, using examples, and quoting experts (as appropriate).
Note: Make sure that you cite all references, experts, or facts that you include.

Your essay should be be NO LESS than 2 pages and NO MORE than 3.

Your introductory paragraph will present your side and your concluding paragraph will make one final statement that really solidifies your case. The body paragraph(s) will be where you present the persuasive arguments and evidence that support your stance.

Mercy Killing or Murder?

Chapter 5-6 Of Mice and Men

Was the death of Lennie a mercy killing or cold-blooded murder? Why?
What kind of man is George? Did your opinion of him change when you read Chapter 6?


A tragic hero is the main character in a tragedy. The modern use of the term usually involves the notion that such a hero make an error in his actions that leads to his downfall.

Some common traits which are characteristic of a tragic protagonist:

• The flaw is most frequently Hubris.
• The hero discovers that he is a result of his own actions, not by things happening to him.
• The hero sees and understands his doom, and that his fate was revealed by his own actions.
• The hero learns something from his/her mistake.
• The hero is faced with a serious decision.
• The suffering of the hero is meaningful because although the suffering is a result of the hero's own volition, it is not wholly deserved and may be cruelly disproportionate.
  
  Is George an example of THE TRAGIC HERO? If so, what is his TRAGIC FLAW?

OMAM Project

Want Ads for Lonely People

One of the sub-themes in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is LONELINESS.

Think about the following characters: GEORGE, CROOKS, CURLEY, and CURLEY'S WIFE.
What makes them lonely? What do they want out of life that they do not currently have?
Is each person's "loneliness" the same? Or is it different from person to person?

The following are examples of Personal Ads, both written by someone looking for something in his/life, something to replace his/her loneliness.

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Your group's task is to write a Personal Ad for each of the following characters from OMAM.
GEORGE, CROOKS, CURLEY, CURLEY'S WIFE
Your ad must reflect your group's understanding of each character and what makes him/her lonely as well as what kinds of things you think this person is looking for to replace the loneliness in his/her life.

Conflict in OMAM

Conflict is all around us.... we see it every day in a variety of forms.

There are TWO different types of conflict-
INTERNAL & EXTERNAL.

INTERNAL CONFLICT is a battle that MAN has with HIMSELF.

EXTERNAL CONFLICT can occur in 3 different ways:
MAN against MAN
MAN against SOCIETY
MAN against NATURE


Your group's task:
Create a chart listing the 4 types of conflict and find examples in OMAM Chapters 1 through 4 of the various types.

American Dream for all?? Even Crooks?

Think about all we have learned about Crooks, the "stable buck", in OMAM. Now think about what you know about "the American Dream". Is it truly for everyone? Or is there a separation between who can and who cannot achieve the American Dream?

IRONY OMAM

Irony is defined as a difference or contrast between appearance and reality - that is a discrepancy between what appears to be true and what really is true. After reading Chapters 1-3, what irony can you find in Of Mice and Men?

3 Types of Irony-
1. Verbal irony occurs when people say the opposite of what they mean (and in its most bitter form becomes sarcasm.)
2. Situational irony is when the situation is different from what common sense indicates it is, will be, or ought to be.
3. Dramatic irony occurs when a character states something that they believe to be true but that the reader knows is not true.

OMAM Chapter 2

The Picture of Friendship

Using the picture of friendship that you brought to class today,DESCRIBE what friendship LOOKS LIKE. What are its "physical" traits? How do you know if a relationship is a FRIENDSHIP? What separates it from other relationships?

OMAM Chapter 1-You've Got a Friend

Chapter 1 gives us a first glance into the friendship of Lennie and George. Describe that relationship and talk about if you could see yourself in the role of George? Could you befriend a person like Lennie? Truly befriend.....?

Defining the American Dream

The term "American Dream" was first used by James Truslow Adams in his book The Epic of America which was written in 1931. He states: "The American Dream is 'that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.'"

In the United States’ Declaration of Independence, the founding fathers: "…held certain truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." Might this sentiment be considered the foundation of the American Dream?

So FOR WHOM is the American Dream? What do you "look like" when you have achieved it?

Was this 1950s television show close to the mark? Is this how you see the American family living the American dream?


Or could it look something like this family?

What is the American Dream?

Journal-
Respond to this quote by comedian, George Carlin.

"They call it the American Dream
because you have to be asleep to believe it."

What IS the American Dream???

And is it just a dream??

A year in review...

We started the school year with this song, and we will end with it...
now is the time for you to SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY.... Evaluate this year.
What did you like, what did you hate, what would you change and/or leave the same?

The books, the lessons, the teaching methods, the activities.... all of it!
I need your feedback to help me plan your class next year, so SAY.........

Night- Chapter 8-9

From your perspective, describe the effect that LIBERATION had on Elie as well as all prisoners of the Concentration Camps.

Night Chapter 7

How does Elie feel about his father at the end of Chapter 7?
Be as descriptive as possible.

Night- Chapter 6

In Chapter 6 of Night, Elie Wiesel describes situations that cause prisoners to resort to extreme measures of self-preservation. When humans are placed in life or death situations, their behavior often deteriorates to basic, animalistic levels....

Describe in your own words why this is true....with Night as a reference or using another story/real life event that illustrates this concept.

Never Shall I Forget

We first read Elie's words in Chapter 3 which illustrated how that first night in Auschwitz affected him....to the point that he would "never forget"...

Never shall I forget that night,
the first night in camp,
which has turned my life into one long night,
seven times cursed and seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the little faces of the children,
whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.
Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me,
for all eternity,
of the desire to live.
Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul
and turned my dreams to dust.
Never shall I forget these things,
even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Never.

I asked you to begin thinking about an event in your life that has shaped you...something that you "never shall forget"....Now is the time to begin putting th words on paper.... what will you never forget?

Here is something from me:

Never shall I forget that highway that led me back “home”,
the highway I drove every 4 weeks for six months, the highway
which turned my childhood memories into my refuge, my salvation.
Never shall I forget each time I left him, never knowing if it would be my last.

Never shall I forget the way he struggled to recognize me each time I walked through his door
and how he repeated things over and over as I fought to hide my tears.
Never shall I forget those days that he was mean and hateful, a completely different person inhabiting an old familiar body.

Never shall I forget the look on her face as she pleaded with him to cooperate; pleaded with him to remember her.

Never shall I forget those moments which we share those last six months, moments I would not trade for anything in the world; yet moments that constantly reminded me of what I was losing.

And never shall I forget the day we turned the machines off and he left us for good although Alzheimer’s had stolen him away from us long before.
Never shall I forget.

Night- Chapter 5

Think about the "selection" process that was described in Chapter 5 and how this process reflects a man-made version of Darwin's evolutionary principle of the survival of the fittest.

In your own words how does the selection process (as described in chapter 5) reinforce dehumanization, one of the themes of Night?

Refugees ..who are they?

As you think about the poem you read for today (Auden's "Refugee Blues") and you listen to the following song by Tom Petty, think about your own personal definition of what a refugee is. What image does this word create in your mind? Is it a good image? A bad image? Do you have any prejudices about refugees? Why?


We got somethin', we both know it, we don't talk too much about it
Ain't no real big secret, all the same, somehow we get around it
Listen, it don't really matter to me baby
You believe what you want to believe, you see

You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some
Tell me why you will lay there, revel in your abandon
Honey, it don't make no difference to me baby
Everybody has to fight to be free, you see

(Chorus)
You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No baby you don't have to live like a refugee
(Dont have to live like a refugee)

Baby we ain't the first
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned
Right now it seems real to you, but it's
One of those things you got to feel to be true

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some
Who knows maybe you were kidnapped tied up,
Taken away and held for ransom
Honey, it don't really matter to me baby
Everybody has to fight to be free, you see

Refugee Blues by WH Auden

Before you read the poem, it is important to understand the context in which it was written. Auden actually wrote the poem prior to the onset of WWII, as more and more Jews began to flee from Europe. However, the more Jews that fled, the more restrictive the receiving countries became.

Chaim Weizmann, 12 years before he became the first president of the state of Israel, said (Dec, 1936), "There are now two sorts of countries in the world--those that want to expel the Jews and those that don't want to admit them." It was within this type of environment that Auden penned the following words:


Refugee Blues

Say this city has ten million souls,
Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes:
Yet there's no place for us, my dear, yet there's no place for us.

Once we had a country and we thought it fair,
Look in the atlas and you'll find it there:
We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.

In the village churchyard there grows an old yew,
Every spring it blossoms anew:
Old passports can't do that, my dear, old passports can't do that.

The consul banged the table and said,
"If you've got no passport you're officially dead":
But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive.

Went to a committee; they offered me a chair;
Asked me politely to return next year:
But where shall we go to-day, my dear, but where shall we go to-day?

Came to a public meeting; the speaker got up and said;
"If we let them in, they will steal our daily bread":
He was talking of you and me, my dear, he was talking of you and me.

Thought I heard the thunder rumbling in the sky;
It was Hitler over Europe, saying, "They must die":
O we were in his mind, my dear, O we were in his mind.

Saw a poodle in a jacket fastened with a pin,
Saw a door opened and a cat let in:
But they weren't German Jews, my dear, but they weren't German Jews.

Went down the harbour and stood upon the quay,
Saw the fish swimming as if they were free:
Only ten feet away, my dear, only ten feet away.

Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees;
They had no politicians and sang at their ease:
They weren't the human race, my dear, they weren't the human race.

Dreamed I saw a building with a thousand floors,
A thousand windows and a thousand doors:
Not one of them was ours, my dear, not one of them was ours.

Stood on a great plain in the falling snow;
Ten thousand soldiers marched to and fro:
Looking for you and me, my dear, looking for you and me.


Your task is to analyse the poem in preparation for class tomorrow.
Come prepared to give your own interpretation of its message and why it spoke to you the way that it did.

Night- Chapter 4

Reread the 4th paragraph on page 52.... the scene where Elie's father is being beaten while Elie stands there, doing nothing.

Now listen to this song by Lifehouse.
What connections can you make between the two?

The "color" of Chapter 3

Colors are sometimes associated wtih mood. Your journal today should focus on the "colors" of Chapter 3 based on the mood from the beginning of the chapter to the end....as the mood changes, how do the colors change?
What colors do you associate with Elie's experiences and why?

anti-Semitism ...real world examples.

Please use the questions your group received to guide your
discussions about each of the three images as you attempt
to deconstruct anti-Semitism.

IMAGE 1- The cover of a children's book from 1936 called "Trau keinem Fuchs auf gruener Heid und keinem Jud bein seinem Eid" (translation: Trust No Fox in the Green Meadow and No Jew on his Oath), published by Der Stuermer-Verlag.

IMAGE 2- Political cartoon from 1938 by Seppla (Josef Plank)

IMAGE 3- Contemporary political cartoon from 2005; is very similiar to the types of images found on contemporary white supremacist hate group websites.

Hope

Hope and False Hope play a large role in Chapter 3 of Night.
What does hope do for a person?
What does false hope do?
Are they both necessary?
Is one better than the other in the short term / long term?

Night, Chapter 3

None of us has experienced something like a Holocaust, but we have all experienced things that have shaped our lives and made us into the person who we are today. Many of those things, like Elie Wiesel's time in Auschwitz, are tragic and are things we WANT to forget...yet we cannot.

In Chapter 3 he writes about how those first sights at Auschwitz affected him...

Never shall I forget that night,
the first night in camp,
which has turned my life into one long night,
seven times cursed and seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the little faces of the children,
whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.
Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me,
for all eternity,
of the desire to live.
Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul
and turned my dreams to dust.
Never shall I forget these things,
even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Never.

Your task is to think about something in your life that changed you... something that left a mark on you that you "never shall forget"... it may not be tragic or destructive like the story of Elie, but we all have things that have changed us; things we will never forget.

Begin working on your own "Never shall I forget" poem. The due date has not been determined...for now, just think. Just remember.

Chapter 1, Night

Discuss how you felt at the end of Chapter 1. What feelings were you left with as the chapter came to a close?

And think about all we do to support other areas of the world after a natural disaster occurs... we intervene...quickly... but as Elie and his family were loaded onto those cattle cars at the end of Chapter 1, no one came to offer them relief....

Why study the Holocaust?

Let's ask Elie Wiesel?

An Introduction to NIGHT

As we prepare to read Elie Wiesel's NIGHT, it is important to find out what you already know, believe, and feel about the Holocaust.

First watch this photo story and look at each picture without writing anything in your journals. Then you will write your own personal perspective about the Holocaust-- it can factual, it can be your personal beliefs, it can be based on things you have learned in other classes, or it can be the things that come to your mind/heart as you see each of these pictures.

Then you will share this journal entry with the person sitting next to you; and finally volunteers will share their journal entry with the whole class.

A Reflection of Dead Poets Society

We began with this quote, and now we will end with it…

“No poet, no artist of any art, has complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation, is the appreciation of this relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead.” ~TS Eliot

What is TS Eliot saying?

Your Bucket List

As we further explore this idea of CARPE DIEM, it is time to think practically...much like Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson's characters did in the film "The Bucket List".

Watch this video, listen to the words and as you do....write your own BUCKET LIST.

What is on your list and WHY????

Carpe Diem.....

One of the most well-known parts of Dead Poet's Society is connected to the idea of CARPE DIEM...Seize the day.


But if there was ever a "saying" that we should not just repeat as a cliche, it is this one...
If there was ever a "saying" that we should really stop and ponder, it is this one....
So that is your task...

Stop.
Listen.
Ponder.

What does Carpe Diem really mean?
To mankind?
To you personally?

Your task before our next class meeting is to find a song that has the message of CARPE DIEM. (and no, do not google "songs about carpe diem".... ) Turn on your iPod or your mp3 player and scroll through the titles. Which ones talk about seizing moments or opportunities? Which ones talk about NOT wasting time?

This song is my example of a Carpe Diem message...one that speaks to me personally for many different reasons.

Now what is yours?

For our next class you must find YOUR Carpe Diem Song!
This time the music itself is not so important; rather, it is the lyrics that you are focusing on.....

You will hand in 2 things-

1) a copy of the lyrics and

2) a 1 page paper (about 150-200 words) about why you believe this song has the message of Carpe Diem.

What parts of the lyrics spoke to you?

Why is the songwriter telling this message?

Was it because he learned a lesson the hard way about wasting time or is he is warning all of us not to let life slip by??

What was his motivation in writing this song?

Journal- Making a difference

As we travel this study of the Human Spirit, we are looking at 2 individuals who Hollywood would want us to believe have made differences in their corners of the world.

1. Erin Gruwell.... the Freedom Writers teacher

and 2. John Keating....the teacher from Dead Poet's Society.

But can one person, or more specifically ONE TEACHER, really make such a difference in people's lives?

You be the judge.... Is this possible? Or just another story Hollywood is trying to sell?

Express Yourself.

As you listen to Madonna's "command", respond to the following items in your journal:

1. What is your personal interpretation of the Danish saying "frihed under ansvar"?

2. Brainstorm all the possible ways that people express themselves using words.

3. WHY do people use the items you listed in #2?

The other side of us....

We watched the "counter personalities" of Matt and Ursula develop throughout the novel to the point that sometimes we saw "Big Mouth" and "Ugly Girl" more than Matt and Ursula. However at the end of the story, we see them leaving these "other sides" of themselves behind.... or do we?
Can you really ever escape from your other self? Or is it always there, just under the surface, waiting to reappear? Your other self may not be as defined or developed as Matt & Ursula's, but does it exist? When do you see it emerge???? Can you keep it hidden....or should you??

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl is a book filled with situations where someone/something is saved.
Read these lyrics as you listen to "Wonderwall" by Oasis. If you had to connect the song to one particular situation in the novel, which would it be?

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
Backbeat 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 along are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you I don't know how because maybe
You're gonna be the one who 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 to you were winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
I don't know how
I said maybe You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after all You're my wonderwall