“The cold and wind and rain don’t know, they only seem to come and go away.” – ‘Stand By Me’
On a metaphorical level, this lyric resonates among some of the most comforting pieces of advice in Noel Gallagher’s songs. ‘Stand By Me’ is a song for someone going through a rubbish time, with such deep disappointment noted in the lyrics, “Times are hard when things have got no meaning” and “What’s the matter with you? Sing me something new.” This lyric basically tells us that everything we go through is not the be all and end all and, like “the cold and wind and rain,” it will pass. It also states that nothing is deeply personal, because the weather doesn’t know what is happening in our lives. On a less metaphorical level, Noel has described the British summertime perfectly.