One Thing | One Direction

What is the meaning and main idea of One Direction's One Thing song? What is the message the song tries to convey? Continue reading this article to find the answers. And for your reference, below is the complete lyric of the song.

One Thing - One Direction

I've tried playing it cool
But when I'm looking at you
I can't ever be brave
'Cause you make my heart race

Shot me out of the sky
You're my kryptonite
You keep making me weak
Yeah, frozen and can't breathe

PRE-CHORUS
Somethings gotta give now
'Cause I'm dying just to make you see
That I need you here with me now
'Cause you've got that one thing

CHORUS
So get out, get out, get out of my head
And fall into my arms instead
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is
But I need that one thing
And you've got that one thing

Now I'm climbing the walls
But you don't notice at all
That I'm going out of my mind
All day and all night

PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS (2x)

oh whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa
You've got that one thing

So get out, get out, get out of my head
And fall into my arms instead

CHORUS

So Get out, get out, get out of my mind
And come on, come into my life
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is
But I need that one thing
And you've got that one thing

Meaning, Main Idea, and Message of The Song

Crushing on someone can sometimes be very frustrating. There will be two things about those crushing on which will potentially change: sleeping time and eating appetite. One who usually has regular sleeping time may suddenly get difficulty in sleeping. One who is usually greedy about eating can instantly lose their appetite. And this all happen because they cannot think about other things than the one whom they are crushing on.

This One Direction's One Thing song seems to me to describe the feeling and mind of a boy who is crushing on a girl. The first verse shows what happens when he sees the girl he likes. He has tried to play cool, but when he meets the girl he cannot look cool anymore. He loses his gut. He is suddenly afraid of expressing his feeling. The second verse is a simile. It is the figurative language describing how perplexed his feeling is. So for him, if he is superman, the girl is the kryptonite which weakens him all the time. The third and four verse (pre-chorus and chorus part) emphasize how perplexed he is right now and show what makes him that way. It is one thing in the girl which has made him crazy. However, that one thing is not clearly mentioned. But, based on the main idea of the song and in line with all the lyric lines, I conclude that one thing that the boy expects so much is her heart or her answer to say "I love you to."

Well, that's my interpretation of One Direction's One Thing song. Your comments are highly appreciated.