Steal My Girl

"She’s been my queen since we were sixteen"- there's no way this isn't pointing to the formation: 3 members were 16 at the time of formation "Everybody wanna steal my girl Everybody wanna take her heart away Couple billion in the whole wide world Find another one ‘cause she belongs to me"- possible reference to fandom notion of "our girls, the boys" original notion of fandom integrity, the fandom stays together, "we're a family". It is also possible that this refers to what used to be fear of Directioners, and fear of the One Direction fandom expressed by many rivals which has since died down after the introduction of support act 5sos and subsequent loss of momentum. "whole wide world" wouldn't refer to small scale love story if it's world wide; therefore it most likely refers to fandom and the stealing of fans as opposed to love story "girl" "I don’t exist if I don’t have her"- interdependence; once again, notion as expressed various times when receiving awards "wouldn't be here if it weren't for the fans", "owe it to the fans" "She knows, she knows that I never let her down before She knows, she knows that I’m never gonna let another take her love from me now!"- "never let her down" reference to saving fans from depression; "she knows"- indirect "I know her well" "Well find another one 'cause she belongs to me" (Zayn ad lib)- "go find your own fans, they're mine" "Na na na na na"- old style influenced tune, XFactor performances? Composed and written by band members, from the heart?

This whole song is like a love story, how the person who is saying that everyone is going to "steal his girl", but in the end the only one that really knows her is him. "She’s been my queen since we were sixteen We want the same things We dream the same dreams" They've known each other since they were teenagers, growing up together and that they were presumably best friends since they have things in common. "Her mum calls me ‘love’; her dad calls me ‘son’" He literally has the get-go from her parents to say like, yeah she's all yours man. "Everybody wanna steal my girl Everybody wanna take her heart away Couple billion in the whole wide world Find another one ‘cause she belongs to me" He is announcing to the world that his "girl" is all his and no one can have her but him. "Kisses like queen, her walk is so mean And every jaw drop when she’s in those jeans" Now we now that they are together and that they are a couple in a relationship. "I don’t exist if I don’t have her The sun doesn't shine, the world doesn't turn" He is saying his day is depressing when he isn't with her and that she lights up his day, or his life when they are together. And basically they go through the song saying like, she's all mine, you can't have her and she knows i'm loyal to her and won't let her down.