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The One Thing Lyrics
Well you know just what you do to me
The way you move soft and slippery
Cut the night just like a razor
Rarely talk and that's the danger
It's the one thing
You are my thing
You know your voice is a love song
It's a catcall from the past
There's no ice in your lover's walk
You don't look twice 'cause you move so fast
You've got a dozen men behind you
You've got dead flowers on the floor
You're too pretty in the daylight
It keeps them coming back for more
The way you move soft and slippery
Cut the night just like a razor
Rarely talk and that's the danger
It's the one thing
You are my thing
It's a catcall from the past
There's no ice in your lover's walk
You don't look twice 'cause you move so fast
You've got dead flowers on the floor
You're too pretty in the daylight
It keeps them coming back for more
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hey this is like my fav inxs song. to me its about a girl who all the guys look at and are attracted to. but the girl belongs to him. and yes, great video too.
@shakil or is she a bit of a black widow style woman ... got the men lining up, but she'll settle for now
@shakil or is she a bit of a black widow style woman ... got the men lining up, but she'll settle for now
You know what it does to me? It cuts the night like a razor It rarely talks and brings danger
Why don't I look twice when it's so fast? In daylight it makes me pretty Back for more it keeps coming
@NewReligion73 are you suggesting that these are lyric corrections??
@NewReligion73 are you suggesting that these are lyric corrections??
@sokorny I meant it to be a General Comment and am working on correcting my mistake. Thank you for bringing to my attention--I'm new here!
@sokorny I meant it to be a General Comment and am working on correcting my mistake. Thank you for bringing to my attention--I'm new here!
@NewReligion73 No worries, look forward to your comment :)
@NewReligion73 No worries, look forward to your comment :)
It's straightforward to read that this is about a woman who's too attractive for the narrator's good. The first stanza only speaks of the relationship between the two of them. By the third, we get the big picture: Men are being lined up and disposed of in numbers and the narrator is just the latest. Whether the second stanza is about just him or her whole history depends on whether that word in the middle is "lover's" or "lovers'" – either way, it sounds the same and has the same ending. The thing is, the lyrics make it sound like the narrator might have gotten hurt, but the saxophone, the guitars, and the vocals make it sound like the experience was a worthwhile thrill either way.
It's one for the music historians how the New Wave managed to come out of the UK, US, and Australia with similar sounds from all corners of the globe at once. I remember this in its original airplay and wondering at first if it was a Duran Duran song that we hadn't heard yet, but if this song's album, Shabooh Shoobah, was a response to Rio, it was a remarkably immediate one with the studio work coming only weeks after Rio's release. And, as both albums feature both high-energy tracks like this and more contemplative ones like "Don't Change," one has to credit the range and the creativity in any case.
No responses yet??? This was a great song from one of the classic 80's bands. I remember first seeing this played on MTV when they actually played video's and was a fan since Michaeel Hutchens death.
The meaning is pretty clear I think. And yeah, this was such a good song, although the Shobooh Shobah album yielded up many excellent songs.
@Major Valor probably best in the future to still state your interpretation, rather than say it is pretty clear. Doesn't hurt to put it down in words.
@Major Valor probably best in the future to still state your interpretation, rather than say it is pretty clear. Doesn't hurt to put it down in words.