If you're not ready for One Direction's final pre-hiatus album, Made in the A.M., then TOO BAD. The band has been releasing single after single from the album, slated for release on Friday, and Monday was no different. While we were all casually going about our business, One Direction released "End of the Day," and it's my favorite song off the album so far. The song is part anthem, part ballad, all set to an upbeat, skipping sort of rhythm with a backdrop of clapping. One minute you're bobbing your head along happily, and the next minute you're stomping your feet and throwing your arm around someone's shoulders to rock back and forth to the chorus. But when you examine One Direction's "End of the Day" lyrics, what does it reveal about the song? The song is straightforward enough to make it truly hard to figure out who, if anyone, the boys are actually talking about here. I mean, lyrically speaking, of course, because, musically speaking, it's like listening to two different songs. But in a good way. The song opens with the verse: I told her that I loved herWas not sure if she heardThe roof was pretty windyAnd she didn't say a wordParty dying downstairsAnd nothing left to doJust me, her, and the moon Who on earth were they confessing to on a roof at a party? And which one of them was doing the confessing? The song was cowritten by Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, the latter of whom also tweeted that the song was one of his favorites on the album, so perhaps it's one of their paramours that we're hearing about here? I would guess Briana Jungwirth, if not for the fact that the rumors swirling about Tomlinson and Jungwirth claim they are just friends and nothing more. Either way, this is followed by the bridge: I said you're on fire, babeThen down came the lightning on meLove can be frightening for sure All I have to say is, aww. I mean, there's no way I could hear that first line from a boy without responding with a lyric from the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way," but that doesn't mean it's not cute. The bridge is followed by the chorus, which, as I noted, sounds like a completely different song: All I know at the end of the day Is you want what you want And you say what you sayAnd you follow your heart Even though it'll break sometimes All I know at the end of the day Is you love who you loveThere ain't no other wayIf there's something I've learned From a million mistakesYou're the one that I want At the end of the day So clearly, this is a song about pining, longing even, for a girl that the boys can't have. However, they are quite determined to make it clear to that girl that they are in love with her and they have to follow their hearts, even if she breaks them.... Can I be that girl, please? She said the night was overI said it's foreverTwenty minutes later Wound up in the hospitalThe priest thinks it's the devilMy mom thinks it's the fluBut girl it's only you Get it, guys? Because they're lovesick. Cue rimshot here. When the sun goes downI know that you and me and everything will be all rightAnd when the city's sleepingYou and I can stay awake and keep on dreaming From this, I'm taking it to mean that, even though the girl doesn't return their feelings and they're not over it yet, they still want to be friends, hang out, and be together in the platonic sense. Which is a nice way for this story to end without veering into stalkerish territory. Check out the song below, while I continue to listen to it on repeat for more clues. One Direction in 2012 British-Irish boy band One Direction including Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik have recorded material for five studio albums. Apart from their album songs, the band has released several non-album singles, such as the charity singles "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" and "God Only Knows". "Forever Young", which would have been released if they had won The X Factor, was their first unofficial single.[1] "What Makes You Beautiful", was released as their debut single and lead single from their debut studio album, Up All Night (2011).[2] They made history as the first U.K. group to bow at number one on the Billboard 200 with a debut album.[3] "Gotta Be You",[4] "One Thing",[5] and "More than This" were the other three singles from their debut album with the first two being top-ten singles in the UK. The band's second studio album, Take Me Home, was released in November 2012. The lead single "Live While We're Young" was released on 30 September 2012,[6] and recorded the highest opening week sales figure for a song by a non-US artist.[7] "Little Things" and "Kiss You", the succeeding singles, were also successes. One Direction's third studio album, Midnight Memories, was released on 25 November 2013. The album was preceded by its lead single "Best Song Ever" and its critically acclaimed second single "Story of My Life". The album was a huge commercial success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200. Their fourth studio album, Four, was released on 17 November 2014. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200 following its release. Their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M., released on 13 November 2015, was One Direction's final album before the group's indefinite hiatus in January 2016. "Drag Me Down" served as the lead single from the album.[8] Tracks
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