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One Direction – I Wish lyrics
LIAM:
(Na na na na na)
(Na na na na na)

ZAYN:
He takes your hand, I die a little
I watch your eyes and I'm in riddles
Why can't you look at me like that?

LIAM:
(Na na na na na)

LIAM:
When you walk by, I try to say it
But then I freeze, and never do it
My tongue gets tied, the words get trapped (Trapped)

HARRY:
I hear the beat of my heart getting louder, whenever I'm near you

ALL:
But I see you
With him slow dancing
Tearing me apart 'cause you don't see
Whenever you
Kiss him, I'm breaking,

ZAYN:
Oh how I wish that was me

LIAM:
(Na na na na na)
(Na na na na na)

NIAL AND HARRY:
He looks at you, the way that I would
Does all the things, I know that I could

HARRY:
If only time, could just turn back

ZAYN AND HARRY::
'Cause I got three little words that I've always been dying to tell you

ALL:
But I see you
With him slow dancing
Tearing me apart 'cause you don't see
Whenever you
Kiss him, I'm breaking,

HARRY:
Oh how I wish that was me

HARRY AND ZAYN:
With my hands on your waist, while we dance in the moonlight
I wish it was me, that you’ll call later on 'cause you wanna say good night

LIAM:
'Cause I see you
With him slow dancing
Tearing me apart 'cause you don't see

ALL:
But I see you
With him slow dancing
Tearing me apart 'cause you don't see
Whenever you
Kiss him, I'm breaking,

HARRY:
Oh how I wish

ZAYN:
Oh how I wish

HARRY:
Oh how I wish, that was me

ZAYN:
Oh how I wish, that was me
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Songwriters: Carl Anthony Falk, Rami Yacoub, Savan Harish Kotecha
I Wish lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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    Unregistered 2011-12-24 18:17:53
    I felt really related to this song. It's like what's happening to me. Loving someone who has someone already it his heart which always keeps me breaking. And the prom is already coming to think that they would see them slow dancing that tears me which he can't even see. To think that I really wish he would put his arm around my waist then we dance in the moonlight then he would kiss me. Which would never happen :((but oh how I wish that girl was me: '(
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    Unregistered 2012-09-02 14:18:51
    It means, that your lover is loving someone els and you want to tell her the you love her but you just can't do it because your afraid. And whenever you see her with that man you die in the inside because your wishing to be him at the moment and you want her to know that you can do everything to her, and that you want her to be yours forever.
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    Unregistered 2012-06-05 11:15:04
    I really like this girl, ashlee lavia. She is the most beautiful person in the world. I would sit in bed at night and think of what to say and how to tell her how I feel. This went on for weeks! One day I finally got the guts to tell her. I was walking up to her.
    Getting keen.
    Almost there.
    And.
    Bam! Out of the blue sam johnston comes along and says hey ashlee want to go out with me?
    She said yes. :(
    The moment I heard the word yes I knew. I was too late.
    Now I have to sit at school everyday and watch them, together.
    And do you want to know the worst part.
    They are happy.
    I could never tear them apart because I know that would hurt sam just as much as it is me now. When I see ashlee smiling, it feels like I am absorbing every ounce of happiness in the world. I would never ruin that. I now hate myself for being such a coward.
    So I think the moral of the story is.
    You snooze you lose. :(.
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    Unregistered 2012-06-05 11:04:49
    I really like this girl, ashlee, and have for a long time. I would sit in bed at night and plan out what to say and how to tell her. Then one day I finally got the guts to do it. I was walking up to her, getting keen, and then. Bam! Out of the blue sam comes along and just goes hey ashlee will you go out with me.
    She said yes.
    Now everyday I have to sit there watching them and it just tears me apart. Legit like the song. And the worst part is.
    They are happy. I could never tear them apart because I know that would hurt sam just like it is me right now. Seeing her happy is the only perk. When she smiles. It feels like I have just absorbed every ounce of happiness in the world. But then I see it is directed at him. So this is what I think the story line resembles. You snooze. You lose. :(
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    Unregistered 2012-07-12 10:01:51
    Well it means that you wish you could be with someone and they wanted to be with you but then you see the person slow dancing with someone else and tears you apart and btw I'm singing this at the tsalent show everyone tells me I'm amazing not being up my self but yeah cause I sing and everynes like your amazing and I'm like thanks anyways I love 1d.
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    Unregistered 2012-06-24 13:47:19
    Well unlike everyone else I'm actually going to write what I got out of this song.
    This song is about the pain of seeing the one you love taken by someone else and having to deal with the heartbreak of knowing they are happy. He is hurting and she doesn't see. Not being loved back by the one you love most is one of the worst feelings in the world, trust me, but whats worse is the fact that you might be perfect for them, and they'll never know because they don't notice you.
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    Unregistered 2012-06-03 00:52:54
    Weird but I love you guys sooo it's ok. I wish tht I had tickets to ur concert! You guys rock and I think tht I'm in love with harryyy harry says he's single since 2008 I read in one of their books. I love them all here's my list in order:
    1: harry.
    2: liam.
    3: zayn (if that's how he spells his name.)
    4: louis.
    5: niall (although he's a greatt singer.)
    Love you guys!
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    Unregistered 2012-04-11 23:30:37
    I love one direction I'm teh number 1 fan I love you id I mean I love thema ll but my favorite is harry the nial then liam loui and zayn I love them all I love you one direction I wish I could meet I have ur cd almost when I get it in my mail and I'm goignt o have al of ir books I love you one direction!
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    Unregistered 2012-04-06 16:26:36
    The song is the story of all of us. It's the time when we love someone but don't have the guts to tell them and it breaks us when we see them with the person they love. It tears us when we're so near them, we're just a step or two from telling them what we really feel, yet, we don't or we can't. And what breaks us most is, we waste all of these opportunities and they end up with another person. And we just keep on wishing that we become that other person.
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    Unregistered 2012-03-04 13:03:45
    Omg every time I hear this song I nearly cry! This is by far the best 1d song as of yet for me! Talk about sweet - the only problem is that when guys really feel like that, they don't tell you. "i wish" guys would actually let out their sensitive side once in a while, cos' fyi, it impresses us a lot more than tryin' to be all tough and macho! Ok, whinge over: p
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    Unregistered 2012-01-12 20:09:16
    I have oodd so I memerise one direction songs alot I love one direction soo much and they are my role modles even know I'm a girl but I look up to them soo much and I have never been to one of there concerts but I am getting tickets! This song basicily means that they love a girl that is going out with someone eles and they wish that they were going out with her!
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    Unregistered 2012-05-01 06:21:25
    I wish is a self explanatory song that just speaks from the heart of every boy and girl in the world. Though it's sung by boys, one direction have captured the insightful message that most boys need to start realising. When you want to tell them something, just say it because it's never too late to say somethig. I love this song so much, it's emotional, meaningful sung by my favourite band :). It may have a similar line as the way I think of life, but it's just the love of music that pretty gets you off your feet and saying how you feel.
    Like they say, if you can't say it. Sing it.
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