Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: indian
Song Meaning of “One Thing” by The Leonard Washingtons
This song is about finding the courage to start over and take a chance on love again after having been deeply hurt in the past. The singer is trying to convince himself to take a risk and be vulnerable in order to find true happiness. He is asking for help to take the plunge and open his heart to the possibility of love.
Lyrics in the chorus depict the singer’s feelings of hesitation as the memories of a hurtful past are keeping him from trusting again: “Do I dare go out and be all that I can be / Do I leave the shackles of the world that I knew / To find out just what I can be / How can I break these chains holding me”.
However, he knows his best chance at real joy is to keep trying and break free from his internal chains of fear. He must follow that “one thing” that keeps pulling him towards love despite his discomfort: “I know the one thing I can do is to push on, face the music, feel the fire, carry on”. He is finally willing to take a leap of faith and put his trust in another.
The message of the song is to take that risk and believe in yourself to take that chance on love. The only way to regain control of your own happiness is to let go of the past and keep putting one foot in front of the other, no matter how daunting it may feel.