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Garbage

The One

Release date: 2012

From Not Your Kind of People (Deluxe Version)
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About This Track

'The One' by Garbage is a 2012 rock track on 'Not Your Kind of People (Deluxe Version)'. In its lyrics, the narrator sounds briefly swept up and then knowingly handled, moving into a sharper, managerial fantasy of control, with commands that frame the speaker as someone ready to direct outcomes. The vocal approach pivots between hooky insistence and clipped authority, capturing the mood of being “falling” while insisting on control.

"The One" is a track by Garbage, from the album Not Your Kind of People (Deluxe Version), released 2012. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about Garbage.

About the Artist

Garbage

Garbage

Lyrics

The One

[Verse 1]

Yeah right from the start you had me hooked

And I knew I was falling

And sure you had me sussed

You worked me out

You took me right out no doubt

[Pre-Chorus]

Call me a lawyer

I want to micromanage

I need a hit man

Get me the operator

Call me a doctor

I cannot lose control

There must be someone

A robot, a terminator?

He got me eye balled

He got me tied down

He got me roller coaster

Help me, man down

Don't wanna talk about it

I know a lot about it

He got me on the ropes and I don't like it

[Chorus]

You might be the one, the one for me

You might be the one, the one for me

You might be the one for me

You might be

The one

[Verse 2]

You know what I want

You see me sweat and lose all confidence

And you, you mess me up

I'm back to front

You know I want you, don't you?

[Pre-Chorus]

Call me a lawyer

I want to micromanage

I need a hit man

Get me the operator

Call me a doctor

I cannot lose control

There must be someone

A robot, a terminator?

He got me eye balled

He got me tied down

He got me roller coaster

Help me, man down

Don't wanna talk about it

I know a lot about it

He got me on the ropes and I don't like it

[Chorus]

You might be the one, the one for me

You might be the one, the one for me

You might be the one for me

You might be

The one

[Bridge]

Call me a lawyer

I want to micromanage

I need a hit man

And get me the operator

Call me a doctor

I cannot lose control

There must be someone

A robot, a terminator?

He got me eye balled

He got me tied down

He got me roller coaster

Help me, man down

Don't wanna talk about it

I know a lot about it

He got me on the ropes and I don't like it

[Chorus]

You might be the one, the one for me

You might be the one, the one for me

You might be the one for me

You might be

The one

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Track details

From Not Your Kind of People (Deluxe Version)

2012
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Not Your Kind of People (Deluxe Version)
Not Your Kind of People (Deluxe Version)
Garbage
14th May 2012
Release year
2012
  1. —Show Me
  2. —Bright Tonight
  3. —Love Like Suicide
  4. —The One
  5. —What Girls Are Made Of

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