Released: November 18, 2011

Songwriter: ZAYN Niall Horan Louis Tomlinson Liam Payne Harry Styles Wayne Hector Steve Robson

Producer: Steve Robson

[Verse 1: Harry]
Circles, we’re going in circles
Dizzy’s all it makes us
We know where it takes us, we've been before
Closer, maybe looking closer
There's more to discover
Find out what went wrong without blaming each other

[Pre-Chorus: Zayn]
Think that we got more time
When we're falling behind
Got to make up our minds

[Chorus: All]
Or else we'll play, play, play all the same old games
And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change
And we take, take, take it for granted that we’ll be the same
But we're making all the same mistakes

[Verse 2: Liam]
Wake up, we both need to wake up
Maybe if we face up to this
We can make it through this
Closer, maybe we'll be closer
Stronger than we were before, yeah
Make this something more, yeah

[Pre-Chorus: Zayn]
Think that we got more time
When we're falling behind
Got to make up our minds

[Chorus: All]
Or else we'll play, play, play all the same old games
And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change
And we take, take, take it for granted that we’ll be the same
But we're making all the same mistakes
Yeah, yeah, that's what crazy is
When it's broke and you say there's nothing to fix
And you pray, pray, pray that everything will be okay
While you're making all the same mistakes

[Bridge: Liam]
Don't look back but if we don't look back
We’re only learning then
How to make all same mis-, same mistakes again

[Chorus: All & (Zayn)]
So we play, play, play all the same old games (same old games)
And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change
(Well, nothing's gonna change)
And we take, take, take it for granted that we’ll be the same
(Nothing's gonna be the same)
But we're making all the same mistakes
Yeah, yeah, that's what crazy is (crazy is)
When it's broke and you say there's nothing to fix
(There's nothing to fix, oh, oh)
And you pray, pray, pray that everything will be okay
(Everything will be okay)
While you're making all the same mistakes

One Direction

One Direction was an English-Irish pop band based in London, consisting of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously Zayn Malik. They signed with Simon Cowell’s record label Syco Records after being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010. Check out their journey on the competition here.

Propelled to international success by the power of social media, their two albums Up All Night and Take Me Home, released in 2011 and 2012 respectively, broke several records, topped the charts of most major markets, and generated hit singles, including “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Live While We’re Young.”

Their third album, Midnight Memories, introduced a maturing sound. Singles including “Best Song Ever” and “Story of My Life” became smash hits. The music video for “Best Song Ever” even broke the one-day Vevo record, racking up 10.9 million views in 24 hours.