Album: Language. Sex. Violence. Other? (2005)

Charted: 1

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• Thinkin' 'bout thinkin' of you
  Summertime think it was June
  Yeah, I think it was June
  Layin' back head on the grass
  Chewing gum havin' some laughs
  Yeah, havin' some laughs
  
  You make me feel like the one
  Make me feel like the one
  The one
  
  Drinkin' by drinkin' for two
  Drinkin' with you
  When drinkin' was new
  Sleepin' in the back of my car
  We never went far
  We didn't need to go far
  
  You make me feel like the one
  Make me feel like the one
  The one
  You make me feel like the one
  Make me feel like the one
  The one
  
  I don't know where we are going now
  I don't know where we are going now
  
  Wake up call coffee and juice
  Remembering you
  What happened to you?
  I wonder if we'll meet again
  Talk about life since then
  Talk about why did it end
  
  You make me feel like the one
  Make me feel like the one
  The one
  You make me feel like the one
  Make me feel like the one
  The one
  
  I don't know where we are going now
  I don't know where we are going now
  
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now
  So take a look at me now, now. Writer/s: Kelly Jones, Richard Mark Jones, Stuart Cable
  Publisher: Capitol CMG Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 11

• Dave from WalesThis song is often played at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff after matches played by the Welsh National Rugby team.
• David B from London, UkI love this beautiful, sensitive song… Martin's comments are thorough and (I think) heartfelt, though I’d say the relationship was passionate, more than reckless. It seems to me that the song is sung/narrated by a (now) older man, wistfully regretting a long lost, important, (to him; clearly) love, probably before he has aged / "moved on" enough to have reconciled himself to its loss. ("Back when drinking was new" clearly implies he somewhat older than 18 - the UK / Welsh age at which you buy an alcoholic drink alone.) The “coda” passage’s lament – presumably at not yet having met someone he desires who has made him “feel like the one” in a sufficiently similar way. The extent to which this is lastingly sad depends upon the time over which he has been craving a similarly fulfilling relationship which lasts (and indeed the realism of his hopes)… The lyrics suggest he is now a successful businessman (Wake up call...); he has not since had a relationship which satisfies him / makes him “feel like the one”. The line "take a look at me now” seems more likely to suggest he is ‘worth another look’ as to imply it is too late for him now… Were he really old, he'd probably have had subsequent regrets...
• Laura from San FranciscoDakota *is* named after "that state in America". (For the record, there are two separate states in America that include the word Dakota, both of which are larger alone than many European countries so I'm not sure they would appreciate being lumped in together as a single entity.) With that said, the song's original name was "Vermilion", after the college town in South Dakota where the group stayed whole in your in the U.S. The music video was filmed in South Dakota and contains several references to landmarks in the state..
• Francesco from Somewhere In ItalyI've discovered this song after playing a soccer video game, and maybe for that reason every time I hear it I think at my youthness, specifically the one that I didn't enjoyed because I was just a poor classy nerd.
  When I hear Dakota I dream of having 16 years and live those 16 years, maybe jumping and singing with a girlfriend in a Stereophonics concert.
• Reese from Kharkov, UkraineGosh, Martin, your comment is just a piece of art. Thanks a lot.
  My interestng fact will sopund like this probably:I've been listening to it million times for the past 4 years. And now I'm finding myself in the same sort of state. It's funny how we catch up with the songs we thought would never get prophetic.
• Anna K from Mexico City, MexicoI've red that many rock bands like The Stereophonics' music so much, like U2 and Oasis. Is that true?
• David from Grimsby, EnglandLove it,named my horse after it.she is american
• Jose from BrisbaneTop song, loved it as soon as I heard it...
• Ben from Whittier, Casounds fantastic !
• Kirsti from Perth, AustraliaThis is a very good song, very catchy
• Martin from Brisbane, Australiahaha wow i always assumed that dakota was about the state in america. but this is better. you can imagine my dismay when i saw no comments here. i hold this song in the aboslute highest regard. its a brilliant composition, and so personal. haha probably cos i first heard it after i got my heart broken, but i still have positive connotations attached to it. anyway my interpretation of this, and its pretty obvious in the lyrics, but its a bloke reminiscing about a reckless young love he once had. the lyrics faintly portay a beautiful relationship based on nothing but wild passion between two young lovers, that ended with uncertainty and heartbreak. the ultimate beauty of the song however, and the thing which makes it a genius composition, is the way in which the music, hand-in-hand with the lyrics, conveys the rollercoaster ride of the storytellers emotions. the fiery aspect of the relationship of the two venturous young lovers is made life-like with the louder, yet gentle guitars, and the singer half screaming "you made me feel like the one, you made me feel like the one", as if he were proclaiming his love to the heavens. underneath the overwhelming lust the protagonist feels, between these chorus', the versus portray the pure, and intimate side of the relationship, through the soft beat, harmonious melody, and gentle vocals. the next feeling is that of a lack of direction, and foundation for such a powerful love. it is a loud, uncertain exclaimation of "i don't know where we are going now". finally, after this almost frustrating peak, the mood turns to sorrow. the noise dies in an instant, and goes back to the soothing sounds of the versus, only now his love has left him, probably because drinking and sleeping in the back of cars was not enough to fulfill her hopes and dreams. as the lines "you made made me feel like the one" and "i don't know where we are going now" are eerily repeated, a sense of past tense, and regret, and then frustration, and even anger are felt, but to finish, after the screaming vocals and overlap of instruments stop, it seems the ultimate notion is self pity. something that has occured to me since first trying to break this song down, is one of its most remarkable aspects. it really is left unfinished, and unanswered. whether he is now an old man, alone, miserable, and paranoid; a successful middle aged, married businessman; or still a young man embarking on a new reckless relationship, the line "take a look at me now" leaves you guessing.

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