Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, Calif… Read Full Bio ↴Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California, United States. The group was formed in 1994 as Kara's Flowers while its members were still in high school and originally consisted of Adam Levine (lead vocals, guitar), Jesse Carmichael (guitar, backing vocals) Mickey Madden (bass guitar) and Ryan Dusick (drums). Kara's Flowers signed to Reprise Records and released an album, "The Fourth World", in 1997. After a tepid response to the album, the band parted ways with the record label and the members attended college. Dusick and Madden stayed local at UCLA, while Levine and Carmichael relocated to the east coast to attend Five Towns College. While Levine and Carmichael were in New York, they began to take notice of the urban music surrounding them and later let the style influence the songs they wrote.

In 2001, the band regrouped, with guitarist James Valentine added to the line-up, and pursued a new direction under the name: Maroon 5. At this point, Jesse Carmichael switched to playing the keyboards and this has become his main instrument in the band (although he also plays rhythm guitar to this day). After these changes, Maroon 5 signed with Octone Records and released their debut album, "Songs About Jane", in June 2002. The album's lead single "Harder to Breathe", received heavy airplay, which helped the album to debut at number six on the Billboard 200 chart. The band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005. For the next few years, the band toured extensively worldwide in support of Songs About Jane and produced two live recordings: 2004's "1.22.03.Acoustic" and 2005's "Live Friday the 13th". In 2006, Ryan Dusick officially left the band after suffering from serious wrist and shoulder injuries and was replaced by Matt Flynn. The band recorded their second album, "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" and released it in May 2007. The album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and the lead single, "Makes Me Wonder", became the band's first number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100.

On September 21, 2010, the band released their third studio album entitled "Hands All Over". It was re-released in 2011 to include the single "Moves like Jagger" (featuring Christina Aguilera). While the original version of the album received mixed reviews, "Moves like Jagger" reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The band released their next album, "Overexposed", on June 26, 2012. All four singles of the album were really successful on the charts - for example, the second single from Overexposed, "One More Night" (released on June 19, 2012), reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2014, the band signed with Interscope Records and released their fifth studio album, "V", with the very-first line-up of six official band members, as keyboardist and backing vocalist PJ Morton became an official member in 2012. The album debuted at top of the weekly Billboard 200 chart. Since its debut in 2002, the band has sold more than 15 million albums in the United States and over 100 million singles and 27 million albums worldwide.

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Maroon 5 Lyrics

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I wake up, with blood-shot eyes
Struggled to memorize
The way it felt between your thighs
Pleasure that made you cry
Feels so good to be bad
Not worth the aftermath, after that
After that
Try to get you back

I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you

Give me something to believe in
'Cause I don't believe in you
Anymore, anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to try
Yeah, so this is goodbye

God damn, my spinning head
Decisions that made my bed
Now I must lay in it
And deal with things I left unsaid
I want to dive into you
Forget what you're going through
I get behind; make your move
Forget about the truth

I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you

Give me something to believe in
'Cause I don't believe in you
Anymore, anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference
It even makes a difference to try (yeah)
And you told me how you're feeling
But I don't believe it's true
Anymore, anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry
(Oh no)
So this is goodbye

I've been here before
One day I'll wake up
And it won't hurt anymore
You caught me in a lie
I have no alibi
The words you say don't have a meaning
'Cause...

I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you and I...
And so this is goodbye

Give me something to believe in
'Cause I don't believe in you
Anymore, anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference
It even makes a difference to try
And you told me how you're feeling
But I don't believe it's true
Anymore, anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry
(Oh no)
So this is goodbye
So this is goodbye, yeah

So this is goodbye, yeah
So this is goodbye, yeah

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Maroon 5's song "Makes Me Wonder" describe the aftermath of a passionate encounter with someone who the singer is no longer with. The lyrics convey a sense of nostalgia for the physical intimacy they once shared, as well as a sense of regret for the way their relationship ended. The chorus of the song suggests that the singer no longer believes in their former lover and wonders if it was ever worth caring for them at all. The singer is somewhat resigned to their fate and appears to be moving on from their past relationship.

The lyrics also seem to suggest a sense of confusion and disorientation, as if the singer is struggling to make sense of their emotions and their current situation. The lines "God damn, my spinning head / Decisions that made my bed" suggest that the singer is grappling with regret over choices they made in their past, which have led to their current predicament.

Overall, "Makes Me Wonder" is a song about looking back on a past relationship and questioning whether it was ever worth the time and effort invested. The lyrics convey a sense of melancholy and longing, but also of resignation and acceptance.

Line by Line Meaning

I wake up, with blood-shot eyes
I woke up with my eyes red and irritated from crying all night

Struggled to memorize
I had a hard time remembering what it was like being intimate with you

The way it felt between your thighs
I can hardly remember the pleasure that was passionately experienced with you

Pleasure that made you cry
The intense pleasure we felt was so incredible that it brought tears to your eyes

Feels so good to be bad
Acting recklessly can be exciting and gratifying

Not worth the aftermath, after that
The aftermath of my actions wasn't worth the excitement it brought

Try to get you back
I'm trying to win you back

I still don't have the reason
I still don't know why we broke up

And you don't have the time
You're too busy to talk about what went wrong

And it really makes me wonder
Our situation is causing me to ponder a lot

If I ever gave a fuck about you
I'm questioning if I really cared about you and our relationship

Give me something to believe in
I need a reason to still hope for our love

'Cause I don't believe in you
I've lost my faith in you and our relationship

Anymore, anymore
I no longer believe that we can be together

I wonder if it even makes a difference to try
I'm uncertain if it's even worth trying to fix our relationship

Yeah, so this is goodbye
I'm saying farewell to us

God damn, my spinning head
I'm feeling dizzy with the confusion and uncertainty of our relationship

Decisions that made my bed
The choices I made have led me to this point

Now I must lay in it
I have to deal with the consequences of my actions

And deal with things I left unsaid
I need to confront the thoughts and emotions that I was afraid to express

I want to dive into you
I want to immerse myself in you and forget my problems

Forget what you're going through
I want to forget about your problems and focus on our relationship

I get behind; make your move
I'm following your lead, waiting for you to take the next step

Forget about the truth
I want to ignore the reality of our situation

And you told me how you're feeling
You tried to explain your emotions to me

But I don't believe it's true
I'm having a hard time believing what you're saying

So this is goodbye
Our relationship is ending

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ADAM LEVINE, JESSE ROYAL CARMICHAEL, MICHAEL ALLEN MADDEN, MICKEY MADDEN

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