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Maroon 5

Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originates from Los Angeles, California. The group

was originally formed in 1994 as Kara’s Flowers while they were still attending high school.

With a line-up of Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick, they

signed to Reprise Records and released an album, The Fourth World, in 1997. After a tepid

response to the album, the band parted with their record label and attended college. In 2001, the

band regrouped and added James Valentine to the lineup, and pursued a new direction under the

name Maroon 5.

Adam Levine has stated: “Everything that’s written and performed and put together pretty much

comes from us. I just think people would be surprised to know that we’re a self-contained unit.

We’re a band that does their own thing. There’s no puppet master.”

However, in an article about the songwriter and producer Benny Blanco, subtitled “Benny

Blanco, Hit Maker for Rihanna and Maroon 5,” it is revealed that at least some of Maroon 5’s

songs, such as “Moves Like Jagger,” are the product of efforts by, or collaborations with,

professional songwriters and producers. In the same article, Adam Levine is quoted as saying:

“It’s almost as if Benny Blanco has the Midas touch in putting the right people together at the

right time to create a musical moment. He’s about the collaboration. And he’s so good at nailing

down who does everything best.”

Maroon 5 – Makes Me Wonder

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

[Bridge]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse]

God damn my spinning head

Decisions that made my bed

Now I must lay in it

And deal with things I’ve left unsaid

I want to dive into you

Forget what you’re going through

I get behind, make your move

Forget about the truth

[Bridge]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Breakdown]

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

[Bridge]

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

[Chorus]

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 [x3]

(Oh no)

Maroon 5 – Payphone

I’m at a payphone trying to call home

All of my change I spent on you

Where have the times gone

Baby it’s all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?

Yeah, I, I know it’s hard to remember

The people we used to be

It’s even harder to picture

That you’re not here next to me

You say it’s too late to make it

But is it too late to try?

And in our time that you wasted

All of our bridges burned down

I’ve wasted my nights

You turned out the lights

Now I’m paralyzed

Still stuck in that time when we called it love

But even the sun sets in paradise

I’m at a payphone trying to call home

All of my change I spent on you

Where have the times gone

Baby it’s all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?

If happy ever after did exist

I would still be holding you like this

All those fairytales are full of sh*t

One more stupid love song I’ll be sick

You turned your back on tomorrow

Cause you forgot yesterday

I gave you my love to borrow

But just gave it away

You can’t expect me to be fine

I don’t expect you to care

I know I’ve said it before

But all of our bridges burned down

I’ve wasted my nights

You turned out the lights

Now I’m paralyzed

Still stuck in that time when we called it love

But even the sun sets in paradise

I’m at a payphone trying to call home

All of my change I spent on you

Where have the times gone

Baby it’s all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?

If happy ever after did exist

I would still be holding you like this

All those fairytales are full of sh*t

One more stupid love song I’ll be sick

Now I’m at a payphone…

[Wiz Khalifa]

Man work that sh*t

I’ll be out spending all this money while you sitting round

Wondering why it wasn’t you who came up from nothing

Made it from the bottom

Now when you see me I’m stunning

And all of my cars start with the push up a button

Telling me the chances I blew up or whatever you call it

Switched the number to my phone

So you never could call it

Don’t need my name on my show

You can tell it I’m ballin’

Swish, what a shame could have got picked

Had a really good game but you missed your last shot

So you talk about who you see at the top

Or what you could’ve saw

But sad to say it’s over for

Phantom pulled up valet open doors

Wiz like go away, got what you was looking for

Now ask me who they want

So you can go and take that little piece of sh*t with you

I’m at a payphone trying to call home

All of my change I spent on you

Where have the times gone

Baby it’s all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?

If happy ever after did exist

I would still be holding you like this

All those fairytales are full of sh*t

One more stupid love song I’ll be sick

Now I’m at a payphone…