Maroon 5

Featuring: The Cool Kids

Songwriter: Adam Levine Jesse Carmichael

Producer: The Cool Kids

[Verse 1]
How dare you say that my behavior's unacceptable
So condescending unnecessarily critical
I have the tendency of getting very physical
So watch your step, 'cause if I do, you'll need a miracle
You drain me dry and make me wonder why I'm even here
The double vision I was seeing is finally clear
You want to stay, but you know very well I want you gone
Not fit to fuckin' tread the ground that I am walking on

[Chorus]
But when it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
You'll understand what I mean when I say
"There's no way we're gonna give up"
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams

[Post-Chorus]
Is there anyone out there?
'Cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Is there anyone out there?
'Cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe

[Verse 2]
What you are doing is screwing things up inside my head
You should know better, you never listened to a word I said
Clutching your pillow and writhing in a naked sweat
Hoping somebody someday will do you like I did

[Chorus]
But when it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
You'll understand what I mean when I say
"There's no way we're gonna give up"
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams

[Post-Chorus]
Is there anyone out there?
'Cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe

[Verse 3]
I hang your picture well
I frame it, maybe need a nail
Or some tape, to stick it on the wall
When I walk in, it stay
Or maybe Velcro
To strap your bows and patches on the elbows
In the coat when it's cold
I mean winter-cold
That's rain, sleet, hail, snow
Hell, no
She's lookin' at me like I sell bras
But, I don't, wouldn't, won't
I am not that guy
Cross my T's, dot that I
Say it's hard to breathe?
We are not that high
Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale
Breathe it in, out again
Oxygen, count me out
Ten products in the aisle that I cannot
Breathe in, shoots in and think
If they sink, I won't swim
Like I won't hold my breath when I float in this bitch
Backstroke, high-dive, diving boards don't slip
And belly-flop, knock the block outta your socks
And your feet in the water, there to shock ya
Make it harder to breathe

[Chorus]
But when it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
You'll understand what I mean when I say
"There's no way we're gonna give up"
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams

[Post-Chorus]
Is there anyone out there?
'Cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe

Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band. They were originally formed in 1994 as Kara’s Flowers while they were still attending high school. They signed to Reprise Records and released an album, The Fourth World, in 1997. After a mediocre response to the album, the band parted with their record label and attended college, but in 2001, the band regrouped, added James Valentine to the lineup, and pursued a new direction under the name Maroon 5.

Their first big hit came in the form of “Harder to Breathe,” the edgier lead single from their debut, Songs About Jane. The continued success of that song and other singles “This Love,” “She Will Be Loved,” and “Sunday Morning” cemented the quintet as a pop-rock band to keep an eye out for.

However, for their second album, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long, they switched to ambing up on slick pop production—and it worked for them. Lead single “Makes Me Wonder” jumped 63 places in one week to reach number one, becoming their first ever #1 single.

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