[Part I]
[Intro: Future]
Drop your location, she think she me or sum’ (Hendrix)
Put on my chains, now she think she me or sum’
She keep a Glock in her bag, she think …
[Verse 1]
You said, “Speak from your mind
The words that it finds
Come out of your soul, a part of the whole”
You said, “What does it change?
Both of us know
After tonight, there …
[TONY]
Maria…
The most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria…
All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria…
Maria, Maria…
Maria!
I’ve just met a girl named Maria
And …
[Verse 1]
What happens in dreams where we fly?
Never been as high as tonight
Staring through a window in time
For someone to show me what I’m like
He said, “Hello”, it’s like a …
[Verse 1]
Oh-oh-oh, every little smile hides a little lie
Could cut the silence with a knife
Subatomic bliss is nothing left to miss
It’s just empty Russian roulette
[Pre-Chorus]
Try to brush it off my …
Baby I’m preying on you tonight
Hunt you down eat you alive1
Just like animals2
Animals
Like animals-mals
Maybe you think that you can hide3
I can smell your scent for miles4
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals-mals
Baby I’m
So what you trying to do to me
It’s like we can’t stop, we’re enemies
But we get along when I’m inside you,5 eh
You’re like a drug that’s killing me6
I cut you out entirely
But I get so high when I’m inside you
Yeah you can start over you can run free
You can find other fish in the sea
You can pretend it’s meant to be
But you can’t stay away from me7
I can still hear you making that sound
Taking me down rolling on the ground
You can pretend that it was me
But no, oh
Baby I’m preying on you tonight
Hunt you down eat you alive
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals
Maybe you think that you can hide
I can smell your scent for miles
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals-mals
Baby I’m
So if I run it’s not enough
You’re still in my head forever stuck8
So you can do what you wanna do,9 eh
I love your lies I’ll eat ’em up
But don’t deny the animal
That comes alive when I’m inside you10
Yeah you can start over you can run free
You can find other fish in the sea
You can pretend it’s meant to be
But you can’t stay away from me
I can still hear you making that sound
Taking me down rolling on the ground
You can pretend that it was me
But no, oh
Baby I’m preying on you tonight
Hunt you down eat you alive
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals-mals
Maybe you think that you can hide
I can smell your scent for miles
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals-mals
Baby I’m
Don’t tell no lie, (lie lie lie)
You can’t deny, (ny ny ny)
The beast11 inside, side side side
Yeah yeah yeah
No girl don’t lie, (lie lie lie) (No girl don’t lie)
You can’t deny, (ny ny ny) (You can’t deny)
The beast inside, (side side side)
Yeah yeah yeah
Yo,
Whoa
Whoa
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals-mals
Just like animals (Yeah)
Animals (Yeah)
Like animals-mals (Yeah)
Ow
Baby I’m preying on you tonight
Hunt you down eat you alive
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals-mals
Maybe you think that you can hide
I can smell your scent for miles
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals-mals
Baby I’m
Don’t tell no lie, (lie lie lie)
You can’t deny, ny ny ny
The beast inside, side side side
Yeah yeah yeah
No girl don’t lie, (lie lie lie) (No girl don’t lie)
You can’t deny, (ny ny ny) (You can’t deny)
The beast inside, (side side side)
Yeah yeah yeah
“Eat you alive” refers to sex. While some suggest it refers to rape, it is more likely that Maroon 5 composed this song about consensual, yet still aggressively physical, sex.
The word “animals” is used throughout this song to invoke the sense of primitive, animalistic sexual desire and physical attraction.
In the music video, the female continually dodges her pursuer’s advances, though he stubbornly continues to close in on her, enticed by her allure.
Many animals have an extremely heightened sense of smell that helps them find sexual partners, food, etc. Again, the animalistic quality of human sexual desire is the theme here.
Maroon 5 refers to sexual intercourse here.
The drug simile is appropriate, since sexual desire can also be addicting.
Singing from the male pursuer’s perspective, he suggests that no matter what kind of sexual life the female chases, she will always come back to him due to the intensity of their shared sexual attraction. The male in the video is far more convinced about their sexual attraction than the female.
Whatever the male tries to do to forget the female and leave her in the past, his desire for her never fades.
This intense desire gives the female a significant degree of control over the male.
Regardless of the shortcomings of the female’s personality, the male is convinced that the animalistic sexual experiences between the two of them are enough to keep their sexual relationship going strong.
The word “beast” also refers to the physical, animalistic sexual characteristics of the male.
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