I CAN'T LIE, THE AIR THAT I BREATHE BY MAROON 5

I CAN'T LIE, THE AIR THAT I BREATHE BY MAROON 5

I can't lie, two songs are stuck in my head right now and controlled the air that I breathe for a week.

Okay, I was trying too hard in that sentence. The songs I'm talking about are I Can't Lie and The Air that I Breathe by American pop rock band Maroon 5, one of my favorite bands, from their third studio album, Hands All Over.

There's really something great about these songs—the unexplainable touch everytime they're being played. But the two are battling in my head as to which is better between them.

I CAN'T LIE

I must have been a fool to love you so hard for so long

So much stronger than before but so much harder to move on

Now the bitter chill of winter still moves through me like a plague

Only to wake up in an empty bed on a perfect summers day

My world just feels so cold

And you find yourself walking down the wrong side of the road, oh

I cant lie, you’re on my mind, stuck inside my head

I wanna feel your heart beat for me instead

I just died so much inside now that you’re not there

I wanna feel your heart beat like yesterday

I never did my best to express how I really felt

And now that I know exactly what I want you’ve found somebody else

My world just feels so cold you find yourself walking down the wrong side of the road

I cant lie, you’re on my mind, stuck inside my head

I feel your heart beat for me instead

I just died so much inside now that you’re not there

I wanna feel your heart beat like yesterday

Ah la la la la la la, yeah

Ah la la la la la la, uh yeah

Ah la la la la la la, oh

My world just feels so cold and i find myself thinking about the things I could have done

And it wounds my soul when you let me know I’m not the only one.

I cant lie, you’re on my mind, stuck inside my head

I wanna feel your heart beat like yesterday

just died so much inside now that you’re not there

I wanna feel your heart beat like yesterday

This is a feel-good song. It brings me back to Motown with beats of the Jackson 5 and Stevie Wonder. Except that the “soul vibe” came from a rock band! The song makes you want to break up with your boyfriend and wait for him to sing this to you “on a perfect summer's day”.

I am actually starting to think that this song has some hypnosis, like Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People. 'Cause it's really stuck in my head!

THE AIR THAT I BREATHE

People never change,
They seem to stay the same.
They wear different clothes,
But play the same games.

Many different ways
To say the same thing.
Searchin for the right words,
The ones that would make you stay.

Exchanging the way things were
For they way that they should be,
Yeah.
And choosing theses words
Is saying to her,
The things that she never heard
But always deserved.

I figured what it is all about.
It's you that I could never live without.
Your everything,
The air that I breathe.
Stupid not to know it all along,
And everything I ever did was wrong.
Sadly it's too late for sorry.

Oh I'm not even really sure
Who made this mess,
And who threw what punch,
But I could not care less.
All I know is that I'm here
And you are not, Ohhh.
Once I put this wasted pride aside,
Nothin's all I got, Ohhh.

Exchanging the way things were
For they way that they should be,
Yeah.

And choosing theses words
Is saying to her,
The things that she never heard
But always deserved.

I figured what it is all about.
It's you that I could never live without.
Your everything,
The air that I breathe.
Stupid not to know it all along,
And everything I ever did was wrong.
Sadly it's too late for sorry.

Ohh,
Somebody make it stop.
Yeahh.
And pick me up,
And just dust me off, Ohh.
The rainy day flood,
Will drowned all this love.
Trapped at the bottom now,
Please dig me up.

I figured what it is all about.
It's you that I could never live without.
Your everything,
The air that I breathe.
Stupid not to know it all along,
And everything I ever did was wrong.
Sadly it's too late for sorry.

I figured what it is all about.
It's you that I could never live without.
Your everything,
The air that I breathe.
Stupid not to know it all along,
And everything I ever did was wrong.
Sadly it's too late for sorry.

This harmony-laden song reminds me of what I love about Maroon 5: the heart of its songs. The words are carefully chosen; it's reflective. The tone is kinda dark, but you'll find yourself drenched deep in this darkness and actually feeling the song. I never had this connection with a song since Goodnight Goodnight.

These songs are by far my favorites from the band's latest album. Atleast for now!

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