In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I miss the taste of a sweeter life
I miss the conversation
I'm searching for a song tonight
I'm changing all of the stations
I like to think that we had it all
We drew a map to a better place
But on that road I took a fall
Oh baby, why did you run away?
I was there for you
In your darkest times
I was there for you
In your darkest nights
But I wonder, where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my knees
And you said you had my back
So I wonder, where were you?
All the roads you took came back to me
So I'm following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following
I hear your voice in my sleep at night
Hard to resist temptation
Because something strange has come over me
Now I can't get over you
No, I just can't get over you, ooh
I was there for you
In your darkest times
I was there for you
In your darkest nights
But I wonder, where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my knees
And you said you had my back
So I wonder, where were you?
All the roads you took came back to me
So I'm following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Oh, oh, oh, ah
Oh, oh, oh, ah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ah
Oh, oh, mmm, ah
Oh, I was there for you
Oh, in your darkest times
Oh, I was there for you
Oh, in your darkest nights
Oh, I was there for you
Oh, in your darkest times
Oh, I was there for you
Oh, in your darkest nights
But I wonder, where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my knees
And you said you had my back
So I wonder, where were you?
All the roads you took came back to me
So I'm following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following
I miss the conversation
I'm searching for a song tonight
I'm changing all of the stations
I like to think that we had it all
We drew a map to a better place
But on that road I took a fall
Oh baby, why did you run away?
I was there for you
In your darkest times
I was there for you
In your darkest nights
But I wonder, where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my knees
And you said you had my back
So I wonder, where were you?
All the roads you took came back to me
So I'm following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following
I hear your voice in my sleep at night
Hard to resist temptation
Because something strange has come over me
Now I can't get over you
No, I just can't get over you, ooh
I was there for you
In your darkest times
I was there for you
In your darkest nights
But I wonder, where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my knees
And you said you had my back
So I wonder, where were you?
All the roads you took came back to me
So I'm following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Oh, oh, oh, ah
Oh, oh, oh, ah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ah
Oh, oh, mmm, ah
Oh, I was there for you
Oh, in your darkest times
Oh, I was there for you
Oh, in your darkest nights
Oh, I was there for you
Oh, in your darkest times
Oh, I was there for you
Oh, in your darkest nights
But I wonder, where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my knees
And you said you had my back
So I wonder, where were you?
All the roads you took came back to me
So I'm following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following
Lyrics submitted by rosyjen916, edited by Paul123456
Maps Lyrics as written by Adam Noah Levine Benjamin Levin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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@Xerorei love how you said the last line. Perfect. That's all you really can do after such a let down from a person.
@Xerorei Been there
He misses her and how it was. He was there for her at her worst, but she wasn't there for him when he needed her, all the roads she took came back to him therefore he's going to follow the map that leads him back to her. I like the tune and the beat, but these words are too ambiguous on what he means. He loves her, she doesn't love him, but the paths she takes lead her to him so he's following a map to her? He must have been drunk and wandering the streets lost when he wrote this.
@rich saiud Maybe she keeps coming back when she needs him, just never reciprocating
To me it seems like "Maps" is a song written from Behati's perspective. This song was probably written around the time they reunited and rekindled their relationship. Adam let Behati down, he realized he's done shit, and regrets doing what he did to her. But they're still in love and wants to find one another again.
It could be that, or that by "where were you, when I was at my worst down on my knees" Adam is apologizing for whatever he did to Behati that was regrettable
All the roads she took lead to him Maps could the ways she got to him through the troubled relationship So he’s following the same routes to be with her. If the video is supposed to make the song clearer Then seems like he was there till the end but she seems to be dead ( meaning even though she took the roads that came to him she s Still finished. They show her dead not gone off somewhere. If you don’t watch the video he seems very persistent in his chase for her. He is followin Almost stubbornly singing Where were you when I need you I am coming to you anyways . You laid out the map that leads to you.
Your basic cynical, "break up to make up" song from Maroon 5. I do love this one, though.
Based on the words, Adams meaning on Wiki, and the music video in short I think it means the relationship fell, it isn't working the way they planned.
Don't feel like explaining it any further than that.
It is about them being there for there partner but there partner wasn't there for them when they needed them It states: But I wonder where were you?When i was at my worst,down on my knees
i think 'down on my knees' means they were begging for help but there partner didnt care.