I've always loved Maroon 5, and this song can make me cry.
If you watch the video for this song, it's clear that Adam (singer) is in a relationship with a girl. However, he has feelings for and cares deeply about his girlfriend's mother. Her mother is in a relationship with a man who abuses her (hits her etc.) and Adam wants her to be happy and wants to make her feel special and treat her how she deserves... ("I wanna make you feel beautiful").
He is stuck between the girl and her mother but we get the impression that he cares more for the mother. And by the expressions on the mother's face and her body language whenever Adam is with her daughter, we sense that the feeling is mutual, and that she possibly wants to be with him.
The only thing that confuses me is how he says "beauty queen of only 18" which obviously, can't be about the mother... he must be on about his girlfriend... so why does he mention that? Or maybe, since it sounds like he's telling a story, he's explaining that this has been going on for a long time, so maybe since back when the mother was 18, and he knows this, and has always felt this way. Maybe he got together with her daughter to get close to her mother.
But before I watched the video, I had a different theory...
He's talking about a "beauty queen" who is eighteen years old and she's had "trouble with herself." Problems such as relationship/financial problems maybe? Herself and Adam could've had a continuous love affair which was kind of an on and off thing. But due to the problems she was facing in her life, she resorted to prostitution. Which explains how he's "had" her "so many times." He says he wants more, which could mean the obvious - more sex, or more as in more than a physical relationship. He probably cares for her very deeply and is probably in love with her. "I know where you hide, alone in your car" - maybe she has nowhere to sleep (fincancial problems again) and sleeps in her car.
"He is stuck between the girl and her mother"...nah, there's no mother in the picture. She was just tryin' to be human today (aka kind), but it again bit her in the butt of reality.
"He is stuck between the girl and her mother"...nah, there's no mother in the picture. She was just tryin' to be human today (aka kind), but it again bit her in the butt of reality.
@throw0utmyheart I really like your interpretation. It is possible that she is her mother. I have not thought of that. The line about 18 yo : She became a beauty queen when she was 18. That's all my friend.
@throw0utmyheart I really like your interpretation. It is possible that she is her mother. I have not thought of that. The line about 18 yo : She became a beauty queen when she was 18. That's all my friend.
I've always loved Maroon 5, and this song can make me cry.
If you watch the video for this song, it's clear that Adam (singer) is in a relationship with a girl. However, he has feelings for and cares deeply about his girlfriend's mother. Her mother is in a relationship with a man who abuses her (hits her etc.) and Adam wants her to be happy and wants to make her feel special and treat her how she deserves... ("I wanna make you feel beautiful").
He is stuck between the girl and her mother but we get the impression that he cares more for the mother. And by the expressions on the mother's face and her body language whenever Adam is with her daughter, we sense that the feeling is mutual, and that she possibly wants to be with him.
The only thing that confuses me is how he says "beauty queen of only 18" which obviously, can't be about the mother... he must be on about his girlfriend... so why does he mention that? Or maybe, since it sounds like he's telling a story, he's explaining that this has been going on for a long time, so maybe since back when the mother was 18, and he knows this, and has always felt this way. Maybe he got together with her daughter to get close to her mother.
But before I watched the video, I had a different theory...
He's talking about a "beauty queen" who is eighteen years old and she's had "trouble with herself." Problems such as relationship/financial problems maybe? Herself and Adam could've had a continuous love affair which was kind of an on and off thing. But due to the problems she was facing in her life, she resorted to prostitution. Which explains how he's "had" her "so many times." He says he wants more, which could mean the obvious - more sex, or more as in more than a physical relationship. He probably cares for her very deeply and is probably in love with her. "I know where you hide, alone in your car" - maybe she has nowhere to sleep (fincancial problems again) and sleeps in her car.
You get the idea... :3
"He is stuck between the girl and her mother"...nah, there's no mother in the picture. She was just tryin' to be human today (aka kind), but it again bit her in the butt of reality.
"He is stuck between the girl and her mother"...nah, there's no mother in the picture. She was just tryin' to be human today (aka kind), but it again bit her in the butt of reality.
@throw0utmyheart I really like your interpretation. It is possible that she is her mother. I have not thought of that. The line about 18 yo : She became a beauty queen when she was 18. That's all my friend.
@throw0utmyheart I really like your interpretation. It is possible that she is her mother. I have not thought of that. The line about 18 yo : She became a beauty queen when she was 18. That's all my friend.