Difference between revisions of "Maybe Just Once"

Revision as of 23:25, 23 January 2025

Album:Purest Feeling

Length:N/A

Tempo:124 BPM

Versions:Maybe Just Once (Demo)
Maybe Just Once (Purest Feeling)

"Maybe Just Once" is an unreleased track demoed for Nine Inch Nails' first album, Pretty Hate Machine, and also the third track on the bootleg album Purest Feeling.

Appearances

Other

Purest Feeling

Versions

Maybe Just Once (Demo)

Demo version leaked in 2025. The leak stated: "included on tapes distributed by TVT Records to solicit producers and foreign distribution deals." It has a somewhat high-sheen, late 80s synthpop sound that is not characteristic of NIN. It features a highly percussive synth sound, similar to that on the outro of "That's What I Get".

Maybe Just Once (Purest Feeling)

Version from the Purest Feeling bootleg. Similar in sound to the demo. The intro uses a sample of dialog from the film Diner.

Live

"Maybe Just Once" has not been performed live since the VIVIsectVI Tour.

Lyrics

   Mickey Rourke (Boogie) and Ellen Barkin (Beth) in Diner (1982)
    "...when we were datin', did you care for me?"
    "Sure, I did."
    "You know, I don't mean just cause you could do stuff to me...but, but because you really cared?"
    "Of course, Beth. I mean...there was plenty of girls around for a quick pop...
    ...if that's what I wanted...but I got to tell you...you were good."

    I can't believe that what I fear is finally happening to me
    Make it hurt
    And point the finger at my insecurities
    Well I guess I just don't understand about those complexities in your mind
    And I guess I just don't understand why this world seems so unkind
    
    Maybe, maybe just once, I could get what's coming
    Maybe, maybe just once, I could get what's coming to me
    
    So once again the way you feel will never ever stay the same
    And I'm to blame
    I wonder just who made the rules up for this game
    Well I guess I just don't understand about what you want and what you need
    And I guess I just don't understand about why this is how it has to be
    
    Maybe, maybe just once, I could get what's coming
    Maybe, maybe just once, I could get what's coming to me
    Oh
    
    "He sat down on this bed and he said, 'Christ, what the hell do you think this place is?'
     You know, he just couldn't believe it! And I said, 'I don't know but it sure is something 
     different.'"
    
    So go ahead
    You say those thousand things you think you have to say
    Look at me
    And tell me love's not such a hard word anyway
    Well how can you count on me?
    I thought you realized for sure
    And how can you just believe?
    I thought I deserved a little more
    
    Maybe, maybe just once, I could get what's coming
    Maybe, maybe just once, I could get what's coming to me
    Maybe, maybe just once, I could get what's coming
    Maybe, maybe just once, I could get what's coming to me
    
    What's coming to me
    What's coming to me
    Oh God
    Oh, what's coming to me
    What's coming to me
    What's coming
    Oh God
    What's coming to me

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 ==Versions==
 ===Maybe Just Once (Demo)===
-Demo version leaked in 2025. It has a somewhat high-sheen, late 80s synthpop sound that is not characteristic of NIN. It features a highly percussive synth sound, similar to that on the outro of "[[That's What I Get]]".
+Demo version leaked in 2025. The leak stated: "included on tapes distributed by [[TVT Records]] to solicit producers and foreign distribution deals." It has a somewhat high-sheen, late 80s synthpop sound that is not characteristic of NIN. It features a highly percussive synth sound, similar to that on the outro of "[[That's What I Get]]".
 ===Maybe Just Once (Purest Feeling)===