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LYRICS{{song| title=Maybe Just Once| album=''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]''| length=4:13| BPM=124| versions=Maybe Just Once (Demo)<br>Maybe Just Once (Purest Feeling)| live=[[VIVIsectVI Tour]]}}'''"Maybe Just Once"''' is an unreleased track demoed for [[Nine Inch Nails]]' first album, ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'', and also the third track on the [[bootlegs|bootleg]] album ''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]''.
I can==Appearances=====Other===*''Purest Feeling''t believe that what I feel is really happening to me
Make it hurt==Versions=====Maybe Just Once (Demo)==='''''Running Time: 4:13'''''
And point 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 finger at my insecuritiesoutro of "[[That's What I Get]]".
Well I guess I just don===Maybe Just Once (Purest Feeling)==='''''Running Time: 5:16'''''t understand about those complexities in your mind
And I guess I just donVersion from the 't understand why this world seems so unkind'Purest Feeling'' [[bootlegs|bootleg]]. Similar in sound to the demo. The last two lines of the first two verses are switched, and Reznor sprinkles the line "Oh God" a couple of times during the outro.
[Chorus ''Diner'' sample in the intro:] Maybe Beth (Ellen Barkin): ". Maybe ..when we were datin', did you care for me?" Boogie (Mickey Rourke): "Sure, I did." Beth: "You know, I don't mean just oncecause you could do stuff to me...but, but because you really cared?" Boogie: "Of course, Beth. I get whatmean...there was plenty of girls around for a quick pop... ...if that's comingwhat I wanted...but I got to tell you...you were good."
Maybe. Maybe Sample in the bridge: "He sat down on this bed and he said, 'Christ, what the hell do you think this place is?' You know, he just oncecouldn't believe it! And I said, 'I don't know but it sure is something different. I 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 how it has to be [Chorus[Category:NIN Songs]] You sat down on this bed and you 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 just a little more [Chorus[Category:Rare NIN Songs]] Oh God Oh what's coming to me
→Maybe Just Once (Purest Feeling)
The intro uses a [[samples|sample]] of dialog from the film ''Diner'' and the bridge uses another, unidentified sample.
==Live==
"Maybe Just Once" has not been performed live since the [[VIVIsectVI Tour]].
==Lyrics==
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 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
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 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
Oh
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
What's coming to me
What's coming to me