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{{song
 
{{song
 
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| title=Maybe Just Once
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| album=''[[Purest Feeling]]''
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| album=''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]''
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| length=N/A
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| length=4:13
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| versions=N/A
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| BPM=124
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| versions=Maybe Just Once (Demo)<br>Maybe Just Once (Purest Feeling)
 
| live=[[VIVIsectVI Tour]]
 
| live=[[VIVIsectVI Tour]]
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}}'''"Maybe Just Once"''' is an early [[Nine Inch Nails]] demo.
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}}'''"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]]''.
  
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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===Halos===
 
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"Maybe Just Once" has never been officially released.
 
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===Other===
 
===Other===
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*''[[Purest Feeling]]''
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*''Purest Feeling''
  
 
==Versions==
 
==Versions==
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Coming soon.
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===Maybe Just Once (Demo)===
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'''''Running Time: 4:13'''''
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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]]".
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===Maybe Just Once (Purest Feeling)===
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'''''Running Time: 5:16'''''
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Version from the ''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.
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The intro uses a [[samples|sample]] of dialog from the film ''Diner'' and the bridge uses another, unidentified sample.
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    ''Diner'' sample in the intro:   
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      Beth (Ellen Barkin): "...when we were datin', did you care for me?"
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      Boogie (Mickey Rourke): "Sure, I did."
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      Beth: "You know, I don't mean just cause you could do stuff to me...but, but because you really cared?"
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      Boogie: "Of course, Beth. I mean...there was plenty of girls around for a quick pop...
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      ...if that's what I wanted...but I got to tell you...you were good."
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    Sample in the bridge:
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      "He sat down on this bed and he said, 'Christ, what the hell do you think this place is?'
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      You know, he just couldn't believe it! And I said, 'I don't know but it sure is something
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      different.'"
  
 
==Live==
 
==Live==
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Coming soon.
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"Maybe Just Once" has not been performed live since the [[VIVIsectVI Tour]].
  
 
==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
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     Make it hurt
 
     Make it hurt
 
     And point the finger at my insecurities
 
     And point the finger at my insecurities
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     Well I guess I just don't understand about those complexities in your mind
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     Well I guess I just don't understand about what you want and what you need
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     And I guess I just don't understand why this world seems so unkind
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     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
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     And I'm to blame
 
     And I'm to blame
 
     I wonder just who made the rules up for this game
 
     I wonder just who made the rules up for this game
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     Well I guess I just don't understand about what you want and what you need
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     Well I guess I just don't understand about those complexities in your mind
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     And I guess I just don't understand about why this is how it has to be
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     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
 
     Maybe, maybe just once, I could get what's coming to me
 
     Maybe, maybe just once, I could get what's coming to me
 
     Oh
 
     Oh
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    "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
 
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    don't know but it sure is something different"
 
 
      
 
      
 
     So go ahead
 
     So go ahead
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     What's coming to me
 
     What's coming to me
 
     What's coming to me
 
     What's coming to me
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    Oh God
 
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    Oh, what's coming to me
 
 
     What's coming to me
 
     What's coming to me
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    What's coming
 
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    Oh God
 
 
     What's coming to me
 
     What's coming to me
  
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[[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:Rare NIN Songs]]

Latest revision as of 03:28, 12 March 2025

Album:Purest Feeling
Length:4:13
Tempo:124 BPM
Versions:Maybe Just Once (Demo)
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 bootleg album Purest Feeling.

Contents

  • 1 Appearances
    • 1.1 Other
  • 2 Versions
    • 2.1 Maybe Just Once (Demo)
    • 2.2 Maybe Just Once (Purest Feeling)
  • 3 Live
  • 4 Lyrics

Appearances

Other

  • Purest Feeling

Versions

Maybe Just Once (Demo)

Running Time: 4:13

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)

Running Time: 5:16

Version from the Purest Feeling 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.

The intro uses a sample of dialog from the film Diner and the bridge uses another, unidentified sample.

    Diner sample in the intro:    
      Beth (Ellen Barkin): "...when we were datin', did you care for me?"
      Boogie (Mickey Rourke): "Sure, I did."
      Beth: "You know, I don't mean just cause you could do stuff to me...but, but because you really cared?"
      Boogie: "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."
   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 couldn't believe it! And I said, 'I don't know but it sure is something 
      different.'"

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
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