Animals was created by the band Maroon 5, with lead vocalist Adam Levine, producer Benny Blanco, and Shellback contributing to its development. The track is featured on the bands album V and was released as a single. The inspiration behind the song was to create something that felt instinctual and animalistic, using metaphors to liken a complicated romantic relationship to predatory animal behavior.
Key: Em
Em
Baby I’m preying on you tonight
D
Hunt you down, eat you alive
C
Just like animals, animals, like animals-mals
Em
Maybe you think that you can hide
D
I can smell your scent for miles
C
Just like animals, animals, like animals-mals
Em
Baby I'm
D
So what you trying to do to me
C
It's like we can't stop, we're enemies
Em
But we get along when I'm inside you, eh
D
You're like a drug that's killing me
C
I cut you out entirely But I get so high when I'm inside you
Em
Yeah you can start over
Em
You can run free
D
You can find other fish in the sea
C
You can pretend it’s meant to be But you can’t stay away from me
Em
I can still hear you making that sound
D
Taking me down rolling on the ground
C
You can pretend that it was me, but no, oh
Em
Baby I’m preying on you tonight
D
Hunt you down, eat you alive
C
Just like animals, animals, like animals-mals
Em
Maybe you think that you that can hide
D
I can smell your scent for miles
C
Just like animals, animals, like animals-mals
Em
Baby I'm
D
So if I run, it's not enough
C
You're still in my head, forever stuck So you can do, what you wanna do
Em
D
I love your lies, I'll eat 'em up
C
But don't deny the animal That comes alive when I'm inside you
Em
Yeah you can start over
Em
You can run free
D
You can find other fish in the sea
C
You can pretend it’s meant to be But you can’t stay away from me