2003年，魔力紅製作了《Makes Me Wonder》的小樣帶，之後就把它放在了一邊，直到2007年製作專輯《It Won't Be Soon Before Long》時，魔力紅才想起該小樣帶。而魔力紅在構思副歌的時候遇到了困難。在拉斯維加斯錄製《It Won't Be Soon Before Long》其他歌曲時，魔力紅產生了副歌的靈感。當時他們沒有像很多，就憑著感覺寫，於是產生了副歌。
美軍的坦克在巴格達
從表面看，《Makes Me Wonder》就是一首傷心情歌，但其深層次主題是“反戰”，即反對美國在伊拉克戰爭中的表現。亞當·萊文盡力地讓歌曲從一個更高的層次來闡釋其政治意義，他希望美國不要在混亂的世界中再添亂。
歌曲歌詞
I wake u
Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
I wake up with blood-shot eyes
Struggled to memorize
The way it felt between your thighs
Pleasure that made you cry
Feels so good to be bad
Not worth the aftermath, after that
After that
Try to get you back
I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you
Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you
Anymore, Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to try
Yeah, so this is goodbye
God damn, my spinning head
Decisions that made my bed
Now I must lay in it
And deal with things I left unsaid
I want to dive into you
Forget what you're going through
I get behind, make your move
Forget about the truth
I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you
Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you
Anymore, Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference
It even makes a difference to try, yeah
And you told me how you're feeling
But I don't believe it's true
Anymore, Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry
Oh no
So this is goodbye
I've been here before
One day I'll wake up
And it won't hurt anymore
You caught me in a lie
I have no alibi
The words you say don't have a meaning
Cause
I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you and I
So this is goodbye
Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you
Anymore, Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference
It even makes a difference to try, yeah
And you told me how you're feeling
But I don't believe it's true
Anymore, Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry
Oh no
So this is goodbye
Oh no
So this is goodbye
Oh no
Yeah, So this is goodbye
Oh no
Yeah, so this is goodbye
歌曲鑑賞
《Makes Me Wonder》是一種偽裝成愛情歌曲的政治諷刺。其歌詞包含了兩種“錯誤”：美國與其他國家的關係“錯誤”，以及亞當·萊文對國家領導人的相信“錯誤”。
