Song 1

*Not to be confused with Song 2*.

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## Audio (unofficial)

"**Song 1**", otherwise referred to by fans as "**Love You Anyway**", is a song by American indie pop band The Marías, informally released via their website on July 22nd, 2022. The track was published alongside its counterpart, "Song 2", the very same day.

## Background and conceptualization

Just after The Marías had released their debut, *CINEMA*, they began to work on the single.

> *We started ["Song 1"] right after [*CINEMA*] came out.*
> Josh Conway, via Discord
>
>

The single first became known to the public in April of 2022, as on the 14th, a snippet of the track would be posted to Instagram in announcement regarding The Marías' upcoming performance at Coachella.
The release actual of the song, however, came to fans unexpectedly. On June 8th, 2022, María announced she would be performing "new unreleased songs" at an upcoming recital. Nevertheless, a mere 30 seconds later, María would change her mind, asking fans if she should "just leak them" instead. With a positive response to the inquiry, on July 22nd, almost 7 weeks after the initial posts, María would come to Twitter once more.

> *I did it. Hope you can find them.*
> María Zardoya, via Twitter
>
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Fans quickly realized the songs had been posted to their official website under an unprecedented page titled "??????". This page held each song's file with the titles of "Song 1" and "Song 2". This page remained for two more days until it was promptly removed on the 24th. However, the song's files remain in the website's database even to this day. Although the page has since been removed with little-to-no mention of the songs from that point, the song was announced to have a potential spot on an upcoming album of The Marías, although this is subject to change in the future.

> *They probably will be [added to streaming services in the future] but we're not sure when.
> Not for a while, [though], so screen-record them while you can.*
> Josh Conway, via Discord
>
>

María's promise to perform the track was fulfilled on October 2nd, 2022 during her band's recital at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, California.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Wake up (wake up)

Just to see your face

(Just to see your face)

Stay up (stay up)

With you every day

(With you every day)

**[Verse 2]**

Got to (got to, got to)

Find a better way

(Find a better way)

To tell you

(Tell you, tell you)

Before I run away

(Before I run away)

(Ahh, ah, ah)

**[Chorus]**

Baby, I will never find

The words to say

Wait another lifetime

So that I could stay

I know that you've always

Been in love with me

But I know you fall so hard

To watch me leave

**[Post-Chorus]**

Ooh, I'll love you anyway, ooh

**[Verse 3]**

I said it

I'm in love with you

(I'm in love with you)

But I can't (I can't)

Tell you what to do

(Tell you what to do)

**[Verse 4]**

And, oh, my god

What a waste of breath

When I live with me

And replace the rest

So I won't

Have a breakdown

**[Chorus]**

Baby, I will never

Find the words to say

Wait another lifetime

So that I could stay

I know that you've always

Been in love with me

But I know you fall so hard

To watch me leave

**[Post-Chorus]**

Ooh, I'll love you anyway, ooh

Ooh, I'll love you anyway, ooh

Ooh, I'll love you anyway, ooh

Ooh, I'll love you anyway, ooh

Ooh, I'll love you anyway, ooh

Ooh, I'll love you anyway, ooh

Ooh, I'll love you anyway, ooh

## Gallery

* Live Performances

"Song 1" - Live at The Greek Theatregiosalad 〢 YouTube
Premiere at The Greek Theatre recorded by an audience member."Song 1" - Live at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2022More AMF 〢 YouTube
Audio recording of the Hulu live-streamed-performance at Austin City Limited Music Festival 2022.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220723015635/https://www.themarias.us/new-page-1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:S1 After CINEMA.png
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CcV5TOzD\_Bd/
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/themarias/status/1534670616913059840
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/themarias/status/1534670827781705728
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/themarias/status/1550660480087343104
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/themarias/status/1551274499827539968
8. ↑ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/585040955016e131e74667b0/t/62db531aa31cbc7a2bafebeb/...
9. ↑ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/585040955016e131e74667b0/t/62db5357271a2a1a6dcb3467/...
10. ↑ File:S2 and RYM confirmed for album placement August 28 2023.jpg
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 File:S1 Streaming.png
12. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcv8\_PIyPr8

### Notes

1. ↑ "Song 1" is commonly titled "Love You Anyway" due to the song's original file name, "Love You Anyway NHPMix\_02-01", and its notorious lyric of a similar nature.