Mae is an American rock band that formed in Norfolk Virginia in 2001. The band's name is an acronym for Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience, which is derived from a concept called Multi-sensory Aesthetic Theory that drummer Jacob Marshall studied while a student at Old Dominion University.
Jacob Marshall and Dave Elkins began what would become Mae by writing their first song, "Embers and Envelopes", in Marshall's living room. The band signed with Tooth and Nail Records and released their first album, Destination: Beautiful, in 2003.
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[Verse] D "It's magic", she says to me. G My hand to her waist as she approaches sweetly. DBm It's enough when I see that look in her eyes, GA It's enough for me to paralyze.
[Chorus] GA Oh, I'm waiting for the breakdown. D/F#G Well nothing feels good being under the gun. BmAD Oh, I'm waiting for the breakdown.
[Verse] D "It's tragic", she says to me. G A song in the air, we're together floating. DBm What I miss everyday since our goodbye, GA was enough for me to realize.
[Chorus] GA Oh, I'm waiting for the breakdown. D/F#G Well nothing feels good being under the gun. Bm Oh, I'm waiting for the breakdown. AG Is it ever going to come?
GA Oh, I'm waiting for the breakdown. D/F#G Well nothing feels good being under the gun. BmA Oh, I'm waiting for the breakdown.
[Bridge] EmDBmA
Em So take care what you wish for, for it may come true. A/C#D But that September sky, how it whispered "I love you". ABmGA But I couldn't take it any longer, no I couldn't stand.
Em But the nights brought sparks and the sparks brought flames, A/C#D And you had to be sure this wasn't one of those games. ABmGA But I'm going to show you if you could just give me tonight. G Tonight...
[Verse] D "Its fragile", she says to me. G The hair in her eyes, she removes it smiling. DBm There's a wound that I know this song could mend, GA A step in time for us will never end.
[Chorus] GA Oh, I'm waiting for the breakdown. D/F#G Well nothing feels good being under the gun. Bm Oh, I'm waiting for the breakdown. A Is it ever gonna come?
GA Oh, I'm waiting for the breakdown. D/F# Well nothing feels good, being under the gun. BmA Oh, I'm waiting for the breakdown.
[Breakdown] BmG/BA/C#D I'm waiting, for the breakdown. BmG/BA/C#D I'm waiting, for the comedown.
BmG/B I'm waiting (she says it's magic) A/C#D for the breakdown (I'm floating weightless) BmG/B I'm waiting (she says it's magic) A/C#D for the comedown (here comes the breakdown)
BmG/B I'm waiting Woah oh (she says it's magic) A/C#D for the breakdown (I'm floating weightless) BmG/B I'm waiting Woah oh(she says it's magic) AD for the comedown (here comes the breakdown) [x3]