 "Maps" is an up-tempo pop rock track, composed in the key of C minor (with the main chord progression of A–B–C#m - both in the verses and the chorus - and F#m–G#m-G#7 in the pre-chorus), that contains a "breezy guitar lick".It marks Maroon 5's further departure from the funkier sound for which the band was originally known.Lyrically, the song is about "the search for love, particularly a love that has been lost and needs to be found".