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Human behave yourself,
You have burst at the seams
Let it all fall out open your mouth
Often I lie wide awake,
Think of things I can make
But I don't seem to have the parts to build them
Human I wonder why you're a better make
Than I could ever build or create,
You know not love or hate
I am so scared of what will kill me
In the end for I am not prepared,
I hope I will get the chance to be someone,
To be human,
Look what we've done,
Look what we've done
I would give my life, to be human
I would give my life, to be human
I would give my life, to be human
I would give my life, to be.
Human I'm trying to come clean,
I will be a better me,
I will not drink until I'm dead
I'll make the most of it.
I don't know what it's like to be alive,
To say goodbye,
To cry a thousand tears
Because my ears won't listen
Human I'm trying not to lose my faith in you,
I've sussed out all that I've seen through,
I've sailed an ocean
I am so scared of what I'll look like in the end
For I am not prepared,
I hope I will get the chance to be someone
To be human,
Look what we've done,
Look what we've done
I used to hear it all so loud,
The sound of my heart breaking.
The truth is waiting to be found,
I trust that I will take it
I would give my life,
I would give my life,
I would give my life,
I would give my life,
I would give my life, to be
I would give my life, to be
I would give my life, to be
I would give my life, to be (human)
You have burst at the seams
Let it all fall out open your mouth
Often I lie wide awake,
Think of things I can make
But I don't seem to have the parts to build them
Human I wonder why you're a better make
Than I could ever build or create,
You know not love or hate
I am so scared of what will kill me
In the end for I am not prepared,
I hope I will get the chance to be someone,
To be human,
Look what we've done,
Look what we've done
I would give my life, to be human
I would give my life, to be human
I would give my life, to be human
I would give my life, to be.
Human I'm trying to come clean,
I will be a better me,
I will not drink until I'm dead
I'll make the most of it.
I don't know what it's like to be alive,
To say goodbye,
To cry a thousand tears
Because my ears won't listen
Human I'm trying not to lose my faith in you,
I've sussed out all that I've seen through,
I've sailed an ocean
I am so scared of what I'll look like in the end
For I am not prepared,
I hope I will get the chance to be someone
To be human,
Look what we've done,
Look what we've done
I used to hear it all so loud,
The sound of my heart breaking.
The truth is waiting to be found,
I trust that I will take it
I would give my life,
I would give my life,
I would give my life,
I would give my life,
I would give my life, to be
I would give my life, to be
I would give my life, to be
I would give my life, to be (human)
Lyrics submitted by uselessinfofreak
Track duration: 04:09
"Human" as written by Finlay Graham/goulding Dow Smith
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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"Human behave yourself,
You have burst at the seams
Let it all fall out open your mouth" - She is singing about someone who is too perfect and this takes a lot of energy so they are on the verge of exploding. She wants them to just let go and make a mistake so that she doesn't seem so flawed compared to them.
"Often I lie wide awake,
Think of things I can make
But I don't seem to have the parts to build them" - She wants to make something of her life but she doesn't know how.
"Human I wonder why you're a better make
Than I could ever build or create,
You know not love or hate" - She is again admiring how perfect this person is and saying that they have the ability to feel mixed emotions whereas she can only ever see one side of things and isn't as broad minded.
"I am so scared of what will kill me
In the end for I am not prepared,
I hope I will get the chance to be someone,
To be human" - She is scared of dying without making something of her life. Her life is a mess and she wants to change that.
"Human I'm trying to come clean,
I will be a better me,
I will not drink until I'm dead
I'll make the most of it." - She is telling this person she wants to change.
"I don't know what it's like to be alive,
To say goodbye,
To cry a thousand tears
Because my ears won't listen" - She doesn't know how to say goodbye because people in her life have always left without saying goodbye. She has stopped herself from crying and feeling anything in a way of protecting herself emotionally, to the point where she no longer remembers what it feels like to feel.
"Human I'm trying not to lose my faith in you,
I've sussed out all that I've seen through,
I've sailed an ocean" - She has thought about 'becoming human' for a while and is trying not to doubt this way of life.
"I used to hear it all so loud,
The sound of my heart breaking." - She used to feel emotion but no longer can.
"The truth is waiting to be found,
I trust that I will take it" - She is finally going to open up her heart again and let herself feel.
Humans have evolved so much since their beginnings, and Ellie thinks that they may burst soon, so she tells us to "let it all out", referring to our insignificant feelings and problems. I think Ellie is referring to a human as complex, with a dual nature. One one hand, we cannot fully love or hate anything, but it is only a close illusion. This is because we see only what we see and feel now. Ellie, in comparison, is looking at the big picture too much that she's losing sight of what she's doing and wants to "be someone, to be human". At the same time, she's thinking how horrible humans can be----evidence being the evolution that was referenced in the beginning.
"I would give my life to be human". I think this is very interesting line. My take is that Ellie is so frustrated with her mind, which is trying to push her to the limit of life, that she wants to give it all up and be human---as in, settle for reaching absolutely nothing (which ties back into the part about humans neither fully loving or hating).
Now Ellie is thinking that she has all the tools to be human, and she's wondering why she would ever waste them because she wants to be alive---and she feels she's never felt it before.
"Human I'm trying not to lose my faith in you"----Ellie is having doubts. But she reassures herself by saying that she's explicated every aspect of being human, which is as vast as an ocean.
In the bridge, Ellie says that she "used to hear it all so loud, the sound of my heart breaking", showing how she's been trying to reach the limit of love. But now "the truth is waiting to be found", saying that love can never be fully reached. A part of Ellie is still trying to reach it though, but she expects at some point she will concede to the truth.
Overall, I think the lyrics are very complicated but one of the best I've ever heard. I connect so well to this song, and I absolutely love it.
A robot wants to be able to feel and a human wants to not make mistakes and cry.
Anyways that's my convoluted interpretation.
I heard it was about an addict, like meepslove explains, and i guess with the lines
"Human i'm trying to come clean
I will be a better me
I will not drink until i'm dead
I'll make the most of it"
You can't really see past those lines as to what the root of the song could be. But the way this song is written is one of the most beautiful portrayals of something so deep and so real, wanting to be human. This song means a lot to me, the lyrics are exactly how my life was once, and i guess still is; wanting to feel and not just be like a ghost in this world anymore. With being so out of touch with everything you even lose feeling in the numbness that you have... This is just breathtaking :)