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Human

4:20americana, folk Album Returning To Myself 2025-10-24

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    americana, folk 4:17
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Description

Sometimes the world doesn't collapse with a bang, but simply settles wearily - like wet cardboard in the rain. And it seems like nothing terrible happened, but something quietly cracked inside. I want to stop being a superhero who always has to cope and just lie in the sun, breathe, and remember what it's like to feel, not just function. There is no salvation and no catastrophe here - only warm acceptance: we are all a little broken, a little tired, a little alive. This soundtrack feels like an apology to oneself for all the unrealised dreams and gratitude for still being able to watch the sunset and think, "Okay, it's alright." It turned out pretty well, after all. After all, just being human is a sufficient feat. Director: Floria Sigismondi Creative Director: Catherine Carlile Management: Phantom Management and Sandbox Entertainment Label: Interscope Records Production Company: Scheme Engine Executive Producer, Producer: Jenny MacInnes Producer: Aiden Magarian Production Manager: Trina Peterson Production Coordinator: George Hermosa Director of Photography: Ross Richardson Production Designer: Terry Watson Stylist: Mariam Malakpour Hair: Pamela Neal Makeup: Hinako Murashige Editing: London Alley Post Production Producer: Luga Podesta Post Production Lead: Ivan Ovalle Editing: Louis Carasa Paimbert Assistant Editor: Tanner Jackson Colour: Electric Theatre Collective Senior Colourist: Homam Abdalla Executive Producer: Polly Durrans Senior Producer: Catherine Miccio Visual Effects: FOREIGN XCHANGE VFX EP: Gosia Herman VFX Supervisor: Przemyslaw Drosik VFX Coordinator: Anna Dragun VFX Artists: Andrey Sukhoroslov, Maciek Kolesnik, Joanna Rutkowska, Natalia Raishis, Lukasz Piatkowski, Grzegorz Zolnowski, Przemyslaw Drosik

Lyrics and translation

Original

Baby, you're only gonna hurt your back

Looking down like that, cut yourself a little more slack

Baby, you're gonna have a heart attack

And they won't thank you, they don't make awards for that

We know by now that time does not take sides

We're only human

I don't need to see how to it ends

To tell you that we'll never be here again

We're only human

I just wanna feel my face in the sun

I never really wanted to hurt anyone

Forever only means we had a good run

We don't need to know to right now

It's hard enough being human

It's not like we're ever really gonna learn

And I'm no angel, I know we're gonna watch it burn

And, baby, there isn't anywhere to run

And I won't blame you for seeing all the beauty in a wildfire sun

Tomorrow isn't nothing but a game that we used to play

And we're only human

I don't need to see how to it ends

To tell you that we'll never be here again

Babe, we're only human

I just wanna feel my face in the sun

I never really wanted to hurt anyone

Forever only means we had a good run

We don't need to know to right now

It's hard enough being human

We don't need to know right now

It's hard enough being human

Baby, when you wake up, and it wasn't a dream

And you're tired of crying, you're too broken to scream

Shake your fist at the city, let it rip at the seams

Be human

You're gonna hammer the street with your hands and your feet

Let the bitterness die, fall in time to the beat

When you look in the eyes of the strangers you meet

Be human

Feel

Oh

Feel

English translation

Baby, you're only gonna hurt your back

Looking down like that, cut yourself a little more slack

Baby, you're gonna have a heart attack

And they won't thank you, they don't make awards for that

We know by now that time does not take sides

We're only human

I don't need to see how to it ends

To tell you that we'll never be here again

We're only human

I just wanna feel my face in the sun

I never really wanted to hurt anyone

Forever only means we had a good run

We don't need to know to right now

It's hard enough being human

It's not like we're ever really gonna learn

And I'm no angel, I know we're gonna watch it burn

And, baby, there isn't anywhere to run

And I won't blame you for seeing all the beauty in a wildfire sun

Tomorrow isn't nothing but a game that we used to play

And we're only human

I don't need to see how to it ends

To tell you that we'll never be here again

Babe, we're only human

I just wanna feel my face in the sun

I never really wanted to hurt anyone

Forever only means we had a good run

We don't need to know to right now

It's hard enough being human

We don't need to know right now

It's hard enough being human

Baby, when you wake up, and it wasn't a dream

And you're tired of crying, you're too broken to scream

Shake your fist at the city, let it rip at the seams

Be human

You're gonna hammer the street with your hands and your feet

Let the bitterness die, fall in time to the beat

When you look in the eyes of the strangers you meet

Be human

Feel

Oh

Feel

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