Jason Mraz
Only Human lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:03
A squirrel in the tree, is he watching me?
Does he give a damn? Does he care who I am?
I'm just a man, is that all I am?
Are my manners misinterpreted words or only human?
I'm human
Murderous crow, hey, what you know?
What you reading about? What you hold in your toes?
Is that a twig? Are you a dove of peace?
Black dove undercover with another puzzle piece
Are you a riddle to solve all along?
Or am I overthinking thoughts? I'm human, afterall
Only human, made of flesh, made of sand
Made of human
The planet's talking about a revolution
The natural laws ain't got no constitution
They've got a right to live their own life
But we keep paving over paradise
'Cause we're only human
Oh yes we are, only human
If it's our only excuse
Oh do we think we'll keep on being only human?
Oh yes we are, only human
So far, so far
Up in the major's tree
The one he planted back when he was just a boy
Back in 1923
Thirty meters and a foot, take a look, take a climb
What you'll find is the product of a seed
The seed is sown, all alone
It grows above with a heart of love
A sharpened shelter of the animals
Of land and cold weather breathing
We're all breathing
The planet's talking about a revolution
The natural laws ain't got no constitution
They've got a right to live their own life
But we keep paving over paradise
'Cause we're only human
Oh yes we are, only human
If it's our only excuse
Oh do we think we'll keep on being only human?
Oh yes we are, only human
So far, so far
And this place, it will outlive me
Before I get to heaven I'll climb that tree
And I will have to give my thanks
For giving me the branch to swing on
If I ever fall in love
I'll hope to give myself a baby
I will let my children have their way
Because we're only human
Oh yes we are, only human
So far, so far
So far, so far
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Key vocabulary
- give
- hand overA1
- man
- adult human maleA1
- we're
- we areA1
- flesh
- soft body tissueC1
- sand
- small grains of rockB1
- planet's
- of the planetA2
- revolution
- major changeB2
- ain't
- is not; are not
- constitution
- country’s basic lawsC1
- they've
- they have (contraction)
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About this song
Jason Mraz is an American singer-songwriter known for melodic pop and acoustic folk, with early roots in Virginia busking and a career built around radio-ready singles. He is especially associated with charting hits such as “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)” and later work spanning polished albums and stage appearances, including Broadway’s Waitress.