[Verse 1]
I read books, watched TV shows
And taught myself everything I know
Like laughing when the joke's not funny
Or tellin' a lie over honesty
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause there's a million giveaways
That me and them are not the same
And life feels like the Truman Show
There's always something I don't know
[Chorus]
Am I hiding it well? (Ah)
I wonder if they can tell (Ah)
That I'm not like them
But I'm trying to be human
Am I doin' it right? (Ah)
Can they see it in my eyes? (Ah)
'Cause there's no guidelines
How do they find how to be human?
[Verse 2]
I wish I could break the fourth wall every day
Cut the cameras, can we do another take?
Analyse my conversations
Interactions, I replay them
[Pre-Chorus]
Feels like there's a million giveaways
That me and them have different brains (Different brains)
'Cause life feels like the Truman Show
There's always something I don't know
[Chorus]
Am I hiding it well? (Ah)
I wonder if they can tell (Ah)
That I'm not like them
But I'm trying to be human
Am I doin' it right? (Ah)
Can they see it in my eyes? (Ah)
'Cause there's no guidelines
How do they find how to be human?
[Bridge]
Human (They talk around the truth)
Human (They all know what to do)
Human (All these unspoken rules)
They do them
Are you one?
[Outro]
Am I hiding it well?
I wonder if they can tell
That I'm not like them
But I'm trying to be human
How To Be Human was written by Cat Burns & Gabriëlle Stok & Violet Skies.
How To Be Human was produced by Rob Milton & Gabriëlle Stok & Jonah Summerfield.
Cat Burns released How To Be Human on Fri Oct 31 2025.
If you’ve got ADHD or autism, or both, like me, I’ve always felt like there’s hidden cameras everywhere and someone’s about to go, ‘Stop. You’ve said that wrong,’ or ‘You’re doing life wrong.’ And I wanted to explore that idea in a non-cringey way. I remember going into the session thinking I want t...