“Human” is a mixture of sinister metaphors involving body parts, a fuzzy Latin groove, and heavy percussion sprinkled with electronic glitches. Alison’s Edith Piaf-inspired tones are menacing, lowering the dynamics to a whisper on the verse, her words asking uncomfortable questions in an almost sedu...
[Verse 1]
They fall from your mouth
Propelled by your belly and your tongue
I shiver when you shake and I fold into jelly
I think I loved you more than me
[Chorus]
Are you human, or a dud?
Are you human, or d'you make it up?
[Verse 2]
My baby cherry slipped
Pass me through your fingertips
Throw me down like an old rag
I'm not standing, don't look back
[Chorus]
Are you human, or a dud?
Are you human, or d'you make it up?
Are you human, or a dud?
Are you human, or d'you make it up?
[Bridge]
They went searching for your body
They went looking, but there's nobody
Who smells like you
Who looks like you
You're not human... too
[Chorus]
Are you human, or a dud?
Are you human, or d'you make it up?
Are you human, or a dud?
Are you human, or d'you make it up?
[Outro]
Are you human, or a dud?
Human was written by Alison Goldfrapp & Bob Locke & Will Gregory.
Human was produced by Goldfrapp.