“Human” is a love ballad describing the relationship between a man and a woman reuniting after some time being apart being apart.
It was a much needed return for the synth-pop trio, who were falling off after some initial success at the onset of the ‘80s. In the U.S., the song charted at #1 on Bill...
[Verse 1: Philip Oakey]
Come on, baby, dry your eyes
Wipe your tears
Never like to see you cry
Won't you please forgive me
I wouldn't ever try to hurt you
I just needed someone to hold me
To fill the void while you were gone
To fill this space of emptiness
[Chorus: Philip Oakey]
I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made
Human
Born to make mistakes
[Verse 2: Philip Oakey]
So many nights I longed to hold you
So many times I looked and saw your face
Nothing could change the way I feel
No one else could ever take your place
[Chorus: Philip Oakey]
I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made
Human
Born to make mistakes
(I am just a man) Human
(Human) Please forgive me
[Interlude: Joanne Catherall]
The tears I cry aren't tears of pain
They're all to hide my guilt and shame
I forgive you, now I ask the same of you
While we were apart, I was human too
[Chorus: Philip Oakey]
(Human
Human)
I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made (I am just a man)
Human
Born to make mistakes
[Outro]
(Human
Human)
Human was written by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
Human was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
The Human League released Human on Mon Aug 11 1986.
I call [Terry] Vocal Master, and that’s about vocal production. “Human” by The Human League. If you listen to Phil Oakey’s vocal, [it] was always very robotic. But if you listen to “Human,” there’s a lot of feeling on that. And that vocal took a week. That was Terry just drilling him down and knocki...