Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
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Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
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Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
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Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell & Michael Lanning
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Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell & Adrienne Warren
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Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
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Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell
“They’re Only Human” is the second song to be released in the Death Note: The Musical soundtrack in English.
The song begins with two Shinigamis (gods of death), Ryuk and Rem talking about how pitiful humans are because of the pointless actions that they do such as “confusing fate with chance” and...
[Ryuk]
Look at how they crawl around
Upon the ground
Like little ants
[Rem]
Yes, but how they fascinate
Confusing fate
With what is merely chance
[Ryuk]
Isn’t it a laugh?
[Rem]
Isn’t it a shame?
[Ryuk]
Thinking there is someone in Heaven to blame
[Rem]
Yes, but even while blaming fate for the lives that they lead
They hope for the lives that they need
[Ryuk]
Living every day ‘til the day they die
Never getting answers
[Rem]
Yet still asking why
Going through the motions as if there will be a reward
[Ryuk]
While we stay eternally bored!
[Both]
They’re only human
They don’t see
Who they are is who they’ll always be
Only human, after all
[Ryuk]
So they push and they shove
[Rem]
With this thing they call love
[Both]
‘Til they fall!
[Ryuk]
Isn’t it a farce?
[Rem]
Isn’t it a waste?
[Ryuk]
Struggling to face what can never be faced
[Rem]
Yes, but maybe death can release something more than we share
[Ryuk]
I really don’t know and don’t care
[Both]
They’re only human
Standing still
Doomed to live pushing boulders uphill
Only human, after all
[Ryuk]
So they give and they take
[Rem]
Hoping someone will help break their fall
[Ryuk]
They will pray, curse, live, die
Never knowing their truth is another man’s lie
[Rem]
Eat, sleep, love, hate
Like a leaf blowing in the wind
[Ryuk]
Watch them all vacillate!
[Both]
They’re only human
They can’t see
[Ryuk]
All the years they could give you and me
[Both]
Only human, after all
[Rem]
So they give and we take
[Ryuk]
‘Til their silly hearts break
[Rem]
Looking down from above
I’m intrigued by their love
[Ryuk]
So let’s call!
Hmmm, let’s call!
They’re Only Human was written by Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy and Ivan Menchell.