Human
The Killers Lyrics
I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought, but I was kind
And sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes, clear your heart
Cut the cord
Are we human
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Give my regards to soul and romance
They always did the best they could
And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye, wish me well
You've gotta let me go
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
Will your system be alright
When you dream of home tonight?
There is no message we're receiving
Let me know, is your heart still beating?
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
You've gotta let me know
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Brandon Flowers, Dave Brent Keuning, Mark August Stoermer, Ronnie Jr. Vannucci
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Human" is a song by American rock band the Killers. Written by the band and produced by the band members and by Stuart Price, it was released as the first single from their third studio album Day & Age (2008). "Human" has received generally positive feedback from music critics, praising the composition, the musical influences, and the production. It became the third song by the band to enter the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. It was their first top ten hit in the Netherlands (peaking at number 2). The song was released on a 7-inch picture disc throughout Read Full BioHuman" is a song by American rock band the Killers. Written by the band and produced by the band members and by Stuart Price, it was released as the first single from their third studio album Day & Age (2008).
"Human" has received generally positive feedback from music critics, praising the composition, the musical influences, and the production. It became the third song by the band to enter the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. It was their first top ten hit in the Netherlands (peaking at number 2). The song was released on a 7-inch picture disc throughout the world on various dates in November, with a B-side entitled "A Crippling Blow".
"Human" has received generally positive feedback from music critics, praising the composition, the musical influences, and the production. It became the third song by the band to enter the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. It was their first top ten hit in the Netherlands (peaking at number 2). The song was released on a 7-inch picture disc throughout the world on various dates in November, with a B-side entitled "A Crippling Blow".
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N O R T H Riders
I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought, but I was kind
And sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes
Clear your heart
Cut the cord
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Give my regards to soul and romance
They always did the best they could
And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye
Wish me well
You've gotta let me go
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
Will your system be alright
When you dream of home tonight?
There is no message we're receiving
Let me know, is your heart still beating?
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
You've gotta let me know
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
Lee Durham Stone
In this deeply existential song by The Killers, with its stirring query of the meaning of human life, the ultimate question it asks is whether we are merely humans or also dancers, participants in the larger context.
It asks whether humans exist as no more than individuated life forms, scheduled to live out a short existence with no eternal prospects after we "cut the cord." Or, whether as humans we are active, ensouled, dancing material beings.
We live as humans who ask existential questions looking for meaningful, ultimate answers. "I'm on my knees looking for the answer," say the lyrics, but "there is no message we're receiving." This indicates humans exist in an unfathomable Universe in which they live as "nervous" beings with "cold hands" who must assume responsibility for acts of free will as they question their very existence.
At moments in our individual lives, the lyrics say we "see an open door" to the Beyond, in which at the last moment of life, "when the call comes" and we are on "the platform" ready for the final takeoff, we "clear our hearts," kindly acquiesce and "surrender" in a final leap of faith.
The lyrics say humans leave behind grace, virtue, good, soul, romance, devotion --the things that make us distinctly human. But we participate in a larger show, that of dancers in the Great Terpsichorean Universe, the "home" of which we dream.
The band performs in a mise-en-scene of nonhuman life forms. The tiger and lion signify the Universe-as-Predator and absorber of individuated human lives. The vulture signifies death, our absorption into the Great Beyond. The band at the end gazes out beyond Earth, beyond human life, to that "open door. "
The answer to the plaintive, existential question of whether we exist as humans or as dancers is that we, in essence, exist as both. In truth, we are embodied souls/ensouled bodies living within the greater OverSoul, the Atma. We are not merely humans, after all.
The task, then, is to disremember the existential questions --plenty of that anon --and enjoy the dance now in unfettered pas de deux with the embracing Universe. This song by The Killers provides some fullness-of-faith moments in which we can do just that.
Wenti Sagala
I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind
And sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes, clear your heart
Cut the cord
Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancer?
Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Hear my regards to soul and romance
They always did the best they could
And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye, wish me well
You've gotta let me go
Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancer?
Will your system be alright
When you dream of home tonight
There is no message we're receiving
Let me know, is your heart still beating?
Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
You've gotta let me know
Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancer?
Are we human or are we dancer?
Are we human or are we dancer?
Zeo
immer noch gut. :)
learn With Maya
Thank you for the email fyayfwhw
Meltdown12
immer mein guy!!!! the killers wird immer in erinnerung bleiben
Patrick Mimnagh
Jawohl
J. R.
Aaaaaa
Silinsky
Ja! :)
Lulu Leigh
Considering there's no dancing in this. I think they're humans not dancers.
Ancient Heart
😂, Yet another contradictory track......and act.
shawn n
@Hephaestus Apolo machine robot never get out of line follow orders :(
Xoener
I think the key thing here is that he doesn't say "are we humanS" and he uses the word "dancer" the same way he says "human". Beautiful!