dodie and Jon appeared a lot in the public eye around the time of this initial release but have not performed together since February 2017. Tom Walker is the male vocalist featured on the studio version of the song, released on September 21, 2018 as the title track of her third EP "Human."
After the release of the official music video, dodie shared on Instagram:
"when I wrote Human, I was so excited to get to know someone deeply. I wanted to be the special, emotional human to break their shell and share the gooey real shit underneath together. And it was perfect for that time and it can still exist there, as a song about deep connection and fascination, a capsule of something beautiful.
But obviously life is complex, and time moves on. Looking back on this song, the lyrics mean something different to me now. I see desperation, obsession, codependency.
“this night just can’t end”, and “tell me you can’t bear a room that I’m not in”. And yet; the two have a deep message that connects them so strongly; it’s just human. Human to want, to love, to lose. To know that it is human is to forgive. (It’s fun to develop old art, recraft into something new, a scrapbook of feelings. It forever reminds me that every feeling, good or bad, has a purpose.)"
dodie said this about the track on Genius Lyrics:
"I thought that the inspiration for this song was me falling in love at the time of writing it. I thought I was writing all of these sentences to sum up how it feels to want to be needed by someone, and looking back, I think my lines kind of come across more co-dependent than a mutual experience of love, so that’s that."
in her October 2018 newsletter Dodie spoke about how the song had changed since it’s original recording:
"It’s weird calling it a NEW SONG, because it isn’t – I took an old song I wrote for a friend to Joe Rubel (music producer and the nicest chillest dude), and we revamped it up by adding drones, bassy arpeggios and strings. I was so lucky to work with Tom Walker […] who sang huskily along to my song and just made everything sound even thicker and sweeter. We started pretty electronic and then realised we missed the organic roots – and so added more voices, turned up the strings and now I’m so in love with it.
We actually recorded the song back in spring [2018] – it’s been a lot of sitting on songs and hiding, trying to get everything perfect."
HUMAN
dodie Lyrics
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I want the secrets your secrets haven't found
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh oh
Will you share your soul with me?
Unzip your skin and let me have a see
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh oh
Oh, I'm so human
We're just human
Lean for me, and I'll fall back
You'll fit so nicely, you'll keep me intact
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh oh
I want to give you your grin
So tell me you can't bear a room that I'm not in
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh oh
Oh, I'm so human
We're just human
In dodie's song "HUMAN," the singer is expressing a desire for a deep, emotional connection with another person. The first two lines of the song suggest a yearning to understand a person fully, to know their secrets and to be intimately involved in their life. The use of the metaphor of "scooping out" indicates a desire to dig deep beneath the surface and learn everything about this person. The lines "paint me in trust, I'll be your best friend" indicate a willingness to be open and honest with the other person, and also a desire for trust and vulnerability in return.
The chorus of the song, "will you share your soul with me? Unzip your skin and let me have a see," further emphasizes this theme of intimacy and connection. The use of the metaphor of unzipping skin suggests a desire to see the other person's true self, to truly understand who they are on a deep, emotional level. The repeated lines "paint me in trust, I'll be your best friend, call me the one, this night just can't end" further emphasize the desire for an intimate connection that lasts beyond just one night.
Overall, "HUMAN" is a song that speaks to the basic human need for connection and understanding. It expresses a desire to know oneself and others on a deep, emotional level, and to be seen as more than just a surface-level version of oneself.
Line by Line Meaning
I wanna pick you up and scoop you out
I want to know everything about you, even the things you're hesitant to share
I want the secrets your secrets haven't found
I want to know your deepest, darkest secrets that you haven't even admitted to yourself
Paint me in trust
Let me earn your trust and show you that I am worthy of it
I'll be your best friend
I will always be there for you and support you, no matter what
Call me the one
Consider me someone special and important in your life
This night just can't end
I want this moment to last forever and never end
Will you share your soul with me?
Will you let me see the true essence of who you are, beyond just the surface level?
Unzip your skin and let me have a see
Let me see the raw and vulnerable version of you that you keep hidden from the world
Oh, I'm so human
I am not perfect, I am flawed and make mistakes just like everyone else
We're just human
We are all flawed and make mistakes, it's a part of being human
Lean for me, and I'll fall back
If you need me, I will always be there to support you and catch you if you fall
You'll fit so nicely, you'll keep me intact
We complement each other well and together we make each other stronger and more complete
I want to give you your grin
I want to bring you joy and happiness, and see your smile light up the room
So tell me you can't bear a room that I'm not in
Let me know that you enjoy my company and couldn't imagine being without me
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Dorothy Clark
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Alysann Swartout
I wanna pick you up and scoop you out
I want the secrets your secrets haven't found
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh
Will you share your soul with me?
Unzip your skin and let me have a see
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh
Oh, I'm so human
We're just human
Lean for me, and I'll fall back
You'll fit so nicely, you'll keep me intact
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh
I want to give you your grin
So tell me you can't bear a room that I'm not in
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh
Oh, I'm so human
We're just human
Elenna Cruz
Thiswas my favorite love song. My ex's favorite song was PERFECT MACHINE by Starset. Recently I noticed how beautifully complementary those songs are if you consider them as the perspectives of each partner in a toxic relationship and I can't stop thinking about it. (I'll use him and her because that's the singer's pronouns and it's simpler to write ok, I'm not even straight.)
One starts with "I wanna pick you up and scoop you out , I want the secrets your secrets haven't found", while the other starts with "Show me your insides, show me your secrets, show me what you desire, I can fake it"
So you have this idea of her to figure him out organically, this craving for intimacy and being true to one another, while he wants to artificially shape the situation into what she'd like it to be through means that don't involve any vulnerability on his side.
'Paint me in trust, I'll be your best friend'' "I didn't want you, I wanna watch you change from a butterfly and into chains", how differently they see each other, how they want something entirely different from that relationship, how unilateral it is.
"Lean for me and I'll fall back, you'll fit so nicely you'll keep me intact" and "Lay your heart into my perfect machine, I will show you what you wanted to see" as if she'll desperately hold on to whoever she finds and he agreed to play that role. Like she's searching for words of comfort and he'll just say whatever she wants to hear, not even knowing if he means it, leading to a toxically codependant situation.
"Unzip your skin and let me have a see" and "I will never let you see what's beneath", again, vulnerability. He doesn't want anyone to get too close and that's the one thing she wants the most, the one thing he won't give her.
"I want to give you your grin, so tell me you can't bear a room that I'm not in, call me the one, this night just can't end" and "Even you know this was all for nothing, just a sad show, just an ego, I suppose though, as far as I know we were both pretending, I suppose so, but what do I know" as if to say, "this meant everything to me", "We both know that's a lie". "I loved you", "No, you didn't. You loved the idea we made of me in your head." Like she wrote herself a fairy tale and cast him in the main role, and wasn't he the best actor in town?
The very opposition of "I'm so human, we're just human" and the perfect machine, and how the music itself expresses it, how dodie's voice is so soft and organic while Dustin's so sharp and clear, and don't even get me started on how beautifully harmonized each element on those songs are and how they reflect all of this. Just the vibes bro,, the vibes. Given the difference in style, I'm probably the only one who noticed, so I had to share.
I could go on, but to sum it up, I'm really glad I got out of that relationship.
Alleyah Sykes
LYRICS:
I wanna pick you up and scoop you out
I want the secrets your secrets haven't found
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh oh
Will you share your soul with me?
Unzip your skin and let me have a see
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh oh
Oh, I'm so human
We're just human
Lean for me, and I'll fall back
You'll fit so nicely, you'll keep me intact
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh oh
I want to give you your grin
So tell me you can't bear a room that I'm not in
Paint me in trust
I'll be your best friend
Call me the one
This night just can't end
Oh oh
I'm so human
We're just human
Yammy
Is this an episode of black mirror? Seriously though how AMAZING is this 👏🏼
Broke.Black.Woke
Be Right Back
Arminas Vasiljev
Here`s the newer version of this song and lyrics: https://youtu.be/mZrHrW_0FOo
andra
Yammy omg nice to see you here yammy
Art OK
Oh damm i didnt expect to find you here yammy!!
And yes, the song is damm BEAUTIFUL! UwU
saraujiii
I didn’t expect you here at this song 🤪
Tove Kauppi
Being asexual, I always projected this song to be about someone ace trying to find a relationship in this overly sexualised world. I always knew the song isn’t actually about that, but the lyrics fit surprisingly well and it has vibes I can relate to a lot.
random life
I'm ace too ( :
musicislife
Honestly, SAME. As a fellow ace, I completely agree. This song resonated with me in a very similar way
221B Baker Street
Tbh I was and still confused whenever I think about the word sexuality but this song just put me at ease Idk who I am which spectrum I lie into but this song since discovered put me at ease at whatever I am and at whatever life brings to me.