To Be Human Lyrics - Marina And The Diamonds

[Verse 1] 

The pagodas and the palaces 

Dressed in gold leaf hide the damages 

Spot the Geisha as she balances 

Life's a cakewalk, full of challenges 

Go to Russia, see the Red Square 

Lenin's body lying dead there 

From Kyoto, Hiroshima 

Watch the black cloud crawling nearer 

[Pre-Chorus 1] 

There were riots in America 

Just when things were getting better 

All the things I've done and seen 

Still I don't know what life means 

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[Chorus] 

All the people living in, living in the world today 

We're united by our love, we're united by our pain (Ooh) 

All the things that I've done and I've seen 

Still, I don't know, don't know what it means 

[Verse 2] 

Fly to Athens, pass the Parthenon 

See the village where my father's from 

To Chicago from Angola 

São Paulo to Verona 

[Pre-Chorus 2] 

And anywhere you go, you'll see (Ooh) 

People are just like you and me (Ooh) 

All the things I've done and seen 

Still, I don't know what life means 

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[Chorus] 

All the people living in, living in the world today 

We're united by our love, we're united by our pain (Ooh) 

All the things that I've done and I've seen 

Still, I don't know, don't know what it means 

To be human 

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh) 

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh) 

Still, I don't know, don't know what it means 

To be human, a real human being 

[Bridge] 

I like to think about how we all look from afar 

People driving fancy cars look like beetles to the stars 

The missiles and the bombs sound like symphonies gone wrong 

And if there is a God, they'll know why it's so hard 

[Chorus] 

To be human 

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh) 

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh) 

To be hu- 

Still, I don't know, don't know what it means 

To be human, a real human being 

[Outro] 

(To be human) 

I want connection, ooh 

I wanna feel human again 

(To be human) 

Lost my direction, ooh 

I wanna feel human again 

To be human, to be human 

To be human, to be human