[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
[Chorus]
All the people living in, living in the world today
We're united by our love, we're united by our pain
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, pa** 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
People are just like you and me
All the things I've done and seen
Still, I don't know what life means
[Chorus]
All the people living in, living in the world today
We're united by our love, we're united by our pain
All the things that I've done and I've seen
Still, I don't know, don't know what it means
To be humaaan
Still, I don't know, don't know what it means
To be humaaan, 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 humaaan
To be hu..
Still, I don't know, don't know what it means
To be humaaan, a real humaaan being
[Outro]
(To be humaaan)
I want connection, ooh
I wanna feel humaaan again
(To be humaaan)
Lost my direction, ooh
I wanna feel humaaan again
To be humaaan, to be human
To be humaaan, to be humaaan