Only Human

A squirrel in the tree, is he watching me?

Does he give a damn? Does he care who I am?

I'm just a man, is that all I am?

Are my manners misinterpreted words or only human?

I'm human

Murderous crow, hey, what you know?

What you reading about? What you hold in your toes?

Is that a twig? Are you a dove of peace?

Black dove undercover with another puzzle piece

Are you a riddle to solve all along?

Or am I overthinking thoughts? I'm human, afterall

Only human, made of flesh, made of sand

Made of human

The planet's talking about a revolution

The natural laws ain't got no constitution

They've got a right to live their own life

But we keep paving over paradise

'Cause we're only human

Oh yes we are, only human

If it's our only excuse

Oh do we think we'll keep on being only human?

Oh yes we are, only human

So far, so far

Up in the major's tree

The one he planted back when he was just a boy

Back in 1923

Thirty meters and a foot, take a look, take a climb

What you'll find is the product of a seed

The seed is sown, all alone

It grows above with a heart of love

A sharpened shelter of the animals

Of land and cold weather breathing

We're all breathing

The planet's talking about a revolution

The natural laws ain't got no constitution

They've got a right to live their own life

But we keep paving over paradise

'Cause we're only human

Oh yes we are, only human

If it's our only excuse

Oh do we think we'll keep on being only human?

Oh yes we are, only human

So far, so far

And this place, it will outlive me

Before I get to heaven I'll climb that tree

And I will have to give my thanks

For giving me the branch to swing on

If I ever fall in love

I'll hope to give myself a baby

I will let my children have their way

Because we're only human

Oh yes we are, only human

So far, so far

So far, so far