Be Human by Scott Matthew

This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. I heard it on KSCL last week driving... around town... with my good friend, Joseph. (Hey, Joseph! :) ) I spent a good two days looking for the song in mp3 format since it's not on iTunes. But I SERIOUSLY advise you google the song and listen to it. It is the song that describes my life right now. Not the lyrics necessarily. But the feeling. Oh! And I'm highlighting in red and as-ter-isk-ing my favorite lyrics and giving my take on the lyrics in blue for your reading pleasure. .... Eww. Oh, and think of a cartoon robot singing this song and all he wants is to know what it feels like to be like his owner that made him and like the kids that he helps.

I analyze and I verify and I quantify enough

one hundred percentile

no errors, no miss

I synchronize and I specialize and I classify so much

don't worry 'bout dreaming

because I don't sleep

*I wish I could at least 30 percent

maybe 50 for pleasure

then skip all the rest*

I really like this part because even when he is imagining what he would like to experience - the feelings themselves - he is stating those ideas in mathematical terms - percentages. Smart. Smart. He even thinks as a robot; there is no escape from his mathematical, statistical, logical viewpoint.

if I only was more human

*I would count every single second the rest of my life*

if I just could be more human

*I'd have so many little babies* and maybe a wife

This is the same basic idea as above. Humans don't count the seconds of their life; however, computers (or robots) have a constant timer running, set up at their initial birth. There would be no need to count ever single second (he's still imagining life in his robotic mindset). The last line I like just because it strikes a chord with me. It's cute.

I'd roll around the mud

and have lots of fun

then when I was done

build bubblebath towers and swim in the tub

sand castles on the beach

frolic in the sea

get a broken knee

be scared of the dark and *I'd sing out of key*

cuss when I lost a fight

kiss and reunite

scratch a spider bite

*be happy with wrinkles I got when I smiled*

pet kittens til they purred

maybe keep a bird

always keep my word

I'd cry at sad movies

I'd laugh til it hurt

I'd buy a big bike

and ride by the lake

and I'd have lots of friends

and I'd stay out late

I think this is where there is a shift in his thinking. He is finally wanting to do things that he can't do as a robot, and he wants to do them in ways only humans can (singing off key, getting wrinkles, etc.)

if I could just be more human

I would see every little thing with a gleam in my eye

if only I was more human

*I'd embrace every single feeling that came in my life*

would I care and be forgiving?

would I be sentimental and would I feel loneliness?

would I doubt and have misgivings?

would I cause someone sorrow, too?

would I know what to do?

will I cry when it's all over?

when I die will I see heaven?

He's asking human questions now - wondering what he will be like as a human. I think this song represents the idea of wanting to be something you're not- not in a negative sense necessarily. To sum it up, this song represents the longing of someone for something they can't have; which, ironically, only living, breathing things do in the first place.... Yeah. ;)

PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG!!! SO BEAUTIFUL!!!