The meaning of the song “Human” bởi the Killers
The song isn’t saying he wants to be a dancer hoặc that dancers aren’t human. A lot of people seem to think that, another thing people get confused about is the words. It’s “Are we human hoặc are we dancer?” no s. It’s not supposed to have an s.
Human means “Free thinker”. So is bạn are human bạn can think for yourself, bạn don’t have to be a mindless puppet and can be your own person.
bạn can interpret the dancer part two different ways. bạn can interpret it as a puppet dancing while someone else pulls the strings, which is backed up bởi the line “Cut the cord”. If bạn take it that way the song is saying if bạn are dancer bạn are mindless and under someone else’s control.
The other way of interpreting the “dancer” part is an actual dancer. A dancer performs the choreography someone else made. They conform to the movements and perform them, no thinking. It’s not being a free thinker, it’s not being human. This is backed up bởi the line “up to the platform of surrender”. As in going up the stage (platform) and surrendering your free will, surrendering to the control of someone else’s dance. Of course it’s not meant to be offensive to dancers, and there is such thing as freestyle. That’s just not the focus of the song; the focus is the conformity part.
Either way bạn interpret the dancer part it comes down to basically the same thing, someone is control bạn hoặc bạn are doing what someone else told bạn to do. Either way bạn aren’t being a free thinker so bạn aren’t human. bạn are dancer.
The song is asking if we think for ourselves hoặc is someone controlling us hoặc we’re giving into what someone wants us to do and conforming.
Now I’m going to try to interpret the meaning of each section. I’m going to write “you” not “he” hoặc “it” like bạn are hát it; I think it might help with understanding the lyrics.
I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind
I don’t know what the first two lines mean. Going up to the platform of surrender is for the actual dancer interpretation of “dancer”. You’re going up to a stage and surrendering your humanness, bạn don’t think for yourself and bạn dance the moves someone else told bạn to. I’m not sure for the last line but I think it means even if bạn go to the platform of surrender unwilling (you were brought) bạn should still be kind and try to have human emotion, that’s just a guess. I’m really not sure
and sometimes I get nervous
when I see an open door
close your eyes, clear your heart
cut the cord
This is talking about making your own decisions. When bạn see an open door it’s an opportunity and a choice for you. If bạn are dancer bạn don’t make a choice. If you’re nervous it means bạn aren’t sure if bạn can make a choice and if it will be right. You’re doubting if you’re human hoặc dancer.
Close your eyes, clear your tim, trái tim is just preparing yourself, getting ready to make your choice. Like when bạn close your eyes and take a deep breath before something important. bạn should have a clear tim, trái tim and mind when bạn make the choice.
Cut the cord is the choice. It means bạn made the choice, and bạn choose to be human. This has to do with the puppet interpretation of “dancer”. If bạn cut the cord the puppet is free and it doesn’t have to do what someone else makes it do. The way of control is gone.
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
I don’t know what my sign is vital means. My hands are cold might be about being a puppet, no blood means bạn would always be cold.
I’m on my knees looking for the answer just means you’re desperately trying to figure out if you’re human hoặc dancer.
Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
give my regards to soul and romance
they always did the best they could
The first three lines is acknowledging human emotions and values and saying that they are respected. The last line means that the emotions and values always did the best they could. When bạn say someone did they best they could you’re saying they always tried hard but it wasn’t good enough. bạn are saying that the emotions and values of human weren’t enough in the end.
And so long to devotion
bạn taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye, wish me well
you’ve gotta let me go
The first line is bạn saying goodbye to devotion, which is like loyalty. bạn are not longer devoted to the ones controlling you, bạn are a free thinker, a human. The một giây line means that this person taught bạn everything bạn know, but you’re still going to become free of them.
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
Will your system be alright
when bạn dream of trang chủ tonight?
There is no message we're receiving
let me know, is your tim, trái tim still beating?
At this point bạn are talking to someone else .The first two lines are asking if they’ll be alright when they think back to the one hoặc ones they became free of. When the song says system it’s referring to a robot system, if bạn have a system bạn are like a robot so bạn are dancer not human. It’s saying the other person is still dancer hoặc not yet entirely human even though they’ve made the choice to be a free thinker, human.
The last two lines are saying bạn haven’t received a message from this person and aren’t sure if they went back to conformity and being dancer. The last line is bạn asking if this person is still human. If this person is dancer they don’t really have a heartbeat.
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
You've gotta let me know
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
Are bạn human hoặc dancer? Are bạn a free think hoặc are bạn a puppet? Are bạn doing what you’ve been told bởi someone else and abandoning your free will?
The song isn’t saying he wants to be a dancer hoặc that dancers aren’t human. A lot of people seem to think that, another thing people get confused about is the words. It’s “Are we human hoặc are we dancer?” no s. It’s not supposed to have an s.
Human means “Free thinker”. So is bạn are human bạn can think for yourself, bạn don’t have to be a mindless puppet and can be your own person.
bạn can interpret the dancer part two different ways. bạn can interpret it as a puppet dancing while someone else pulls the strings, which is backed up bởi the line “Cut the cord”. If bạn take it that way the song is saying if bạn are dancer bạn are mindless and under someone else’s control.
The other way of interpreting the “dancer” part is an actual dancer. A dancer performs the choreography someone else made. They conform to the movements and perform them, no thinking. It’s not being a free thinker, it’s not being human. This is backed up bởi the line “up to the platform of surrender”. As in going up the stage (platform) and surrendering your free will, surrendering to the control of someone else’s dance. Of course it’s not meant to be offensive to dancers, and there is such thing as freestyle. That’s just not the focus of the song; the focus is the conformity part.
Either way bạn interpret the dancer part it comes down to basically the same thing, someone is control bạn hoặc bạn are doing what someone else told bạn to do. Either way bạn aren’t being a free thinker so bạn aren’t human. bạn are dancer.
The song is asking if we think for ourselves hoặc is someone controlling us hoặc we’re giving into what someone wants us to do and conforming.
Now I’m going to try to interpret the meaning of each section. I’m going to write “you” not “he” hoặc “it” like bạn are hát it; I think it might help with understanding the lyrics.
I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind
I don’t know what the first two lines mean. Going up to the platform of surrender is for the actual dancer interpretation of “dancer”. You’re going up to a stage and surrendering your humanness, bạn don’t think for yourself and bạn dance the moves someone else told bạn to. I’m not sure for the last line but I think it means even if bạn go to the platform of surrender unwilling (you were brought) bạn should still be kind and try to have human emotion, that’s just a guess. I’m really not sure
and sometimes I get nervous
when I see an open door
close your eyes, clear your heart
cut the cord
This is talking about making your own decisions. When bạn see an open door it’s an opportunity and a choice for you. If bạn are dancer bạn don’t make a choice. If you’re nervous it means bạn aren’t sure if bạn can make a choice and if it will be right. You’re doubting if you’re human hoặc dancer.
Close your eyes, clear your tim, trái tim is just preparing yourself, getting ready to make your choice. Like when bạn close your eyes and take a deep breath before something important. bạn should have a clear tim, trái tim and mind when bạn make the choice.
Cut the cord is the choice. It means bạn made the choice, and bạn choose to be human. This has to do with the puppet interpretation of “dancer”. If bạn cut the cord the puppet is free and it doesn’t have to do what someone else makes it do. The way of control is gone.
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
I don’t know what my sign is vital means. My hands are cold might be about being a puppet, no blood means bạn would always be cold.
I’m on my knees looking for the answer just means you’re desperately trying to figure out if you’re human hoặc dancer.
Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
give my regards to soul and romance
they always did the best they could
The first three lines is acknowledging human emotions and values and saying that they are respected. The last line means that the emotions and values always did the best they could. When bạn say someone did they best they could you’re saying they always tried hard but it wasn’t good enough. bạn are saying that the emotions and values of human weren’t enough in the end.
And so long to devotion
bạn taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye, wish me well
you’ve gotta let me go
The first line is bạn saying goodbye to devotion, which is like loyalty. bạn are not longer devoted to the ones controlling you, bạn are a free thinker, a human. The một giây line means that this person taught bạn everything bạn know, but you’re still going to become free of them.
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
Will your system be alright
when bạn dream of trang chủ tonight?
There is no message we're receiving
let me know, is your tim, trái tim still beating?
At this point bạn are talking to someone else .The first two lines are asking if they’ll be alright when they think back to the one hoặc ones they became free of. When the song says system it’s referring to a robot system, if bạn have a system bạn are like a robot so bạn are dancer not human. It’s saying the other person is still dancer hoặc not yet entirely human even though they’ve made the choice to be a free thinker, human.
The last two lines are saying bạn haven’t received a message from this person and aren’t sure if they went back to conformity and being dancer. The last line is bạn asking if this person is still human. If this person is dancer they don’t really have a heartbeat.
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
You've gotta let me know
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
Are we human hoặc are we dancer?
Are bạn human hoặc dancer? Are bạn a free think hoặc are bạn a puppet? Are bạn doing what you’ve been told bởi someone else and abandoning your free will?
