Singles:
Human Beings
(Seal) 1998

Note: (L) indicates vocal layering

It   is   only
     love      I
     feel...........
...............


That will give us
     peace     of
     heart..........
...............



In   my   hour of
   des.........perate
   need........


I...................
fe...el   closer
     to   the    
     One............
..........


          Oh........
but  why...

          Please....
human being   
if   you  bleed
they will say  it
was  destined........
....................
...............
          They'll be
punchin'  tickets
for  the  minute
if   you  fall out
of        line......
....................

     desperate
     desperate


Tell me   is   it
     death     you
     feel...........
...............

that will bring you
   peace       of
   life.............
........       Who of us



Tell me you're one
  of us

Tell me you're one 

Tell me you're one
  of us

Tell me you're one of us



When you  lose your.
     self es...teem.
...................
................

that's.........when.
...............love.
...............dies.
..........


     Ohhh...
          Please....
humanbeing
if   you  bleed
they will say  that
it's destined.......
....................
..........
          They'll be
punchin'  tickets
for  the  minute
if   you  fall out
of        line......
....................


          We're mere
humanbeings
we die..............
....................
So...
So...desperate
     desperate......
yeah......


Well I    feel......
     when you've reached num-
ber one

     you look like
you're puffing  but

          really only blocking
the sun.....
.....................

          blocking
the sun

          blocking
the sun..............
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................

          blocking
the sun

          blocking
the sun.............
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................

          We're mere
human beings
we   die.............
.....................
..........

It's destined........
          They'll be
punchin' tickets
for the minute you...
fall out of life.....
..........
          We're mere
human beings
we   die..We're mere
human beings
we   die............
....................
     Desperate
     It's destined

          We're mere
human beings
we die..............
....................
     desperate

it's destined
     destined





We're mere
human beings
we die............
....................
Colour
key
   Normal vocals
Vocal layering
Special vocal effects
Many thanks to Kyle Ware for clarifying various lyrics from this track.

Where to find this track

Human Beings is the debut single from Seal's forthcoming third album, Human Being.
This single was released on November 2nd 1998, with the album following on November 17th.