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Being Human

from Being Human by The Scatterlings

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Being Human: When life makes a monkey out of you, hang on to the one thing that makes you human, and hope that it hangs on to you... The melancholy instrumentation dances gently with a chillingly assured vocal.

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Being Human
L E Kornfeld (Elfy Kornfeld Publishing/ASCAP) © All Rights Reserved

(4:31) Elfy Kornfeld, vocals and baritone ukulele; Rick Russell, guitar; Joshua Sill, mandolin; Terrell Jones, bass and harmony vocal

It's 2am and I'm awake again and all I want is some sleep
I take a look into the dark and the dark looks back at me

But oh this life is so much longer
Than I ever thought that it could be
And I am tired tired of being human
And this world has made a monkey out of me

I climb the trees and then I fall back down again
I'm on my hands and knees trying to stand so that I can pretend

That I am not so tired of trying
To be all the things I thought that I would be
And I am sick so sick of being human
And this life has made a monkey out of me

It's 4am and all I want is to remember how to breathe
And when the morning comes the day will take me in its arms like a thief

And I drive a car just like a human
And human is all that I will ever be
Cause I sweat and bleed and cry just like a human
But this world has made a monkey out of me

So hold on to me cause you're the only thing that I know how to do
Please hold on to me because I don't know how else I will make it through

And maybe I will fight you but I am trying
To be as human as an animal can be
But it's so hard to stand on two legs
When this life has made a monkey out of me

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from Being Human, released October 1, 2019

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The Scatterlings Asheville, North Carolina

"Rustic, Rootsy, and Sunny-Side Dark"

Americana/Roots music with mountain influences, folk stylings, astute songwriting, textural instrumentation, songs about heartbreak, whiskey, killings, hangings and other happy things

The Scatterlings are a four-piece acoustic/Americana band based in Asheville, North Carolina. ... more

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