Human

This song is about taking accountability for yourself and not trying to pass it off on people who you ask for help.

I think this song can get surprisingly deep depending on how it’s interpreted. At first, I was thinking it was a final plea to someone the singer has tried to help, but it could also be an introspective way the singer is dealing with his guilt, the blame his ego puts on himself, and his desire to be perfect and do more.

My interpretation:

"I'm only human I'm only, I'm only I'm only human, human"

Singer is reiterating this in his head before getting ready to make a final plea to someone he’s been trying to help.

"Maybe I'm foolish Maybe I'm blind Thinking I can see through this And see what's behind Got no way to prove it So maybe I'm blind"

You can think I’m foolish or can’t see your problem. Since you can’t explain this I don’t have a clear view and am blind to it.

"But I'm only human after all I'm only human after all Don't put your blame on me Don't put your blame on me"

I already tried to help, it didn’t help and I’m sick of getting blamed

"Take a look in the mirror And what do you see Do you see it clearer Or are you deceived In what you believe"

You need to do a deeper self-assessment to figure out your problem. Or are you too caught up to see that the problem has to do with yourself and not me?

"'Cause I'm only human after all You're only human after all Don't put the blame on me Don't put your blame on me"

(notice it’s the first time the singer say you’re only human and your blame) We’re both not perfect. Put your blame on yourself instead of deflecting it onto me.

"Some people got the real problems Some people out of luck Some people think I can solve them Lord heavens above"

Everyone is coming to me to solve their own problems. God why?!

"I'm only human I make mistakes I'm only human  That's all it takes To put the blame on me Don't put the blame on me"

You expect me to be perfect.

"I'm no prophet or Messiah Should go looking somewhere higher"

I’m not your savior. Turn to God for your help.

The meaning of this song is interesting. After reading a lot of interpretation and the lyrical content itself I have some conclusion on what the song is trying to grasp at.

1. The song is talking about being human and a man who is tired of being the "Shoulder to cry on" that perhaps due to some unhinted reason someone is blaming him for things he did not do and he feels that we are all human and can make mistakes that this person ought to see how they behave before turning it on him.

2. Some people believe this is sort of a way he is avoiding responsibility for a mistake he has made, and asking people not to blame him, or make him take responsibility for their hurt.

3. This man is suggesting that people look deeper into being human and what it really means, that yes we are human and make mistakes but it does not mean we keep doing so it means that people need to stop blaming everything else other than themselves for issues. People need to stop asking for advice then blaming others for giving "bad advice" but learn to look at the " Man in the mirror" and sort out their own issues and that we are all human, and it's normal for humans to make mistakes and be lost.

My personal view on the subject is that it is a mixture of meaning 1,3 but I do feel that as a society on whole people needs to be more responsible because making certain mistakes is not correct.We cannot go through life blaming everyone else, but we also can't go through life not taking responsibility and using the excuse of being "only human". Forgiveness comes with change and self-reflection on our own behaviour.

I think it's about a problem between two people. This turns in to a game of placing blame on one over the other. As if they are to blame for the friction and problems putting there relationship in this fight. Sometimes we take that blame on them. I feel this song is explaining the epiphany of taking ownership of there part. Some people got the real problem once you take your own accountability. They don't want to take ownership of there own blame. It makes the other take a look at themselves and accept there are human just the same.

I have rewatched the video while looking at the lyrics a few times After a Man named Mark Christopher, who is trying to teach people how to escape legal fictions ("The Empire of Lies" as he refers to it (which may or may not have to do with the concept of Natural Law versus Legal Law): youtube.com/watch ), this song now has a deeper interpretation to me than at its surface level when I first listened to the song a year or two ago:\n\nHuman := something that we have been conned into believing that we are, some kind of degraded animal resembling a man but corrupted so that it is not a man.\nMan := what we actually are, a Man (or Woman), a powerful being created in the image of the creator\n\nI\'m only human\nI\'m only, I\'m only\nI\'m only human, human\n\n-- he starts off with the idea from his programming that he is just a limited and flawed "human"\n\nMaybe I\'m foolish\nMaybe I\'m blind\nThinkin\' I can see through this\nAnd see what\'s behind\nGot no way to prove it\nSo maybe I\'m lyin\'\n\n- he is starting to see the deception intuitively, however, he is doubting himself and has no proof so he thinks that maybe he (or even his own intuition) is lying to himself\n\nBut I\'m only human after all\nI\'m only human after all\nDon\'t put your blame on me\nDon\'t put your blame on me\n\n-- he still thinks that he is a flawed human and making mistakes is inevitable so he asks to be forgiven because he thinks it is not his fault because he cannot be perfect\n\nTake a look in the mirror\nAnd what do you see?\nDo you see it clearer\nOr are you deceived\nIn what you believe?\n\n-- he is starting to see his real true self in the mirror, and asks others if they can see their real selves too or if they are still being deceived by their programming\n\n\'Cause I\'m only human after all\nYou\'re only human after all\nDon\'t put the blame on me\nDon\'t put your blame on me\n\n-- now he is kind of sarcastically saying without believing, that he is only human and mocking others for trying to blame him\n\nSome people got the real problems\nSome people out of luck\nSome people think I can solve them\nLord, heavens above\nI\'m only human after all\nI\'m only human after all\nDon\'t put the blame on me\nDon\'t put the blame on me\n\n-- he is acknowledging others that have real problems, and complaining that they think that he has all of the answers for them, feeling overwhelmed and burdened by their expectations\n\nDon\'t ask my opinion\nDon\'t ask me to lie\nThen beg for forgiveness\nFor making you cry\nFor making you cry\n\n-- he is telling people to stand up for themselves in their own power and deal with their own problems rather than be dependent upon him; he starts off by saying opinions are irrelevant (as opposed to facts) and that wants to be in integrity rather than ever lie or deceive again \n\n\'Cause I\'m only human after all\nI\'m only human after all\nDon\'t put your blame on me\nDon\'t put the blame on me\n\nOh, some people got the real problems\nSome people out of luck\nSome people think I can solve them\nLord, heavens above\nI\'m only human after all\nI\'m only human after all\nDon\'t put the blame on me\nDon\'t put the blame on me\nI\'m only human\nI make mistakes\nI\'m only human\nThat\'s all it takes\nTo put the blame on me\nDon\'t put the blame on me\n\n-- incorrectly assuming that he is human is how the court or govern-mental institutions put the blame on him (tell him that he is guilty of something)\n\n\'Cause I\'m no prophet or Messiah\nYou should go looking somewhere higher\n\n-- he is telling others to seek connection to the highest power (the creator) rather than ask him to solve their problems for them\n\nI\'m only human after all\nI\'m only human after all\nDon\'t put the blame on me\nDon\'t put the blame on me\nI\'m only human\nI do what I can\nI\'m just a man\nI do what I can\nDon\'t put the blame on me\nDon\'t put your blame on me\n\n-- he finally realizes that he is a Man who is standing in his power, and telling others that they can no longer put blame on him (trick him into agreeing that he is guilty of something)