WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BEING HUMAN? EMPATHYBEATS [INTRO — PIANO, CLOSE VOCAL, STRINGS BEGINNING TO CIRCLE] Just slow down That’s all we gotta do Just slow down I wanna be on my way to you [HOOK — BEAT ENTERS SOFTLY] Just slow down That’s all we gotta do Whole world running Like we’ve got something to prove Just slow down I wanna spend my life with you If this is the future Can we choose? [VERSE 1] Wake up Check the time Check the news Check the train Another little warning Another little change Another thing gets faster Another thing gets sold Another year of living Like we’re scared of getting old Hurtling towards the end Like there’s somewhere we gotta get to I don’t need forever I just wanna get to you [PRE-CHORUS — STRINGS BUILD] Everybody talking Everybody knows Where the world is going Apparently. But nobody asked me [BREAK — EVERYTHING DROPS] Whose future? [CHORUS — FULL STRINGS + HOUSE PULSE] These men in ivory towers Keep talking ’bout the future Whose future? Whose life? Who decided faster Always meant that we were doing right? I just wanna live I just wanna love Waste a Sunday doing fuck all With somebody that I trust Feel the sun Miss the bus Whatever happened To being human? [POST-CHORUS] Human Human Whatever happened To being human? [VERSE 2 — GROOVE DEEPENS] We made machines to save us time Then filled the time with more Built a million ways to speak Still don’t knock next door Everything is measured now Attention Sleep Success Tell me when exactly Did a life become a test? I wanna cook too late Talk shit until two Leave my phone somewhere And forget what I was meant to do Laugh until it hurts Cry when something does Not every fucking second Needs improving just because [PRE-CHORUS] Everybody building Something bigger than before Nobody can tell me What we’re building all this for [BREAK] Whose future? [CHORUS] These men in ivory towers Keep talking ’bout the future Whose future? Whose life? Who decided faster Always meant that we were doing right? I just wanna live I just wanna love Waste a Sunday doing fuck all With somebody that I trust Feel the sun Miss the bus Whatever happened To being human? [BRIDGE — DRUMS FALL AWAY, PIANO + ORCHESTRA] Maybe progress isn’t forward Maybe sometimes it is still Maybe having every answer Doesn’t tell us what we will Do with all these extra minutes All these things we never knew I don’t need another future I need time With you [INSTRUMENTAL LIFT — STRINGS BECOME HUGE, RHYTHM RETURNS] Just slow down Just slow down [FINAL CHORUS — WIDE, EUPHORIC, BITTERSWEET] Just slow down That’s all we gotta do Whole world running I’m still on my way to you Let them build tomorrow Let them promise something new I just wanna live I just wanna love Feel the sun Miss the bus Make mistakes Stay too long Sing badly to our favourite song Hold my hand Tell the truth I don’t want forever I want you [OUTRO — ORCHESTRA CONTINUES MOVING AFTER VOCAL STOPS] Whatever happened To being human? Human Human Just slow down.
