Sivana opened this issue on Feb 18, 2009 · 6 posts
Sivana posted Wed, 18 February 2009 at 7:39 PM
Well, in Germany and other german spoken countries we try to understand the sence on the song "Human" by "The Killers". Hello America, can you let us know if it means " Are we human?
Or are we denser?" or "Are we human? Or are we dancer?"
I think to ask someone who can understand it right is the better way as to try to make hundered of other tries to make a translation......
PhilC posted Wed, 18 February 2009 at 7:55 PM
A Google search on "lyrics Human by The Killers" would indicate that it is "denser". Google was less forthcoming in regard to the lyrics meaning :)
Sivana posted Wed, 18 February 2009 at 8:37 PM
That´s the probleme Phil, denser and dancer seems the same in our german ears, and the lyrics tells always something different. One web writes dancer and the next denser.
So I thought that american people can understand easy the song by hearing the text and can let us know ;-)
Also, what is the meaning of "denser"? Something like a fool? (A student said)
ockham posted Wed, 18 February 2009 at 9:17 PM
The website
http://www.elyrics.net/read/k/killers-lyrics/human-lyrics.html
gives this stanza:
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?
Since the rhyming word is 'answer', the word 'dancers' must be right.
'Denser' would be unlikely by both rhyme and grammar.
As for the deeper meaning, that's a harder question. I'd guess something like:
Are we fully human, or are we only mechanical dancing machines?
markschum posted Wed, 18 February 2009 at 10:27 PM
from a lyrics website http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-killers/human/
*On the band's official website, the biography section states
that Flowers is singing "Are we human, or are we dancer?" and
also says that the lyrics were inspired by a disparaging
comment made by Hunter S. Thompson about how America was raising
a generation of dancers.
There you go.
Sivana posted Wed, 18 February 2009 at 11:17 PM
Thank you all ;-)