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Human

By Plumb

632 views Sep 14, 2026 updated Beautifully Broken album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Plumb opens with a question aimed squarely at herself — "how can I love you when all I've got is hatred? Why should you believe me if all I do is fake it?" She doesn't pretend the failure to love well belongs to someone else; the confession stays first-person throughout.

Her chorus widens the confession into something shared: "we're all human, our hatred is useless, we all have a heartbeat." Plumb names a specific, costly alternative rather than settling for vague goodwill — "like saying I love you to my enemies," words meant to "bring you life" instead of being "for killing you."

Jesus commands his followers in Matthew 5:44 to "love your enemies, bless them that curse you," an instruction that assumes exactly the difficulty Plumb is wrestling with, and Genesis 1:27 grounds every person's worth in being made in God's image, regardless of which side of a conflict they're on. Plumb's closing plea — "write it on our hearts so that we believe" — treats that kind of love as something that has to be learned, not something that comes naturally.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Chorus]

Oh, we're all human


[Verse 1]

How can I love you

When all I've got is hatred?

Why should you believe me

If all I do is fake it?

Can anyone hear me

When all I've got is noise?

And my opinion is

The loudest voice


[Chorus]

We're all human

Our hatred is useless

We all have a heartbeat

Even though it might be

Aching from the love we don't feel inside

Oh, we're all human

Oh, we're all human


[Verse 2]

I don't wanna be wrong

But I'm not always right

My words aren't for killing you

They should bring you life

And lips are for speaking

The remedy

Like saying I love you

To my enemies


[Chorus]

We're all human

Our hatred is useless

We all have a heartbeat

Even though it might be

Aching from the love we don't feel inside

We're all human

Our hatred is useless

We all have a heartbeat

Even though it might be

Aching from the love we don't feel inside

Oh, we're all human

Oh, we're all human


[Verse 3]

Write it on our hearts so that we believe

Open up our eyes so that we can see

Put your hand in mine, skin to skin, we're all human

Write it on our hearts so that we believe

Open up our eyes so that we can see

Put your hand in mine, skin to skin, we're all human


[Chorus]

We're all human

Our hatred is useless

We all have a heartbeat

Even though it might be

Aching from the love we don't feel inside

We're all human

Our hatred is useless

We all have a heartbeat

Even though it might be

Aching from the love we don't feel inside

Oh, we're all human

Oh, we're all human


[Chorus]

Oh, we're all human

Oh, we're all human

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