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Daughter
If You Leave
Human

SINGLE

Human

Release date: 18th March 2013

From If You Leave

Track 7

3:32

Alternative Music Pop Pop/Rock

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About This Track

‘Human’ by Daughter is an alternative track from the album ‘If You Leave’ (2013). The lyrics place the listener in a state of grim, animalistic dread, with the mind trapped in bleak visions and an effort to escape that only results in sinking deeper. Bodies feel reduced to numb waiting, while the imagery turns to a skull-cage prison and a lost faith that there will ever be release or sight again. In the middle of this suffocating self-confinement, the line “Underneath the skin there’s a human” insists on vulnerability beneath the locked-up exterior.

"Human" is a single by Daughter, from the album If You Leave, released 18th March 2013. The track is 3:32 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 7 articles about Daughter.

About the Artist

Daughter

Daughter

Lyrics

Human

Woken up like an animal
Teeth ready for sinking
My mind's lost in bleak vision
I tried to escape but keep sinking
Limbs lost to a dead wait steak
Skull cage likea a prison
And he has lost faith to ever see again
So may he once taught of me then
Underneath the skin there's a human
Buried deep within there's a human
And despite everything I'm still human
But I think I'm dying here

Waking up like an animal
I'm all ready for healing
My mind's lost with nightmares streaming
Waking up kicking screaming
Take me out of this place I'm in
Break me out of this shale case I'm in

Underneath the skin there's a human
Buried deep within there's a human
And despite everything I'm still human
I think that I'm still human
I think that I'm still human
I think that I'm still human
Underneath the skin there's a human
Buried deep within there's a human
And despite everything I'm still human
But I think I'm dying here

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Track details

From If You Leave

3:322013Single

Listen

Album

18th March 2013

Track number

7

Release year

2013

1Winter
4:43
2Smother
4:01
3Youth
4:13
4Still
3:33

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Middle Farm Session

Middle Farm Session

Stereo Mind Game

Stereo Mind Game

Music from Before the Storm

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Not to Disappear

Not to Disappear

4AD Session

The Wild Youth EP

The Wild Youth EP

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Party (Middle Farm Session)Middle Farm Session

Neptune (Middle Farm Session)Middle Farm Session

To Rage (Middle Farm Session)Middle Farm Session

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Be On Your Way (Middle Farm Session)Middle Farm Session

Future Lover (Middle Farm Session)Middle Farm Session

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Wish I Could Cross the SeaStereo Mind Game

IsolationStereo Mind Game

JunkmailStereo Mind Game

DandelionStereo Mind Game

Future LoverStereo Mind Game

IntroStereo Mind Game

(Missed Calls)Stereo Mind Game

NeptuneStereo Mind Game

Be On Your WayStereo Mind Game

PartyStereo Mind Game

Swim BackStereo Mind Game

Poke (from Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s “The Midnight Organ Fight”)

All I Wanted (Live at the Asylum Chapel)

All I Wanted (Live at Asylum Chapel)

Smother (Airuei Edit)

The Right Way Around

A Hole in the Earth

Dreams of William

I Can't Live Here Anymore

Shallows (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)

How (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)

To BelongNot to Disappear

FossaNot to Disappear

New WaysNot to Disappear

MothersNot to Disappear

Made of StoneNot to Disappear

No CareNot to Disappear

NumbersNot to Disappear

HowNot to Disappear

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3:11
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1:43
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4:42
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3:22
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All I Wanted (Live at the Asylum Chapel)
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4:05
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3:43
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3:12
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3:52

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7Human

3:32

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Ex:Re, Igor Haefeli
Producer: Ex:Re, Igor Haefeli, Rodaidh McDonald
Drums: Remi Aguilella
Guitar: Ex:Re, Igor Haefeli
Vocals: Ex:Re
Percussion: Remi Aguilella

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Daughter - Stereo Mind Game

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Daughter create a world of their own on new album, 'Stereo Mind Game'.

5 Apr 2023 • 1:39 pm

Daughter have announced a two day London pop-up store in celebration of upcoming album 'Stereo Mind Game'

Daughter have announced a two day London pop-up store in celebration of upcoming album 'Stereo Mind Game'

The event will take place on 7th and 8th April.

29 Mar 2023 • 10:30 am

Daughter have announced a new live performance and signing session

Daughter have announced a new live performance and signing session

Their new full-length is coming this April.

7 Mar 2023 • 11:11 am

Daughter have shared their latest new album taster, 'Swim Back'

Daughter have shared their latest new album taster, 'Swim Back'

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27 Feb 2023 • 9:00 pm

Daughter have shared their new single, ‘Party’, from their upcoming new album, ‘Stereo Mind Game’

Daughter have shared their new single, ‘Party’, from their upcoming new album, ‘Stereo Mind Game’

'Stereo Mind Game' is scheduled for release on 7th April.

8 Feb 2023 • 5:32 pm

Daughter: "We haven’t played anything like these shows before"

Daughter: "We haven’t played anything like these shows before"

Daughter take on Brixton Academy, winding up a year that saw them release their stunning second album ‘Not To Disappear’.

27 Oct 2016 • 9:30 am