“Humankind” is the third track on Coldplay’s 9th studio album Music of the Spheres.
The song is from the perspective of an alien citizen on one of the planets in The Sphere, which is the setting of the album, who hears DJ Lafrique’s (the protagonist of the album) Alien Radio. Since music is banned in The Spheres, hearing music is strange but ultimately exhilarating for the alien citizen.
Lyrics of Humankind
Today I heard the strangest
I heard the strangest song
A DJ, a star away is playing it to turn us on
My heart started glowing
I feel it inside, it's flowing
I say I know, I know, I know we're only human
I know, I know, I know how we're designed, yeah
Oh, I know, I know, I know we're only human
But from another planet
Still they call us humankind
Today I had the strangest
Feeling that I belong
Before I was dying
I feel it inside, now I'm flying
I say I know, I know, I know we're only human
I know, I know, I know how we're designed, yeah
Oh, I know, I know, I know we're only human
But from another planet
Still they call us humankind
Beforе I was dying
I feel it inside, now I'm flying
I know, I know, I know we're only human
I know, I know, I know how we're designed
Oh, I know, I know, I know we're only human
But we're capable of kindness
So they call us humankind