Ordinary Human

Album: The Giver (2014)
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  • Today I took a walk in the clouds
    Today I took a walk in the clouds
    Used to keep my eyes wide shut
    But now I'm staring down

    Today I felt a switch in my vein
    Today I felt a switch in my vein
    Used to be a shadow
    Now a shadow scream my name
    And in the daylight I could swear
    We're the same
    But I'm just an ordinary human
    (Ordinary ways)
    I'm just an ordinary human
    But I don't feel so ordinary today

    I'm just your picture perfect nothing
    Sometimes I medicate
    I'll be a picture perfect human
    Before the sun goes down today

    Today I felt a switch in my vein
    Today I made them all afraid
    Used to be a shadow
    Now a shadow scream my name
    And in the daylight I could swear
    We're the same
    But I'm just an ordinary human
    (Ordinary ways)
    I'm just an ordinary human
    But I don't feel so ordinary today

    I'm just a picture perfect nothing
    Sometimes I medicate
    I'll be a picture perfect human
    Before the sun goes down today

    Just an ordinary human
    But I don't feel so typical, no, today

    There'll be peace in the city tonight
    Peace in the city tonight
    But when I'm gone
    I hope they get it right
    There'll be peace in the city tonight
    Peace in the city tonight
    For when I'm gone
    I hope they get it right

    Just an ordinary human
    (Ordinary ways)
    I'm ordinary human
    I don't feel so ordinary today

    But when I'm gone
    I hope they get it right Writer/s: RYAN TEDDER
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Capitol CMG Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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