Digital Booklet - Human Again

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1. fire2. this is war

3. do it now4. i’m through

5. blood brothers6. black and blue

7. ribbons8. how we love

9. palm of your hand10. ghost

11. in the sea12. keep warm

13. end of world

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open heart surgerythat is what you do to mecut me up, set me freethat is what you do to me

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into you into you into you into you into youinto you into you into you into you into you

heart attack up your sleeveyou can make me believethat i will grow from the groundafter you burn me down


into you into you into you into you into youinto you into you into you into you into you

you burn me upyou burn me upyou burn me upand i love ityou burn me upyou burn me upyou burn me upand i love it


into you into you into you into you into youinto you into you into you into you into youyou burn me upyou burn me upyou burn me upand i love it

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it’s a wonder at all that i’m aliveit’s a wonder at all that i’m still standingit’s a wonder at all that i survived the war between your, between your heart and minebetween your, between your heart and mine

i won’t surrender

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it’s a wonder at all that i can seeit’s a wonder at all that the sky is not falling downit’s a wonder at all that i decide to breatheanymore...anymore...anymore

i won’t surrenderL�ZLOO�¿JKW�EHWWHUyou lock me out, you knock me downEXW�L�ZLOO�¿QG�P\�ZD\�DURXQGi won’t surrenderthis is warthis is war

this is war, this is wari will run until i can’t run anymoresomeone’s got to loseit’s not gonna be this girl this time

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do it now

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no one’s gonna wait for youno one’s gonna wait for you

so do it nowdo it right nowdon’t waste a minute on the darkness and the pity sitting in your mind and do it right nowdo it right now

everything will stop on a dimeeverything will crash into itself in good timedo you want to beat your own heart beat your own heartor leave it behindleave it behind

no one’s gonna wait for youno one’s gonna wait for you

so do it nowdo it right nowdon’t waste a minute on the darkness and the pity sitting in your mind and do it right now

do it right now

i’m gonna get up i’m gonna get right out of my bed, get out of my bedyou’re gonna stand upyou’re gonna stand right up again, stand right up againi’m gonna get up, i’m gonna get out of my bed get out of my headyou’re gonna stand up, you’re gonna stand upyou’re gonna stand upyou’re gonna stand up

so do it nowdo it right nowdon’t waste a minute on the darkness and the pity sitting in your mind and do it right nowdo it right now

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i’m going out again tonightWKH�¿UVW�WLPH�LQ�WKH�ORQJHVW�WLPHhe holds the door and holds my handbut doesn’t feel like you

we laugh at all the people inthe restaurant across from ushe talks a lot but not too muchbut doesn’t sound like you

it’s all because of you that i’m throughit’s all because of you that i’m all through

i know there’ll come a time againZKHQ�HYHU\WKLQJ�ZLOO�¿W�ULJKW�LQand i won’t have to see your face in strangers on the street

but i would rather feel the sting than never to have felt a thingi’ll always know you were the oneto rip me from the ground



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what you need, what you need i need toowhat you are, what you are, i am too

‘cause we’re all the same under a different namewe’re all blood, we’re all bloodblood brotherswe’re all blood, we’re all bloodblood brothers

if you knew me would you lift me from the groundif you loved me would you even hear me make a soundwe’re all blood, we’re all bloodblood brotherswe’re all blood, we’re all bloodblood brothers

what you need, what you need i need toowhat you are, what you are, i am too‘cause we’re all the same under a different namewe’re all blood, we’re all bloodblood brotherswe’re all blood, we’re all bloodblood brothers

we’re all blood, we’re all bloodblood brothers

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everybody knows that i’m a messeverybody knows you stole the heart from out my chesteverything you ever said was a lieyou’re hiding behind your sweet your sweet goodbyes

i’m black and blue‘cause i fell for youyou said you never would let me gooh how could i ever know

i’m black and blueand in love with youyou said, you never would let me fallyou never would let me fall, but i’m fallingyou never would let me fallyou never would let me fall, but i’m falling

oh i know i’m never gonna stopi keep burning time away until i hit the topone day i’ll wake up and take up to the open skiesand i’ll be the one with all the sweet goodbyes

i’m black and blue‘cause i fell for you you said you never would let me gooh how could i ever know

i’m black and blueand in love with youyou said, you never would let me fallyou never would let me fall, but i’m fallingyou never would let me fall, you never would let me

fall, but i’m falling

falling, falling over and over, over and over againi’m always fallingover and over

but i’ll get up, i’ll make iti need some time to unbreak iti feel like, i’m falling, i’m falling far away from youit’s what i need to do

black and blue and in love with youblack and blue and in love with youyou said, you never would let me fallyou never would let me fall, but i’m fallingyou never would let me fall you never would let me fall, but i’m fallingyou never would let me fall you never would let me fall, but i’m falling

i’m fallingblack and blueit’s what i need to do

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you look so pretty in the dark of nightbut i’m getting wise in the early lighti can see you falling like a homemade kitei can see you falling like a homemade kite

you put your sunday best on for us allpainting up a promise that you know will fallwrap me in your ribbons tie me to the wallwrap me in your ribbons tie me to the wall

all the time he takes are the words that he breaksall the time he takes are the words that he breaks


you walk on everybodyyou walk on everyoneyou walk right up and you ask me to danceyou ask me to danceyou ask me to dance then you walk away3


how we love

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thank you...

mom, dad, charlie, my family,lynn grossman, teri goldberg,

david kahne, michael goldstoneand the mom+pop/q prime family,

chris kuffner, elliot jacobson,allie moss, bess rogers,

rusty anderson, shawn pelton,saul simon-macwilliams,

deborah lopez, bobbie and greg laswell,joe sorren, pamela littky,

michele wernick, daniel higbee, brian vinikoor, katie jelen and

the rest of the folks at secret road,peter lewit, mae ho, steve ferguson,

david rawson, darlene johnson,katie pizziol, david mann,

thomas ‘chip’ valentino, dan romer,gavin conaty, augusten burroughs, ross morrison, daniel lieberberg, henry semmence, tom calderone, frank maddocks, shervin lainez,

lauren glucksman, heather turner, dylan steinberg, patrick confrey, holly adams, warren christensen,

trina schaefer, lisa sonkin,bruce warren, bruno ybarra,

alexandra patsavas, andrea von foerster, danny buch, jesse barnett,

scott register, paul seymour,see squared studios, avatar studios,

cd baby, yamaha, sennheiser,rick and barry at renaissance guitars,

SU2C, brooke, adrienne, kristin,my k-9 children, shep and molly and to

gregory dean, for being a beanand jean machine

all songs written by ingrid michaelson

produced and programmed by david kahne

engineered and mixed by david kahnemastered by bob ludwig

gateway mastering studios, portland, maine

string arrangements by david kahnedrum tracking and strings engineer: roy hendrickson

drum tracking and strings engineer (ghost): robert smith

recorded at seesquaredstudios and avatar studios

ingrid michaelson: vocals, piano, ukulele, tenor guitardavid kahne: guitar, bass, keyboards

chris kuffner: bass, guitar, tenor guitarelliot jacobson: drumsrusty anderson: guitar

shawn pelton: drums (black and blue, ghost)allie moss: backing vocals (blood brothers, in the sea)

bess rogers: backing vocals (blood brothers, in the sea)jason slater: additional programming (black and blue)

che pope: additional programming (black and blue)

cover and interior painting by joe sorren | joesorren.comdesign: frank maddocks

photography: pamela littkymanagement: lynn grossman, secret road

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