Human Sacrifice Lyrics
[Verse]
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
[Pre-Chorus]
Secrets, heartbeat
Find you, lovely
Secrets, heartbeat
Find you, lovely
[Chorus]
Turn all the lights out
We shine brighter in the dark
We shine brighter in the dark
We shine brighter in the dark
Turn all the lights out
We shine brighter in the dark
We shine brighter in the dark
We shine brighter in the dark
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
[Pre-Chorus]
Secrets, heartbeat
Find you, lovely
Secrets, heartbeat
Find you, lovely
[Chorus]
Turn all the lights out
We shine brighter in the dark
We shine brighter in the dark
We shine brighter in the dark
Turn all the lights out
We shine brighter in the dark
We shine brighter in the dark
We shine brighter in the dark
[Bridge]
I'm hoping, praying, we are together
No matter the weather, I get lost sometimes
I know it means that we are forever
But never means never, it's so hard to find
[Break]
(Ooh, ooh)
(Ooh, ooh)
[Verse]
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness (Oh)
[Pre-Chorus]
Secrets, heartbeat (To the beat of your heart)
Find you, lovely (Uh)
Secrets, heartbeat (If you know, know, ayy, uh)
Find you, lovely
I'm hoping, praying, we are together
No matter the weather, I get lost sometimes
I know it means that we are forever
But never means never, it's so hard to find
[Break]
(Ooh, ooh)
(Ooh, ooh)
[Verse]
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness
I cannot explain the feeling, I'm alone
The loneliness (Oh)
[Pre-Chorus]
Secrets, heartbeat (To the beat of your heart)
Find you, lovely (Uh)
Secrets, heartbeat (If you know, know, ayy, uh)
Find you, lovely
[Chorus]
Turn all the lights out (Uh)
We shine brighter in the dark (Yeah)
We shine brighter in the dark (Uh)
We shine brighter in the dark
Turn all the lights out (Ooh)
We shine brighter in the dark (Yeah)
We shine brighter in the dark
We shine brighter in the dark
[Bridge]
I'm hoping, praying, we are together
No matter the weather, I feel lost sometimes
I know it means that we are forever
But never means never, it's so hard to find
[Instrumental Break]
[Interlude]
Oh, great spirit
Do you hear me?
Do you love me?
Will you lift me up?
Oh, great spirit
Do you see me?
Do you hear me?
Can you hold me up?
Oh, great spirit
Do you hear me?
Do you love me?
Do you lift me up?
Oh, great spirit
Do you love me?
Do you hear me?
Can you hold me up?
Turn all the lights out (Uh)
We shine brighter in the dark (Yeah)
We shine brighter in the dark (Uh)
We shine brighter in the dark
Turn all the lights out (Ooh)
We shine brighter in the dark (Yeah)
We shine brighter in the dark
We shine brighter in the dark
[Bridge]
I'm hoping, praying, we are together
No matter the weather, I feel lost sometimes
I know it means that we are forever
But never means never, it's so hard to find
[Instrumental Break]
[Interlude]
Oh, great spirit
Do you hear me?
Do you love me?
Will you lift me up?
Oh, great spirit
Do you see me?
Do you hear me?
Can you hold me up?
Oh, great spirit
Do you hear me?
Do you love me?
Do you lift me up?
Oh, great spirit
Do you love me?
Do you hear me?
Can you hold me up?
[Outro]
(Oh, great spirit) Can you give me love?
(Do you hear me?) Can you send us love?
(Do you love me?) We need you right now
(Will you lift me up?) We need you
(Oh, great spirit) We need your love, we are dying
(Do you see me?)
(Do you hear me?) We are suffering, oh
(Can you hold me up?) We need you right now
(Oh, great spirit) Oh, we need you, spirit, yes, we need you right now
(Do you hear me?)
(Do you love me?) We don't know who we are
(Do you lift me up?) We have forgotten all your love
(Oh, great spirit) Can you please come home?
(Do you see me?) Please come home
(Do you hear me?) Please come home to us
(Can you hold me up?) To us
(Oh, great spirit) Oh
(Do you hear me?)
(Do you love me?) Oh
(Do you lift me up?) Can you save us?
(Oh, great spirit) Can you save us from ourselves?
(Do you see me?) Can you save us?
(Do you hear me?) Can you save us? Oh, yes, my God
(Can you hold me up?) Oh, yes, my Lord
Oh, yes, my spirit
Oh, yes, my spirit
You can hear me
Can you help us?
I need
I need you
Yes, we need you
We just need you
(Oh, great spirit) Can you give me love?
(Do you hear me?) Can you send us love?
(Do you love me?) We need you right now
(Will you lift me up?) We need you
(Oh, great spirit) We need your love, we are dying
(Do you see me?)
(Do you hear me?) We are suffering, oh
(Can you hold me up?) We need you right now
(Oh, great spirit) Oh, we need you, spirit, yes, we need you right now
(Do you hear me?)
(Do you love me?) We don't know who we are
(Do you lift me up?) We have forgotten all your love
(Oh, great spirit) Can you please come home?
(Do you see me?) Please come home
(Do you hear me?) Please come home to us
(Can you hold me up?) To us
(Oh, great spirit) Oh
(Do you hear me?)
(Do you love me?) Oh
(Do you lift me up?) Can you save us?
(Oh, great spirit) Can you save us from ourselves?
(Do you see me?) Can you save us?
(Do you hear me?) Can you save us? Oh, yes, my God
(Can you hold me up?) Oh, yes, my Lord
Oh, yes, my spirit
Oh, yes, my spirit
You can hear me
Can you help us?
I need
I need you
Yes, we need you
We just need you
About
Genius Annotation
Childish Gambino debuted this song for the first time ever at his concert in Duluth, GA on September 6th, 2018. The concert was the official start of the 2018 “This is America Tour”. The title was unknown until “Human Sacrifice” was revealed on a setlist at his PHAROS 2018 event in New Zealand.
The song was used in a Google Pixel advertisement in 2019, but it went unreleased for 6 years, not appearing on Glover’s fourth studio album 3.15.20. It was eventually released on his May 2024 album Atavista.
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Has the song ever been used commercially?
Genius Answer
Before the song’s official release, “Human Sacrifice” was used in a commercial for Google’s Pixel 3 at the 2019 GRAMMY Awards.
- 1.Atavista
- 2.Algorhythm
- 5.To Be Hunted
- 6.Sweet Thang
- 9.Human Sacrifice
- 10.The Violence
- 11.Final Church
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Release Date
May 13, 2024
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