OneRepublic "Ordinary Human" is a song from the soundtrack of the 2014 film "The Giver". "Ordinary Human" was written by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder. In the song, Ryan says that he may look like an ordinary human but that he doesn't feel so ordinary

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 a 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 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

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