Human Again

"**Human Again**" is song from the Disney animated film *Beauty and the Beast*.

## Lyrics

* Movie Version
* Broadway Version
* Demo Version

(spoken)

**Lumiere**: Hoho, lighten up Cogsworth and let nature take its course.

**Mrs. Potts**: It's obvious there's a spark between them.

**Cogsworth:** Yes yes yes... But there's no harm in fanning the flames. You know, a little. Besides, they must fall in love tonight if we ever expect to be human again.

**Lumiere**: Aaah...human again...

**Mrs. Potts:**: Human again...

**Lumiere**: Yes, think what that means...

**Lumiere**: I'll be cooking again, be good-looking again,

With a mademoiselle on each arm

When I'm human again, only human again

Poised and polish and gleaming with charm

I'll be courting again, chic and sporting again

**Mrs. Potts**: Which should cause several husbands alarm

**Lumiere**: (Ha, ha!) I'll hop down off this shelf, and tout de suite be myself,

**Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Cogsworth**: I can't wait to be human again

**Essentials**: When we're human again, only human again

When we're knickknacks and whatnots no more

When we're human again, good and human again

**Wardrobe**: O, cherie, won't it all be top drawer?

I'll wear lipstick and rouge

And I won't be so huge

Why, I'll easily fit through that door

I'll exude savoir faire

I'll wear gowns, I'll have hair

It's my prayer to be human again

**Mrs. Potts & Cogsworth**: When we're human again, only human again

When the world once more starts making sense

**Cogsworth**: I'll unwind, for a change

**Lumiere**: (Really? That'd be strange)

**Cogsworth**: Can I help it if I'm t-t-tense?

In a shack by the sea, I'll sit back, sipping tea

Let my early retirement commence

Far from fools made of wax, I'll get down to brass tacks and real-A-A-A-x!

**Chorus**: When I'm human again!

So sweep the dust from the floor

Let's let some light in the room

I can feel, I can tell someone might break the spell any day now

Shine up the brass on the door

Alert the dust pail and broom

If it all goes as planned our time may be at hand any day now

**Fifi and the maids**: Open the shutters and let in some air

**Mrs. Potts**: Put these here and put those over there

**Chorus**: Sweep up the years, the sadness and tears and throw them away

We'll be human again, only human again

When the girl finally sets us all free

Cheeks a-blooming again, we're assuming again

We'll resume our long-lost joie de vivre

We'll be playing again, holidaying again

And we're praying it's ASAP

Little push, little shove

They could both fall in love

And we'll finally be human again...

**Belle**: "...For there never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

**Beast**: Could you read it again?

**Belle**: Well, here. Why don't you read it to me?

**Beast**: Uhhh...Alright.

Hmm...I-I can't.

**Belle**: You mean you never learned?

**Beast**: I learned, a little. It's just been so long.

**Belle**: Well here, I'll help you. Let's start...here.

**Beast**: Here, twoe...?

**Belle**: Two.

**Beast**: Two, I knew that. Two households, both alike in dignity...

We'll be dancing again, we'll be twirling again

We'll whirling around with such ease

When we're human again, only human again

We'll go waltzing those old one-two-threes

We'll be floating again, we'll be gliding again

Stepping, striding, as fine as you please

Like a real human does, I'll be all that I was

On that glorious morn, when we're finally re-born

And we're all of us human again!

 **Lumiere**:

 *Ha ha, oui, my friends.*

 *The day we have waited for may be at hand!*

**Mrs. Potts**:

 *Oh, only if that were true,*

 Lumiere!

 **Lumiere**:

 *Aaah...human again*

 **Mrs. Potts**:

 *Human again*

 **Lumiere**:

 *Yes, think of what that means!*

 **Lumiere**:

 *I'll be cooking again*

 *Be good-looking again*

 *With a mademoiselle on each arm*

 *When I'm human again*

 *Only human again*

 *Poised and polished and gleaming with charm...*

 *I'll be courting again*

 *Chic and sporting again*

 **Mrs. Potts**:

 *Which should cause sev'ral husbands alarm!*

 **Chip**:

 *I'll hop down off the shelf*

 **Lumiere**:

 *And toute suite be myself*

 **Chip**:

 *I can't wait to be human again*

**Mme. De La Grande Bouche, Mrs. Potts, Babette**:

 *When we're human again*

 *Only human again*

 *When we're knickknacks and whatnots no more*

**Chip**:

 *Little push, little shove*

 *They could, whoosh fall in love*

**Mme. De La Grande Bouche**:

 *Ah, cherie, won't it all be top-drawer*

 *I'll wear lipstick and rouge*

 *And I won't be so huge*

 *Why, I'll easily fit through that door*

 *I'll exude savior-faire*

 *I'll wear gowns! I'll have hair!*

 *It's my prayer to be human again*

**Cogsworth**:

 *When I'm human again*

 *Only human again*

 *When the world once more starts making sense*

 *I'll unwind for a change*

**Lumiere**:

 *Really? That'd be strange!*

**Cogsworth**:

 *Can I help it if I'm t-t-tense?*

 *In a shack by the sea*

 *I'll sit back sipping tea*

 *Let my early retirement commence*

 *Far from fool made of wax*

 *I'll get down to brass tacks and relax*

 **All**:

 *When I'm human again*

 *So sweep the dust from the floor!*

 *Let's let some light in the room!*

 *I can feel, I can tell*

 *Someone might break the spell*

 *Any day now!*

 **Lumiere/Babette**:

 *Shine up the brass on the door!*

 *Alert the dustpail and the broom!*

**All**:

 *If all goes as planned*

 *Our time may be at hand*

 *Any day now!*

 **Mrs. Potts, Egg Timer, Whisk**:

 *Open the shutters and let in some air*

 **Mrs. Potts**:

 *Put these here and put those over there*

 **All**:

 *Sweep up the years*

 *Of sadness and tears*

 *And throw them away!*

 **Belle**:

 *When Guenèvire heard that Arthur was slain,*

 *she went away to a convent, and no one could*

 *make her smile again. The end.*

 **Beast**:

 *What a beautiful story*

 **Belle**:

 *Oh, I knew you would like it!*

 *I would like to ask you something*

 **Beast**:

 *What's that?*

 **Belle**:

 *A second chance. Would you have dinner with me tonight?*

 **Beast**:

 *Huh? Me? You? Well, that would be,*

 *I mean -- Oh, yes!!*

 **All**:

 *When we're human again*

 *Only human again*

 *When the girl fin'lly sets us all free*

 *Cheeks a-bloomin' again*

 *We're assumin' again*

 *We'll resume our long lost joie de vie*

 *We'll be playin' again*

 *Holiday' again*

 *And we're prayin' it's A-S-A-P*

 *When we cast off this pall*

 *We'll stand straight, we'll walk tall*

 *When we're all that we were*

 *Thanks to him, thanks to her*

 *Coming closer and closer*

 *And closer and...*

 *We'll be dancing again!*

 *We'll be twirling again!*

 *We'll be whirling around with such ease*

 *When we're human again*

 *Only human again*

 *We'll go waltzing those old one-two-threes*

 *We'll be floating again!*

 *We'll be gliding again!*

 *Stepping, striding as fine as you please*

 *Like a real human does*

 *I'll be all that I was*

 *On that glorious morn*

 *When we're fin'lly reborn*

 *And we're all of us human again!*

**Mrs. Potts:** Bless my soul, dare I say it, I think they're starting to like each other!

**Cogsworth:** Hmmm, she merely dressed his wound, Mrs. Potts. Nothing to get steamed up about.

**Mrs. Potts:** Yes, but the way she dressed it, kind and gentle, and the look in her eyes...

**Lumiere:** Ha ha, oui, my friends. The day we have waited for may be at hand!

**Mrs. Potts:** Oh, only if that were true, Chander!

**Lumiere:** Aaah...human again.

**Mrs. Potts:** Human again?

**Lumiere:** Yes, think what that means!

***Lumiere:** I'll be cooking again, be good-looking again*

*With a mademoiselle on each arm*

*When I'm human again, only human again*

*Poised and polished and gleaming with charm...*

*I'll be courting again, chic and sporting again*

***Mrs. Potts:** Which should cause sev'ral husbands alarm!*

***Lumiere:** Ha, ha!*

***Lumiere and Mrs. Potts:** I'll hop down off this shelf, and tout de suite be myself,*

*I can't wait to be human again*

***Essentials:** When we're human again, only human again*

*When we're knickknacks and whatnots no more*

*When we're human again, good and human again*

***Wardrobe:** O, cherie, won't it all be top drawer?*

*I'll wear lipstick and rouge and I won't be so huge*

*Why, I'll easily fit through that door*

*I'll exude savoir faire, I'll wear gowns, I'll have hair*

*It's my prayer to be human again*

***Chorus:** Tick tock, the time goes,*

*The days pass, the cock crows*

*They keep getting closer, well don't they?*

*Tick tock, the time flies*

*The full moon, the sunrise*

*They keep drawing neared and nearer together*

*And as they draw nearer, the day draws near too*

*The day we've been waiting so long for is due*

***Chorus:** When I'm human again, only human again*

*When I'm not just a mere quelque-chose*

***Table:** When I'm mortal again, will I chortle again*

*When I've got one, will I thumb my nose*

***Female Portrait:** I'll say sorry, my dear, this old dame's out of here*

***Male Portrait:** Though you'll visit some times, I suppose*

***Chorus:** Won't the world be in tune on that swell afternoon*

*Coming soon we'll be human again!*

*So sweep the dust from the floor*

*Let's let some light in the room*

*I can feel, I can tell someone might break the spell any day now*

*Shine up the brass on the door*

*Alert the dust pail and broom*

*If it all goes as planned our time may be at hand any day now*

**Mrs. Potts:** Throw those musty old curtains away, child. We've no use for them. What do you think of the floral print? Lovely.

***Essentials:** Open the shutters and let in some air*

***Mrs. Potts:** Put these here and put those over there*

**Lumiere:** Sacre bleu, Mrs. Potts, you are a genius!

**Mrs. Potts:** Go on!

**Cogsworth:** But will the master approve of all this?

**Mrs. Potts:** He wants to be human again, doesn't he? Then he can't live like a beast!

***Chorus:** Sweep up the years, the sadness and tears and throw them away*

*We'll be human again, yes sir, human again*

*Cause it looks like he just may came through*

*Something's moving again, and it's proven again*

*Happy endings can really come true*

*Something's stirring again, reoccurring again*

*I've a sneaking suspicion or two*

*Little push, little shove, they could whoosh, fall in love*

*And we'll finally be human again!*

*Clouds pass the sundial*

*The days move, and meanwhile*

*They keep getting closer, well don't they?*

*Sands fill the hourglass*

*The moons wane, the suns pass*

*An evening, a morning, a week intervenes*

*They keep getting closer, you know what that means*

*[Transition to the library]*

**Belle:** "When Guenèvire heard that Arthur was slain, she stole away to a convent, and no one could ever make her smile again." *The end.*

**Lumiere:** (Sobbing) Ohh, that was beautiful!

**Cogsworth:** Oh see here, that's entirely enough of that. Now back to your duties. Come on! Back to work.

**Beast:** Belle, do you think you could...teach...me?

**Belle:** To do what?

**Beast:** Uh...that.

**Belle:** To read? You never learned?

**Beast:** Just a little...and long ago.

**Belle:** Well, at least we have something to start with, then. Come here. Sit by me.

***Chorus**: Tick tock, the time goes*

*The days pass, the cock crows*

(Repeat five times)

***Objects**: Coming together...*

*Closer and closer...*

*Moving together...*

*Getting closer...*

*[Transition to the library]*

**Beast:** Rrrr...rrrr...

**Belle:** That's right...

**Beast:** Rrrr...rrrrrrrr...I can't!

**Belle:** Oh yes, you almost had it!

**Beast:** Rrrr..rrrr...rran up the...

**Belle:** Ah, very good!

***Chorus:** Tick tock, the time goes*

*The days pass, the cock crows*

(Repeat two times)

***Objects:** Coming together...*

*Openly closer...*

***Beast**: Jack and Jill went up the hill*

*To fetch a pail of...*

...WATER!

***Chorus:** When I'm human again, only human again*

*When the world once more starts making sense*

***Cogsworth:** I'll unwind, for a change*

***Lumiere:** (Really? That'd be strange)*

***Cogsworth:** Can I help it if I'm t-t-tense?*

*In a shack by the sea, I'll sit back, sipping tea*

*Let my early retirement commence*

*Far from fools made of wax, I'll get down to brass tacks and relax!*

***Chorus:** When I'm human again!*

*When we're human again, only human again*

*When the girl finally sets us all free*

*Cheeks a-blooming again, we're assuming again*

*We'll resume our long-lost joie de vivre*

*We'll be playing again, holidaying again*

*And we're praying it's ASAP*

*When we cast off this pall, we'll stand straight, we'll walk tall*

*When we're all that we were, thanks to him, thanks to her*

*Coming closer and closer and closer and closer*

*And closer and closer and closer and closer...*

*We'll be dancing again, we'll be twirling again*

*We'll be whirling around with such ease*

*When we're human again, only human again*

*We'll go waltzing those old one-two-threes*

*We'll be floating again, we'll be gliding again*

*Stepping, striding as fine as you please*

*Like a real human does*

*I'll be all that I was*

*On that glorious morn*

*When we're fin'lly reborn*

*And we're all of us human again!*

### Videos

#### Covers

Beauty and the Beast OST - 17 - Human AgainBeauty and the Beast Broadway OST - 16 - Human AgainHuman Again (Demo)

When You Wish Upon a Star • Little Wooden Head • Give a Little Whistle • When I See an Elephant Fly • Lazy Countryside • Too Good to be True • My, What a Happy Day • The Merrily Song • Ichabod Crane • A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes • Sing, Sweet Nightingale • Work Song (Cinderelly, Cinderelly) • Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo • So This is Love • In a World of My Own • The Unbirthday Song • The Second Star to the Right • You Can Fly • Following the Leader • What Made the Red Man Red? • Your Mother and Mine • Bella Notte • Dalmatian Plantation • Higitus Figitus • That's What Makes the World Go Round • Most Befuddling Thing • The Bare Necessities • That's What Friends are For • Winnie the Pooh • Up, Down, Touch the Ground • Rumbly in My Tumbly • Little Black Rain Cloud • Mind Over Matter • The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers • Hip-Hip-Poohray • Part of Your World • Under the Sea • Kiss the Girl • Belle • Be Our Guest • Something There • **Human Again** • Beauty and the Beast • Arabian Nights • One Jump Ahead • Friend Like Me • Prince Ali • A Whole New World • This Is Halloween • Jack’s Lament • What’s This? • Circle of Life • I Just Can't Wait to Be King • Hakuna Matata • Can You Feel the Love Tonight • Steady as the Beating Drum • Just Around the Riverbend • Listen With Your Heart • Colors of the Wind • Savages • If I Never Knew You • The Bells of Notre Dame • Out There • Topsy Turvy • God Help the Outcasts • Heaven's Light • A Guy Like You • Go the Distance • One Last Hope • Zero to Hero • I Won't Say (I'm in Love) • A Star is Born • Perfect World • You Ain't Home on the Range • Little Patch of Heaven • Down in New Orleans • Almost There • When We're Human • Gonna Take You There • Ma Belle Evangeline • Dig a Little Deeper • When Will My Life Begin • I've Got a Dream • I See the Light • Something That I Want • It's Gonna Be Great • Everything is Honey • Do You Want to Build a Snowman? • For the First Time in Forever • Let It Go • Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People • In Summer • Fixer Upper • An Innocent Warrior • Where You Are • How Far I'll Go • We Know the Way • You're Welcome • I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) • Know Who You Are
***Animated Sequels***
Nothing in the World (Quite Like a Friend) • Forget About Love • There's a Party Here in Agrabah • Out of Thin Air • Father and Son  • As Long As There's Christmas • Where Do I Go from Here? • What a Day in London • Between Two Worlds • He Lives in You • We Are One • Upendi • Love Will Find a Way • Welcome Home • World Without Fences • I Didn't Know That I Could Feel This Way • Always There • Perfectly Perfect • More Than a Dream • At the Ball • Be True to Your Groove • Down to the Sea • For a Moment • Tip and Dash • Here on the Land and Sea • I Remember • The Jungle Rhythm • W-I-L-D • Right Where I Belong
***Other Animated Films***
City of Light • Remember That Day • Super Highway • Hang in There, Kid • I See a New You • Humans • Home Again • Small But Mighty • A Whole Bunch of World • I Wanna Be a Boy • Proud to Be a Dog • A Boy Needs a Dog • All for One and One for All • Love So Lovely • Sweet Wings of Love • Chains of Love