Difference between revisions of "All The Love In The World"

Revision as of 19:18, 13 August 2009

Album:With Teeth

Length:5:14

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Versions:All The Love In The World

Live:N/A

"All the Love in the World" is the first track on Nine Inch Nails' fifth full-length album, With Teeth.

One line in the song's lyrics allude to the NIN song "Hurt" from The Downward Spiral. The incomplete verse "I've become a million miles aw(ay)" is reminiscent to this line from Hurt: "If I could start again/A million miles away".

Appearances

Halos

With Teeth

Seeds

The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts

Versions

All The Love In The World

This is the only version currently available. The song begins with a nearly monotone Trent Reznor singing the verses and repeating, "Why do you get all the love in the world?" Synth drums are used in a slow IDM-esque drumbeat. About three minutes into the song an interpolation occurs. The song transitions into a set of piano chords backed by Grohl's tom-led drums, and eventually a bass guitar beneath layers of Reznor's vocals.

Live

This song has never been performed live.

Lyrics

    Watching all the insects march along
    Seem to know just right where they belong
    Smears of face reflecting in the chrome
    Hiding in the crowd I'm all alone
    No one's heard a single word I've said
    They don't sound as good outside my head
    Looks as though the past is here to stay
    I've become a million miles a-
    
    Why do you get all the love in the world?
    
    All the jagged edges disappear
    Colors all look brighter when you're near
    The stars are all afire in the sky
    Sometimes I get so lonely I could
    
    Why do you get all the love in the world?

Additional lyrics printed in the With Teeth PDF booklet, but not appearing in the song itself

    Why am I always watching from the outside?
    On the other side of the glass
    Behind the glass.
    Always watching everyone,
    Separate, watching, always
    Don't touch.
    This is getting deeper
    As time goes by,
    The water's getting colder.
    Here I am surrounded by people but still all alone,
    I am always alone.
    Even with myself,
    Imprisoned in my head.
    And there doesn't seem to be any way out,
    And I am so fucking sick of here,
    Wish I was there.
    Right beside is still
    A million miles away.
    Behind these bars.
    In a rut.
    Anyplace else will do.
    Hello?
    Don't think so.
    Broadcasting,
    Only static coming in.
    No one can hear me when I'm here.