so is it "all alone is all we are" or "all in all is all we are"

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ive always thought it was the former, but the other day someone i was talking to swore it was the ladder. also, dero said in an article that it was the ladder, but i think that makes a point for my side

― JD from CDepot, Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

It's the lather, not the foamer.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

There was an episode of "6 Feet Under" the other week named "All Alone," after the former interpretation. They played the song twice during the episode, and both times I'm certain it was clear he was saying "all in all." I read somewhere that it's "all in all" on In Utero and "all alone" on Unplugged, but I don't hear it.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

(I know this not because I'm a "6 Feet" fan but because I had to edit a review of the episode at work, and the writer had gone along with the "All Alone" version, which prompted spirited debate in our newsroom, with about 4 copyeditors doing Google searches. We couldn't find anything that seemed definitive, so we left it.)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

I seriously think it's "all in all"

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

I always thought it was "All we know is all we are."

You know, like that philosophical belief that our own individual existence is the only thing we can be sure really exists?

The one that I can't remember the name of?

― Justin, Sunday, 21 August 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Solipsism?

but "all alone is all we are" sounds MUCH better, am i right?

― JD from CDepot, Sunday, 21 August 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

Yes! Solipsism!

It makes so much sense. Plus, that's what I've always heard (and sung, pretending I'm Pat Smear or Dave Grohl, but probably Dave, because "Smear" is just kind of a gross word).

― Justin, Sunday, 21 August 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

Okay, I just listened real close, and it's GOTTA be "all we know is all we are." There's no "N" sound after the third syllable, so I can't imagein it being "all alone."

― Justin, Sunday, 21 August 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

Just to complicate things, just spun the "In Utero" and "Unplugged" versions. I think he alternates. Ain't that a pisser.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Sunday, 21 August 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

The liner notes in my In Utero cassette say "All in all is all we are."

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Sunday, 21 August 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

i was skimming through his Journals at Borders a while ago, and Kurt wrote something like "im amazed that rock critics write all of these pseudo-freudian interpretations of my lyrics, when 90% they have the wrong lyrics"

i guess he did change them, i mean, he was on SO much heroin constantly, you know?

― JD from CDepot, Sunday, 21 August 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

seconal is all we are

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 21 August 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

dead dude is deep, no?

― paulhw (paulhw), Sunday, 21 August 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

I think it's "All in all is all we all are."

― Guayaquil, Monday, 22 August 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)

I always thought it was "All we know is all we are."

Me too. Lyric sheets are often wrong anyway.

― fandango (fandango), Monday, 22 August 2005 06:38 (twenty years ago)

I thought this was about Fischerspooner and got excited.

― Smetric, Monday, 22 August 2005 08:56 (twenty years ago)

What is this 2001 again?

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

nah, i was just bored yesterday

― JD from CDepot, Monday, 22 August 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

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