origin of love (with lyrics)

[24edy]

Plato's a badass. 

[Adrianjiun]

Lovin this music!! and the Animation morphed Brilliantly!

[luanavvvvvvv]

I've presented this to my ex best friend. :/ I think he did no got the spirit.

[66fiveandahalf]

This is just phenominal, the whole movie even better! What great talent!

[darkrosejust4u]

This song still makes me cry just like the first time I saw this movie.

I love Hedwig<3

[PorcelainBackbones]

@darkrosejust4u ah same

[Horrurik]

I abso-fuckin-lutely love Hedwig!

[daVbOz]

very nice song



[MonnysMusic]

beautiful

[eansba88]

hahaha "i thought thought he was a chick and found him attractive then learned he was a transvestite, and i feel disgusted"..... ohhh give a sh*t you are HI-LAR-IOUS.

[musicmagicpan]

I've only heard this song 5 times from this video, 2 times from movie and 2 times from karaoke... And this song means something to me...

[alefangshih]

Its to fucking amazing, im always put reflexive after hear this song.

<3<3<3

[MonnysMusic]

amazing. wat an inspiring song

[ZornigerBube]

Be gentle to 'give a sht'! He just found out, that he is gay...

[gizzmo54]

Always makes me cry. Amazing song.

[lionhearttwb]

those who think this song is disgusting just cannot understand :(

[GiveASht]

This video is repulsive and disgusting!! Needs to be taken off Youtube immediately!!

[diegocarsan]

@GiveASht HATER

[jzmajor93]

@GiveASht If Rick Perry's "Strong" can stay, so can this. :)

[twistedkarm]

@GiveASht

my god you are the most pathetic excuse of person ive ever seen

what are you an endogamic redneck homophobic bastard?

have you even watched the movie ?

the movie its about accepting yourself, giving all youve got to the people you love and most of all learn how to be humble cause if you hate someone it means you hate yourself cause we often hate others cause they are a lot like ourselves an they remind us what we are

you need to accept yourself you might act that way cause youre gay

[GiveASht]

All you people who like this song are really fucking creepy and abnormal!!



[GiveASht]

This video is really Fucking creepy, the song sucks and he basically copied it from Plato's Symposium. I seriously thought he was a chick and found him attracted and now that I found out it is a transvestite, I feel disgusted and uncomfortable.

This video needs to be taken off!!

[musicmagicpan]

@GiveASht As Lady Gaga said "No matter gay straight or bi lesbian or a transgendered life I'm on right track" Anyways, if you don't like it why did you post Three comments? Also a comment saying you want this off youtube wont do anything.

[animefangirlxx]

@GiveASht ...It's suppose to based off of Plato's Symposium you dumbass.

[GreyM]

@GiveASht You only want it taken down because you feel dirty for finding Hedwig attractive. Bit childish. Just accept that you're a little gay, dude.

[VAMPIREGODDESS57]

"last time i saw you we just split in 2.. you was lookin at me. i was lookin at you. you looked so familiar i could not recognize cuz you had blood in your face. I had. blood in my eyes. but I could swear by your expression that the pain down in your soul was the same. as the one down in mine! Thats the pain. that cuts a straight line down through the heart we called it love! we wrapped our arms round each other. tried to shove ourselves back together we was making love!"

[juvanasoliven]

dear god, this song is so beautiful!

[RulerOfMushrooms]

Wow! This is Plato's philosophy <3 Nice song ^^

[Faster0]

When I hear this I think it's about religion. That we start out not knowing love, your soulmate is your other half, part of your being. Gods get resentful of their bond. So they slit us up into two separate beings. So we spend our whole lives searching for our other half. Some men and men, women and women, male and female, or males who're female or females who're male. So you can't help who you fall in love with, regardless of their sex.

[rinovolcanobear]

..now, this wonderful song means a lot to me....now...

[Maddiehouse]

i really love this song, SO much.

[toocoolotool218]

The guy with the beard has an amazing falsetto!!!

[WeAreProvidence]

@toocoolotool218 That's Miriam Shor.

[KaHabbful]

@toocoolotool218 its a girl with a beard lol ;)

[Dritter72]

@toocoolotool218

It's a woman :)

[jdespierta]

But I could swear by ur expression,that the pain down in ur soul was the same as the one down in mine.That's the pain,cuts a straight line down through the heart...we called it love..So we wrapped our arms around each other,trying to shove ourselves back together,we were making love...making love....*****.

[ashtheoriginalfreak]

Wow...I somehow stumbled across this song. I'm so glad I did! This is really amazing!

[13nolakitty]

My other half and I are going to make a painting inspired by this song.... it is just amazing. <3

[metallvoid]

yay! uploaded on my birthday...such a great present THANK YOU XDD love this song find myself singing it everyday...that and angry inch...when my friends hear those two songs from me they think im gay lmao

[lbmgiiiSallodorius]

It's a great feeling of love

[ssotelo]

Oh, so THAT'S where love came from! I like it. =)

[NickyD1978]

A great song from my favourite musical. Beautiful.

[thedddemon]

Just beautiful.

[klimtZ23]

@HatZombie Your life sure is.

[ptaistheruler]

WOW, just WOW. I came across this song quite randomly after reading a manga called Double Mints. It is a yaoi piece and plus it will probably be disturbing to most people. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, it probably isn't the thing for you, so be warned!! Double Mints is based on this concept!! So I tried to hunt for it's origins and it brought me here. Boy am I glad I took the time to do some research.... I love this~!! Now off to netflix! Hope they have this!

[StrangeSherwin]

Is this a man in drag?

[RoachLIVEinLA]

@StrangeSherwin Yes. And the guitarist is a woman.

[dustynvega]

@StrangeSherwin It's a man playing a male-to-female transsexual.

[Yokhen]

I find it hilarious how they sing this song in a bar in the midwest of the States (Arkansas?... if I remember well) where most people are super christian conservative.

[Nomtastical]

Only if i had two dicks, nevermind.

[xthegingerx]

funny, it's only showing my 145,704 views

[pepermint26]

@xthegingerx the rest are mine :P

[chermainetan]

made me cried. so beautiful.

[ultrazoe]

deny me and be doomed holy wow..

[Alchetarot]

this breakes my heart :(

[patidi]

I was thinking on how much I loved this vid, possibly causing me to be "Doomed" as it were... So I LIKE it and OH LOOK, I'm number 666 to Like this vid! Great, just Fing great. LMAO

[BigJMoody]

Absolutely beautiful song....Doesn't get any better than this ladies and gentlemen. Every song from this movie has been stuck in my heart for years and doesn't go away. Real music is real music...speaks for itself :)

[pepermint26]

this song is stuck in my head, I love it :)

[Si0n1991]

And then Fire Shot down

From the sky in bolts! 2:34 <3!!

[stian1990]

@Si0n1991 yeah... :) love it

[17Mariya]

Very sweet song, very sweet.

[asraibrainerd]

I <3 the orgin of <3

[MrMethadrine]

great confidence this singer has.

[daktastik]

<3

[nirvgardengod]

this sounds like robbie williams,,,

[SiempreContenco]

the name?

[Karitwilightmist]

@SiempreContenco It's The Origin of Love from the movie Hedwig and the Angry Inch. :)

[MyApologiesMyLove]

If I ever form a band, I am determined to cover this song.

[twistedkarm]

@MyApologiesMyLove

you and i mate

i love this song the lyrics are exceptional

[fullmetalkahn]

this was...amazing. no other words needed.

[ellacantcountx3]

this is how i feel. i adore this movie so much.

[Seditionary18]

This song breaks my heart everytime

[dralockhart]

Can you imagine how epic it would be if Kurt Hummel sang this song on Glee?

[snapedefensor]

@dralockhart OH GOD THAT'S A MAGNIFICENT IDEA.

[MyApologiesMyLove]

@dralockhart I honestly don't know why no one thought of that before. You. Are a genius.

[DavidxShayne]

According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs, and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts condemning them to spend the rest of their lives searching of their other halfves - Plato

[awakegene]

@DavidxShayne And the reptilians fucked us even further, introducing primate dna to dumb us down even further. They experimented, cromagnon, neanderthalis, ones we don't know about that fell off the fossil records.

We were complete eons ago. Love was in all of us then and there was no need to explore love. Now we are halves walking around searching for the connective force called love. Look up videos with creedo mutwah and david icke. He talks about the exact same thing. There are no coincide..

[brucewool]

@DavidxShayne The story is from Plato's symposium, but he did not say it. It was Aristophanes

[neuroiq]

@DavidxShayne Actually, it was Aristophane's speech in Plato's Symposium. ;)

[CricketboyStudios]

WHERE can I get one of those big yellow "Hedwig" hats at 5:13?!

[palacioed17]

TE AMOOOOOOOOOOOO JOHN CAMERON MITCHEL!!!! I'll give ur fist born!! haahahaha... An adopted one that is. ;) LOVE YOU!

[AMP1317]

What movie is this?

I'd love to see it.

[ZKoftherebellion]

@AMP1317 "Hedwig and the angry Inch" I think was what it was called.

[ZKoftherebellion]

@AMP1317 *facepalms when I look at suggested videos* jeez, "you think" really?

ZK you stupid fuck......

[AMP1317]

@ZKoftherebellion Thanks haha. I sorta guessed it when I looked more into the song.

ANd yeah, I guess it is plastered all over the suggested videos.

Thanks though, I still went by your comment.

[ImJustMark]

@AMP1317 Hewdig And The Angry Inch

[siouxsielover88]

technically a man, but he only has "an angry inch"

[TheFallenGimpi]

Is that a man or a woman?

[bassmaster31]

pepsi subliminal advertising at 4:28?

[xStarchancex]

<3

[Lothiniel]

I've seen this scene a lot of times and never get fed up with it...

[PatroclusLover]

Fantastic movie. Beautiful idea & presentation.

[meilaromero]

wow.

[notbutch37]

This song is based primarily on a portion of Plato's "Symposium," in which Socrates and several other notables of Greek antiquity gives speeches about love. If I remember correctly, Plato attributes this particular myth to Aristophanes, the playwright and satirist who had a habit of lambasting Socrates in his works.

[pokefanrichie]

@notbutch37

That is right n_n

[darkcrystal07]

I love this song

[MichelleDeVille]

This is really beautiful.Fantastic movie

[bugea7er]

Whats this movie called ?

would like to see it :)

[Dinru]

@bugea7er Hedwig and the Angry Inch :)

[Umbrielle]

@Foolanna

I think the songwriter used the idea of "mother earth" to make women the children of the earth. Since the earth is nurturing, many people give it feminine qualities... so I think that's why. I think it would work well either way.

But yeah, I love this song. I could listen to it over and over again, especially starting from the part with the gods. I love the energy in the second half.

[Foolanna]

@Umbrielle

Me too, love how the energy builds up and then the ending... no words.

True too, earth is generally associated with feminine qualities. But I also like the deliberate mix of Greek, Nordic and Egyptian gods to make up a perfect explanation for our greatest longings and sorrows-again, no words to live up to what the song can express

[pepermint26]

@Foolanna I love this song

the story (without Thor and other non Greek religions gods) is from Platon's symposium writen in 400 B.C.

and the whole book it's a discussion between philosophers and they talking about the god of love Cupid

[Foolanna]

Such a sad and beautiful story...

the only thing that puzzles me or that I would change is the two girls being the children of the moon and the man and woman being the children of the earth. Because in most mythology sun is associated with men and moon with women.

I could swear by your expression that the pain down in your soul was the same as the one down in mine...

[chrisbous]

@Foolanna The song is based on the Platonic Myth about love. :) Google it.. and read it.. :) and you will understand the song better.. :)

[Foolanna]

@chrisbous

Thanks I'll google it but I'll stick to my original emotional understanding of the song because it couldn't get any better and I don't want to intellectualize it...

[Zadiel82]

nice !!

[paltukmo]

You had a way so familiar, that i did not recognize.

[seekingnewhorizons]

Why couldnt be this band a reality????? John Cameron Mitchell sings so well! Excelent performance!!!!

[Piffman25]

I've never seen the movie. Why is he dressed as a woman

[gothtart13]

@Piffman25 well, he lived in communist berlin, and an american soldier fell in love with him and wanted to take him out of communist berlin. so he had to undergo a sex change and leave as the soldier's "wife". but the sex change didn't go right b/c it was done by a back alley doctor

[paltukmo]

Intense.

[fransuaqj]

Hedwig is so beautiful (as a man, as a woman)

[Chief89Head]

OMG it's something wonderfull this song!! *_*

[naverednog]

love the bridge so much :D

[seekingnewhorizons]

So deep,so remarkable..what a lyrics!!! Why do this band was so underrated????

[Fire0Ballerina]

What dick's "dislike" this?!?!? phooey!!

[eternalsunshine182]

Gorgeous singer.

[worddefender]

When they start singing "AND THEN FIRE" I get chills

[37thSt]

@worddefender me too

[paolaarlotta]

@worddefender OMG!! me too!!!

[TSLuciaMiel]

< 3

[AlienshateU]

Aristophanes explaining the lies of the inner mysteries as to where homosexuality and heterosexuality come from. He was punished for revealing "too much" of the myseries.

[doubleS07]

I like how this song is based on an actual greek myth... it's awesome!

[cannabisV]

 Simplemente genial.

[kevinjonassupport156]

chills. this gives me CHILLS every time i watch/hear it.

[kizuna8]

Symposium...

[GoNadz69]

I really am addicted to this film. I feel the need to watch it and rewatch it over again. It's like my new obssesion.

[apudabul]

@GoNadz69 the last film i watched and just made me want to integrate it into my daily routine was pink floyd the wall....when i watched this i thought.......this is that other movie that just means way too many things to watch just once, i watched it today...i will be watching it for days and days to come....i love this, this is such a good expression of the human need for love and one of the most sad and devastating things i have ever seen....i love it

[faethongr]

a platonic story found in Symposion

[TheWarriorsDen]

WOW!

At first I was like.. good tunage but WTF??

And then I was like... that's pretty cool, I get it now.

And by the end I was like... THIS IS AWESOME. Meaningful, understated, impactful, and it still sounds good! :3

[SuperGavi]

This is the most profoundly moving rock ballad I've ever heard. All of you are amazing. Thank you!

[SuperGavi]

This is the most profoundly moving rock ballad I've ever heard. All of you are amazing. Thank you!

[droidous]

Hedwig and the Angry Inch - i loved the movie

[rened89]

Plato and Aristophanes. Simply perfect.

[kittieishere]

the music is awesome.  John Cameron Mitchell- so fucking talented.

And of course Michael Pitt is so Sexy Hot.♥♥♥

[mystic36k]

i LOVE THIS SONG.

*replays over and over*

</3

[ozon74]

The story is originated from Plato.

[xzilr8us]

great fucking song

[siddharta78]

I always loved this movie. John is a true artist. This song describes the pain n' siffering (acording to Platon) to live separated of your another half. A beautiful poem, amazing song, shoking film. HEDWIG ROCKS!!!

[MrMirrormasked]

@siddharta78 whoooah!!!!!!!!! I couldn't find words to describe it but you did!!!!!

[siddharta78]

@MrMirrormasked So, we're agree about the movie n' the myth! Keep loving the true ART my friend!

[mervdmer]

i have to agree

[DaveBritish]

Yeah this movie rocks... go T

[DaveBritish]

This is poeticly perfetc... Plato and Aristophanes

[voyeurs78]

Beautiful song. Love Hedwig

[ABookByAnyOtherName]

Does anyone know where to get a good instramental of this?

[chefkurts]

amazing, amazing movie and soundtrack!!!! One of the all-time best!

[dorotea4]

it just knock me down every time. every fuckin time... the best...

[pierreNi31]

il y a toujours un prix à payer...

[kromatos]

fantastic I love it!

[vCawolinav]

Best movie ever.

[8yume]

@vCawolinav What movie was this?

[naverednog]

@8yume Hedwig and the Angry Inch

[zarineinhawaii]

The content and creativity in this story, and in the graphics, are outstanding!

[empwet]

@zarineinhawaii The story was from Aristophanes' speech in Plato's The Symposium. :)

[armidylano44]

From the movie "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."

Amazing movie, and yes...that's a man.

[AnimalationXP]

Oh she's a horrible singer ...

BUT I LOVE DE SONG

[mrskellington33]

shes an excellent singer.

[mrskellington33]

this is such a gorgeous song.

[satan0has0my0soul]

is that a dude or a verey manly chick?

[youreinmyfairytale]

wow...that was definately interesting...and different, but not bad...i like it...and funny story how i found it... :) i heart this

[chichisharingan]

i dont get it? haha

[tinkerkor]

THANKS MANON!

[vikaki90]

i heard this song for the first time last week!!!our teacher of ancient greek in the university put it to us to hear it and i found it very intresting!!!!

[egbertonueve]

por los siglos de los siglos,te arma y te desarma exelenteeeeeee

[jacksontm78]

This is one of my favorite movies ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

[georgiamend]

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chajagirl]

Such a beautiful song...!