Live Concerts on Instagram: "The Smashing pumpkins perfom Zero Live at Metro, Chicago, IL. 1999 Disillusionment and Existential Emptiness in Smashing Pumpkins’ “Zero” In The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Zero,” Billy Corgan exposes a bitter vision of the search for meaning and purity. The line “Emptiness is loneliness / And loneliness is cleanliness / And cleanliness is godliness / And God is empty just like me” shows an inversion of values, suggesting that even ideals considered lofty, such as God and pu

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