Johnny Cash - Hurt Lyrics

Johnny Cash Lyrics

"Hurt"
(originally by Nine Inch Nails)

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

What have I become
My sweetest friend?
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

What have I become
My sweetest friend?
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

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Thanks to dreamon_89, sbd21, Richi98dy for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Trent Reznor

Rick Rubin, who produced Johnny Cash's American series and released them on his label American Recordings, recommended Cash to cover this song.

Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) was unsure if a cover by Johnny Cash would work, but he said after watching the video, "Wow. Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps… Wow. I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine anymore… It really made me think about how powerful music is as a medium and art form."

It was the last single released by Johnny Cash before his death in September 2003, but he saw it hit number 33 on the Billboard Alternative Songs and number 56 on Hot Country charts.

The song was released as a single along with "Personal Jesus", a Depeche Mode cover.

album: "American IV: The Man Comes Around" (2002)

The Man Comes Around

Hurt

Give My Love To Rose

Bridge Over Troubled Water

I Hung My Head

First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Tear Stained Letter

Streets Of Laredo

We'll Meet Again

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"Hurt" lyrics

Johnny Cash Lyrics