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Hurt Lyrics

Artist: Johnny Cash

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
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 stain of time
The feeling disappears
You are someone else
I am still right here

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
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

Comments/Interpretations

by rachel on 7/23/2008 12:02am
yeah boy

by Caitlin on 7/24/2008 7:12pm
timeless
univeral

by Jon Jon on 8/13/2008 9:46pm
best song ever

by ohhh weee on 8/22/2008 6:58pm
fisse

by Derek on 8/30/2008 8:54pm
This song was my favorite of his last album.

by Rob on 1/9/2009 4:56pm
Best song :)

by Kim on 1/19/2009 8:30pm
I think that this is one of the best songs he made befoe he died...

by Otto on 2/15/2009 7:36am
Well actually he didnt write this song, Trent Reznor from NIN did. Although i really like both versions.

by Jonathan Vince on 3/16/2009 3:51am
When families parents die relatives fight over the money so I can relate to this song.

by Emma emily on 12/11/2011 11:18am
Feel right Downs to the bones. Tummen upp.

by Joe Stogrin on 10/16/2012 3:28am
I could sing that again and again