Hurt

I became quite a fan of Cash’s music through the movie Walk the Line. Johnny Cash recorded the Nine Inch Nails song Hurt in 2002. Hurt is an amazingly sad song, and the song repainted the film when I listened to it after the film.

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 hold
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

I recently found a copy of the video of the song, which features footage from Cash's life glimpses of the cruxifiction scene and the Last Supper. It is quite an powerful, emotive clip.