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[kribban]

The TV has been playing Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt'. I´ve downloaded both versions to see which I like best. Cash's version is so wonderful, and he sings it so well, like some tortured, ancient being. Anyway, here are the lyrics.


"Hurt" by Trent Reznor

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 my crown of shit
on 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