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Hurt (by Johnny Cash)
JOHNNY CASH LYRICS
"Hurt" 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 [Chorus:] 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 [Chorus:] 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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Dec 14, 2005, 06:54 AM
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NiN
by Trent Reznor. . .
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werd. It sounded a lot better too. btw. it is almost to see your post because of the yellow with the skin i am using.
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Dec 14, 2005, 07:31 AM
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Johnny covered it.. and changed a lyric to suit his taste, with Trent's permission of course, they were fast friends, and I heard the interview about Johnny Cash in Trents words, he admired Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, and the song could be said to be an "homage" to Johnny Cash really, ironic isnt it, that Johnny Cash would record this song on his 2002 album and also cover Personal Jesus as well, amazing in fact if you consider how the circle turns, and artists honor each other... Apparently addiction knows no colour, no race, no sex, and no particuler age... I enjoyed the song and it helps me to deal with addiction I sponser children of drug addicts sometimes and they all are brothers and sisters by a common thread....and are all drawn together by it, whether they become addicts themselves or not.. I hope not... I lost a good friend to HIV and addiction, a child prodigy, who played guitar and found that cocaine and crystal were more important than the flesh of his body, I hope his soul found peace, when I hear Johnny's version of this song, it takes me back to a time in my life when I could have made a very bad choice because my friend did as well.... To Franz Wilson.... may he rest in peace... his Fender Stratocaster was buried with him and he hurts no more..
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Well, I don't mean to be argumentative, but changing 'shit' to 'thorns' doesn't really take authorship of the song away from Trent. . .
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I personally never forgave johnny Cash for what he did to this song
 The video was even more "far fetched" with it's heavily patriotic theme, which i somehow doubt was Reznor's itnention. Great song...in it's original incarnation though 
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But, all in all, I agree that the song is an awesome, all time classic. . .some of the best lyrics ever. rasta
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Dec 14, 2005, 05:51 PM
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nothing agaisnt Trent either...
besides, both versions are good...
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Dec 16, 2005, 05:52 AM
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I was 14 years old when I heard the downward spiral. Hurt was a song that really hit home with me at that age...raging hormones and shit...no offence to Johnny, but NIN own this song as far as I'm concerned.
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Dec 17, 2005, 04:40 AM
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as someone that is so much older than you, I can respect that...
but Johnny was dopin long before trent could wipe his ass without supervision... and they both came through it... I hope Trent lives longer than Johnny did...
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Dec 18, 2005, 05:36 PM
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What does age have to do with anything?
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