go to your tv, turn it to mtv and sit there until you see johnny cash's cover of NIN's hurt. what a great video.

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 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.



- trent reznor (slightly modified by johnny cash)