Johnny Cash 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 familar 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 fïnd a way ...