Listen to Hurt by Johnny Cash

Hurt

Johnny Cash

Country

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Johnny Cash

Vocals

Mike Campbell

Acoustic Guitar

Smokey Hormel

Acoustic Guitar

Benmont Tench

Organ

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Trent Reznor

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Rick Rubin

Producer

David Ferguson

Mixing Engineer

Thom Russo

Assistant Recording Engineer

Andrew Scheps

Assistant Recording Engineer

Chuck Turner

Assistant Recording Engineer

Vlado Meller

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Outro]

If I could start again

A million miles away

I would keep myself

I would find a way

Written by: Michael Trent Reznor