Hurt

Originally recorded by Nine Inch Nails, the version below is by Johnny Cash. This was posted on the Rock Refuge forum, and I found it very moving, just watch the emotion in his face in the video. His wife died soon after this was recorded, and he died broken hearted not that much later.

I think we all share his emotions at times, I know I do. I feel that things disappear, family and friends, and circumstances change. Sometimes I wish that I did not hurt the way I do, about things I can not change, or had no influence over at the time either. I believe that God does heal the hurt, but for me at least it is taking time. We need to be ready to let God heal, and to hand over the hurt totally, not clinging on to bits of it.

"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