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 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 my 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
. "Hurt"