Johnny Cash - Hurt Lyrics

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

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 find a way

• Anonymous

  First June left then Waylon left two of the dearest people in his life,"everyone goes away in the end" He was just waitin' his turn. They're all together in Heaven right where they deserve to be as in life if you take that perspective it don't "hurt" as much.

• ErinGrace

  so wt if he didnt write this the writer obviously wanted him to. and god forbid he sin! everybody sins. and god said do not judge others. :/

• Anonymous

  Come on people, Johnny Cash didn't write this song! It's a cover! Why try to rip him a new one cause he's not perfect either?

• Anonymous

  he had everything he wanted then his wife died which he hurt very much....................

• Anonymous

  hurt people cause he was a druggie.... end of story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Anonymous

  I believe what he is trying to say is he had everything but he had to hurt people to get their and he is alone after getting all he wanted because he lied and hurt ones he loved to have all he thought he wanted and in the end he would do everything different.

• Anonymous

  That's a very depressing song...
  Here we go...
  Apparently, he did some bad things, which still haunt him. He's not a good person he warns you. ....
  Uh-huh...