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
i try to kill it all away
but i remember everything

i wear this crown of thorns
upon my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
that 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

-johnny cash
(he changed the lyrics from the original)