Hurt

[i heard this song tonight and it made me shiver, so i made a point to hear it several more times and wrote the lyrics down. Gonna hafta pick this disk up. Do believe i could become a Cash fan --ed.]

I hurt myself today
To see if i still feel.
I focussed 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.