Johnny Cash

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Rhythm	9.7
Melody	9.7
Instruments	9.8
Lyrics	9.7
Vocal	9.9
This song has been reviewed 56 times. Overall score for this song, 9.8.

Song video: video submitted by Michael Fankhauser on 25-04-2007

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Johnny Cash - Hurt Lyrics

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Song details
Title	Hurt
Artist	Johnny Cash
Album	American IV (0000) , Track 2
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Rank	1,516 (-115) history
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Song lyrics

Send "Hurt" ringtones to your cell

I hurt myself today
to see if i still feel.
I focus on the pain,
the only thing thats 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 liars chair:
full of broken thoughts,
I cannot repair.

Beneath the stains of time,
the feelings dissapear.
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 will keep myself,
I would find a way.

Send "Hurt" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by Steve o

lyrics corrected by Rachel From

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12-05-2004 20:56 taualphac
2 posts	Damn right, powerful stuff.
11-06-2004 21:54 New_Born
1,552 posts	this song is so beutiful
11-06-2004 22:41 icefyre
10,980 posts	Great song, sung by a truly great man
15-07-2004 10:22 permastake
8 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal 9 inch nails did it justice.......but Cash made it hurt
22-07-2004 23:57 Key2GramercyPrk
5 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Spine Chilling... R.I.P Johnny Cash
26-07-2004 02:17 BNOBNTBSDC
692 posts	I saw this song on the TV today and it is amazing...gave me chills amazing song done by one truly amazing man who has changed the world with these words...Rest In Peace Johnny Cash
27-07-2004 21:04 doorschic4322
12 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I LOVE JOHNNY CASH!! too bad he's dead! this song has a lot of feeling! and i really love that!
04-09-2004 03:33 wattsvilleblues
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal One of the saddest songs I have ever heard. Few songs make me feel this bad, few songs are this good.
07-09-2004 21:53 CowgirlRocker
22 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i'm going to sound redundant, but this is an awesome song, and whenever i see the video for it, i always want to cry
07-09-2004 21:54 NightHobbit
23,504 posts	I heard it, not as good as NIN's version by far, it makes me laugh!
11-09-2004 03:03 Raging_Wombat
28 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Good, strong, and powerful anti-drug song. Damn good
08-11-2004 19:25 underdog
31 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I haven't heard the NIN version, but this makes me cry.
05-12-2004 20:26 GATIC2
16 posts	this song is so powerful it makes me think more about how i want to act I LOVE U J-DOWG CASH!
10-01-2005 20:27 Sook
60 posts	Omg, I love this song. It hurts.
10-01-2005 20:41 MartynJDS
248 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Far better than Nine Inch Nail's version. So depressing it hurts. This is an a pain filled song. It is good for when you feel depressed.
24-01-2005 16:12 robbieyeeeee
22 posts	i still like this song by johnny cash but i think that nine inch nails does it much better... i think johnny went a little too quickly between verses and chorus... and if u listen to nine inch nails, his voice fits the song much better
25-01-2005 06:39 andrew4762
9,287 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal RIP JOHNNY CASH........i kno its kinda late but i just remembered we will always remeber u
25-01-2005 17:33 darkesthour
424 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal excellent song...really depressing though but still good!!
12-02-2005 00:04 lil_mizz_D
19 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal johnny cash is one of many we regret loosing in the music industrie, hes made beautiful musique that ive listened 2 my hole life... may he R.I.P JOHNNY CASH 4 EVER
12-02-2005 00:14 lil_mizz_D
19 posts	oh by the way, did anybody else understand the metophore? hes talking about drugs in the song: The needle tears a hole; the old familiar sting, and you could have it all: my empire of dirt, (dirt use 2 be slang for weed) Beneath the stains of time, the feelings dissapear. If I could start again, a million miles away, I will keep myself, I would find a way. (if he could start again he would of avoided the temptation and he would of found another way)
10-03-2005 04:18 Taisiat
30 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal When I listen to it, I cry EVERY TIME! I can almost feel the pain when he's singing.
15-03-2005 02:00 xxxpunkbabexxx
211 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Who wrote it first...Johnny or NIN?
13-04-2005 02:56 dougbarkermrf10
12 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal why is this song so sad. the video is soo depressong because his wife was in it and she died shortly after the filming. so sad. RIP Mr. Cash.
18-04-2005 21:02 Fire_n_ice
79 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Beautifully written and sung song. Shame he's gone. I love the chorus. So painful. So deep. The music video is terribly Sad though. And How could this make you LAUGH??!?! He wrote it after his wife died!! {At least I'm pretty sure he did..} He was heartbroken!! Great Man he was. R.I.P. The ["Man In Black"] ["What June did for me was post signs along the way, lift me when I was weak, encourage me when I was discouraged, and love me when I was alone and felt unlovable. She is the greatest woman I have ever known. Nobody else, except my mother, comes close. " {from is autobiography} Great man he was. And his wife too ]
18-04-2005 21:03 Fire_n_ice
79 posts	And was he really talking about Drugs in this song?? O.o that's news to meh!! o_o