This is NOT an analysis of a song, merely personal observations about a song that I love. Enjoy. "Hurt" by Johnny Cash I first heard this a while before Johnny Cash died and was shocked when I saw the video, which is a hard watch. Johnny Cash recorded this for 2002's "American IV:The Man Comes Around" - the fourth in his series of albums with Rick Rubin consisting mainly of covers of great songs. I have written a little about The Man In Black elsewhere on this website - <Johnny Cash page> Originally, Hurt was released as a promotional single for the band Nine Inch Nails album Downward Spiral in 1995. I have always thought that it is a slightly double edged compliment - an honour that this legend would record a cover of your song, but just a torment knowing that Johnny Cash would make a better version than you did. Any way, the songs description of (I assume) hard drug addiction and depression stopped me in my tracks. Knowing a little of Johnny Cash's demons made the words seem very pertinent. When I saw the video which showed Cash as an old and obviously sick man, juxtaposed with old footage of his vital younger self, it brought tears. It is a great song. "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" "If I could start again A million miles away I would keep myself I would find a way" "Hurt"
by Trent Reznor © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. 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
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