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 
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.




BY TRENT REZNOR (NINE INCHS NAILS)