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 

-Johnny Cash, Hurt (cover)

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