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Hurt

by Johnny Cash

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                                                                                          *(aiguille)
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*                                                                                  *(couronne d’épines)
Upon my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair

Beneath the stains* of time                                                                                     *(taches)
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

Chorus


If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

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