Poetry Train Monday - 60 - Hurt

For today's Poetry Train, I'd like to share some lyrics that my newest character Scorpius would claim as his own. This song was written by Trent Reznor (shown at left) of Nine Inch Nails.










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
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear my crown of shit
On my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stain of time
The feeling disappears
You are someone else
I am still right here

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
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

- Trent Reznor, 1994

Here's an unbelievable cover of Nine Inch Nails' song by Johnny Cash. Talk about a man who knows how to pour his own life experience into the lyrics and bring out the truth in the lyrics' story.

Here's a solo version by Trent Reznor for a telethon in support of those affected by Hurricane Katrina.