- Single by Johnny Cash
- Album- American IV: The Man Comes Around
- B-side-“Personal Jesus” Wichita Lineman”
- Released- March 2003
- Recorded- 2002
- Genre-Alternative rock, Acoustic rock, Country, Southern gothic
- Length- 3:38
- Label-American Lost Highway
- Songwriter- Trent Reznor
- Producer- Rick Rubin
Lyrics
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’m 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