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

But 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, NIN