It's a Johnny Cash kind of evening - "Hurt" youtube link and lyrics

[lizziegrace]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO9dbmJ_2zU


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
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

[cautiouslywaiting]

1. I love Johnny!

He's amazing.

[lizziegrace]

2. Thanks

I'm watching "Ring of Fire". Amazing man.

[lizziegrace]

3. Welcome to DU!!

:hi:

[cautiouslywaiting]

11. Thanks!

:)

[RevolutionaryActs]

4. No, no it's a Trent Reznor kind of evening.

;) :P


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60KfGKXXtBg&mode=related&search=

[lizziegrace]

6. Who's Trent Reznor?

:shrug:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

9. Oooh!

Guy who essentially *is* Nine Inch Nails. He did "Hurt." :D :hi: :hug:

[lizziegrace]

10. Sorry

remember, I'm old enough to be your mother. ;)

[asthmaticeog]

5. Oy-

That video is sadmaking.

While you're watching Johnny Cash on YouTube, see if you can't find an old TV clip of him with the Tennessee Two doing "Big River." Kick. Ass.

[lizziegrace]

7. I'll look for that one

A 1968 performance of "Ring of Fire" was pretty good.

"Hurt" just gets me to the core. He seems so old and frail and June. What hasn't been said about June.

[Guava Jelly]

8. the Mercy seat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGGSTiDOjKU

[lizziegrace]

12. Wow...

:wow:

That's terrific.

[Guava Jelly]

13. it's a sting cover

:)
It ALL began when they come took me from my home
And put me on Death Row,
a crime for which I am totally innocent, you know.

I began to warm and chill
To objects and their fields,
A ragged cup, a twisted mop
The face of Jesus in my soup
Those sinister dinner deals
The meal trolley's wicked wheels
A hooked bone rising from my food
All things either good or ungood.

And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I'm yearning
To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
And I'm not afraid to die.

I hear stories from the chamber
Christ was born into a manger
And like some ragged stranger
He died upon the cross
Might I say, it seems so fitting in its way
He was a carpenter by trade
Or at least that's what I'm told

My kill-hand's
tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist
That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist.

In Heaven His throne is made of gold
The ark of his Testament is stowed
A throne from which I'm told
All history does unfold.
It's made of wood and wire
And my body is on fire
And God is never far away.

Into the mercy seat I climb
My head is shaved, my head is wired
And like a moth that tries
To enter the bright eye
I go shuffling out of life
Just to hide in death awhile
And anyway I never lied.


And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I'm yearning
To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
And I'm not afraid to die.

And the mercy seat is burning
And I think my head is glowing
And in a way I'm hoping
To be done with all this twisting of the truth.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway there was no proof
And I'm not afraid to die.

And the mercy seat is glowing
And I think my head is smoking
And in a way I'm hoping
To be done with all these looks of disbelief.
A life for a life
And a truth for a truth
And I've got nothing left to lose
And I'm not afraid to die.

And the mercy seat is smoking
And I think my head is melting
And in a way that's helping
To be done with all this twisting of the truth
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
But I'm afraid I told a lie.

[lizziegrace]

14. Even though he covers these songs

it's as though they were written just for him. :)

[Guava Jelly]

15. I have a copy of him doing "In my life" john lennon..on my ipod

It has on occasion given me goose bumps!

[lizziegrace]

16. That I'd like to hear!

How are you doing handsome? :hug:

[Guava Jelly]

17. The week kind of sucked

But I'm doing good.
Having the support of so many beautiful hearts here on the underground makes it all better.
And you do have a beautiful heart!
I am so happy things are working out for you!
cuz i just think the world of you
:hug: :loveya:

[lizziegrace]

18. Awww thanks

:loveya:

Hope things begin to look up for you too my friend.

:hug:

[asthmaticeog]

19. Correction: it's a Nick Cave cover. nt

[Guava Jelly]

20. thanks for the info

:)