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Nine Inch Nails- Hurt!

solace23solace23 Posts: 704
edited March 2007 in Other Music
What an amazing song! Trent Reznor is a genius!!

"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 this crown of shit
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

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
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  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    solace23 wrote:
    What an amazing song! Trent Reznor is a genius!!

    "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 this crown of shit
    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

    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

    I prefer it when Johnny Cash sings it.
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    I prefer it when Johnny Cash sings it.

    Hmm, I love Cash's version, but there's something about the way Trent delivers it that just gives me the chills. It's the really calm verses and then the really impassioned chorus that do it for me. Either way, it's a fucking brilliant song.
  • solace23solace23 Posts: 704
    I've never heard the cash version. Can someone post a link to this??

    Is it off an album ??
  • chris01chris01 Posts: 559
    I never even knew it was a NIN song until after Cash did it... as you may have guessed, i dont know NIN's stuff. ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go
  • Answers_In_PlaydohAnswers_In_Playdoh Posts: 207
    Love this song :D

    NIN are great!
  • ArctangentArctangent Posts: 614
    its strange how nin now play this live more the johnny cash way - its almost like trent is covering that version.
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    solace23 wrote:
    Trent Reznor is a genius!!

    Yes, he is !
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,937
    solace23 wrote:
    I've never heard the cash version. Can someone post a link to this??

    Is it off an album ??

    Yep, it's off one of the more recent American Recording albums.
    Manchester 04.06.00, Leeds 25.08.06, Wembley 18.06.07, Dusseldorf 21.06.07, Shepherds Bush 11.08.09, Manchester 17.08.09, Adelaide 17.11.09, Melbourne 20.11.09, Sydney 22.11.09, Brisbane 25.11.09, MSG1 20.05.10, MSG2 21.05.10, Dublin 22.06.10, Belfast 23.06.10, London 25.06.10, Long Beach 06.07.11 (EV), Los Angeles 08.07.11 (EV), Toronto 11.09.11, Toronto 12.09.11, Ottawa 14.09.11, Hamilton 14.09.11, Manchester 20.06.12, Manchester 21.06.12, Amsterdam 26.06.2012, Amsterdam 27.06.2012, Berlin 04.07.12, Berlin 05.07.12, Stockholm 07.07.12, Oslo 09.07.12, Copenhagen 10.07.12, Manchester 28.07.12 (EV), Brooklyn 18.10.13, Brooklyn 19.10.13, Philly 21.10.13, Philly 22.10.13, San Diego 21.11.13, LA 23.11.13, LA 24.11.13, Oakland 26.11.13, Portland 29.11.13, Spokane 30.11.13, Calgary 02.12.13, Vancouver 04.12.13, Seattle 06.12.13, Trieste 22.06.14, Vienna 25.06.14, Berlin 26.06.14, Stockholm 28.06.14, Leeds 08.07.14, Philly 28.04.16, Philly 28.04.16, MSG1 01.05.16, MSG2 02.05.16
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Julien wrote:
    Yes, he is !
    Are you going to see them at l'Ancienne Belgique?
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Just thought I'd pop by and as a newly converted fan, say 'yes yes, nod nod' to the original poster. Cash's version of Hurt made me listen harder to NIN. Both versions of this song are beautiful. NIN's is moody and dark, Cash's is sad and melancholy.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    redrock wrote:
    Are you going to see them at l'Ancienne Belgique?
    Unfortunately, I'm not, because I do'nt have tickets...
    I sued to check NIN's website every week for possible shows in Europe. Then I forgot to check during several weeks and when I came back I saw there was shows at AB, sold out !!!

    Maybe you have a tkcet for me !? :D
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    I looove this song... have loved it for years....

    best ending to any song, ever..... just crank it, and let those last three chords blow your speakers.... :D:D:D


    cash's version is 'meh', at best.... i appreciate that he respected Trent enough to cover it, but seriously... snoozefest.
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Julien wrote:
    Unfortunately, I'm not, because I do'nt have tickets...
    I sued to check NIN's website every week for possible shows in Europe. Then I forgot to check during several weeks and when I came back I saw there was shows at AB, sold out !!!

    Maybe you have a tkcet for me !? :D

    Haha!!! I wish I was going.. saw them in London.... Get on the NIN forum (if you're not registered yet)... There are always last minute tix to go...
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    redrock wrote:
    Haha!!! I wish I was going.. saw them in London.... Get on the NIN forum (if you're not registered yet)... There are always last minute tix to go...

    Thanks. I'm going on the NIN forum.
    Maybe Ebay ?
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    I prefer it when Johnny Cash sings it.

    Ditto.
    20/04/06 ~ 23/08/06 ~ 09/09/06

    14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour

    18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing

    04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~

    Rockin' out to Creadles
  • cc10106cc10106 Posts: 385
    I like both, but prefer the original. There's not many single moments of 90s music better than the part when Trent comes in with 'You could have it all...'.

    Breathtaking - even the video is rediculous.
  • MookieBlaylock5v1MookieBlaylock5v1 Posts: 353
    The Cash version is ridiculously great.

    The video for Cash's version is fantastic as well. It fits the song perfectly.
  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,369
    enjoy!


    http://youtube.com/watch?v=8ITeeklvUEs&mode=related&search=
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