By Nine Inch Nails
Submitted by Bridget O
Date: 2002 Nov 17
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[[2002.11.17.13.55.1973]]

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,
that old familiar thing.
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 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