I hurt myself today
to see if i still feel.
I focus on the pain,
the only thing thats real.

The needle tears a hole;
the old familiar sting,
try to kill it all away,
but I remember everything.

(Chorus)
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 liars chair:
full of broken thoughts,
I cannot repair.

Beneath the stains of time,
the feelings dissapear.
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 will keep myself,
I would find a way.


source: Songteksten.nl

organ: Benmont Tench
piano: Benmont Tench
acoustic guitar: Mike Campbell; Smokey Hormel
Mellotron: Benmont Tench
Producer: Rick Rubin
lyricist: Trent Reznor
composer: Trent Reznor
Language: english
Mood: Yearning; Dramatic; Reflective; Plaintive; Bleak; Ominous; Brooding; Cathartic; Gloomy; Somber; Visceral; Angst-Ridden; Confrontational; Nihilistic; Restrained; Searching; Fiery; Harsh; Weary; Uncompromising; Tense/Anxious; Eerie; Spooky; Sparse
Theme: Feeling Blue; Introspection; Late Night; Loss/Grief; Regret; Breakup; Scary Music
Style: Alternative/Indie Rock; Alt-Country; Contemporary Country; Spoken Word; Traditional Country; Interview