My Empire of Dirt
\hiesiger 29. Mai 2003Gestern ist mir die “Neue” von Johnny Cash in die Hände gefallen (American IV: The Man comes around).
Leider hält das Album in keiner Weise, was die Single “Hurt” versprochen hat. (Wirklich schlimm: die Coverversion von “Bridge over troubled water”)
Dabei wäre “Hurt” hervorragend als “letzte Worte” geeignet gewesen, auch wenn sie nicht von ihm sind:
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 on 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.
Trent Reznor
