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 feeling 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.

Nine Inch Nails. And All That Could Have Been (2002)