歌詞 :
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
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
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
(中文歌詞下方完整版本有，化石就不放了)
感想：
這首是一首完美取代原唱的經典
原本歌曲是 Nine Inch Nails 的 Trent Reznor 作詞作曲自唱
直到 Johnny Cash 演唱了它
一位年逾七十的老歌手
在喪妻之痛(錄製歌曲前，五月)後
演唱了這首歌
唱後不久，九月，老人家就走了
網路上盛傳
原唱 Trent Reznor 看過 Johnny Cash 錄製的MV以後
有流淚
並表示這首歌以後不再屬於自己
