I will make you 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 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


Took a break from reading and painting to watch #NIN vids. Gives me chills every time. Love Love Love. My interpretation of the song is that it's about pain, consequences, regret, and self-loathing. Whatever this person has done, he's driven his friends away from the consequences. He tries to bury or redirect his regrets or emotional pain through inflicting physical pain. It doesn't work so he is forced with the realization of his pain, consequences, and regret. The mention of the needle tearing a hole sounds like drug abuse, since some people do use drugs to mask pain. Drug abuse will also drive your friends and loved ones away(speaking from personal experience because my ex-boyfriend was a drug addict). But I don't really know if the song refers to any drug abuse. This is one of my favorite or perhaps favorite songs from NIN.

Watch an awesome live performance of NIN performing Hurt at The Reading Festival here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na49bAWQjJk&feature=youtube_gdata_player