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Johnny Cash – Hurt (Nine Inch Nails cover) Lyrics 15 years ago
I don't know what this song was intended to be about but my interpretation is drug addiction.

The lyrics completely point in that direction.

To me, it's about a selfish person who is a heroin addict.

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

What he's killing away is his personal demons.

I think this next part is about him realising what he's becomming/doing and that he's losing all the people close to him. With drug addiction that is what often happens.

"what have I become,
my sweetest friend,
everyone i know,
goes away in the end"

I love the part where the song says "you are someone else, i am still right here" ... the addict is stuck in a hole, and his loved ones can no longer 'love' this man in the same way.

"i will let you down, i will make you hurt" this rings true for EVERYONE who knows a drug addict. they let you down and make you hurt. this song is perfect and i am absolutely in love with it!

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Joan Armatrading – Love and Affection Lyrics 15 years ago
schrodinger, joan armatrading is a lesbian- the song wouldnt have been written with a male in mind

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