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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 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
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 will keep myself
I would find a way
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 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
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 will keep myself
I would find a way
Lyrics submitted by implode, edited by Mellow_Harsher, swagshag
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there is one perticular line in this song that speeks to me "you can have it all my empire of dirt" i think it means everything i have in my life means nothing to me, i dont do it to please myself, and id give it up in a heartbeat that describes my whole life
this song is definitely about heroin. The needle verse is about heroin-a pain killer. the rest is about despair and hitting rock bottom for a drug addict. Listen to some alice in chains songs...Layne was another drug addict and was reflected in song. Rezner has done heroin...well known.
To me it means, you could follow my path in life, and create for yourself what i have, but even though it seems great, it's worthless, it's shallow, it has no true meaning.
in response to chrisv, for some reason, everyone thinks everthing nin is drug related, it's not, trent wasn't even an addict before his success , this has nothing to do with drug addiction but life itself.
To tehmonkay -- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor Trent had multiple drugs and alcohol issues. This song is about was written when he was taking heroin and it's about how he can't live like that anymore basically. <br /> Just fyi.