This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
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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How come you didn't give an interpretation for the previous four songs? I was enjoying walking with you through The Downward Spiral
Haha I'm sorry, I had been listening to this album over and over again interpreting and reinterpreting and what not. I was obsessed. Then I decided to take a break, and I never really got back around to it for a while. I'll put them up soon though, don't worry. I just wanna make sure I fully understand the songs and believe in my interpretation beforehand.
@HammerFloyd <br /> <br /> Wow! This is exactly what I felt after listening to this and the preceding song. A guy goes crazy, kills a bunch of people but then... This. It was a few days ago I was listening to this song and I realized my life does have meaning. And I vowed never to take my own life because I should value it as I value all the people around me. This song changed my life.
@HammerFloyd I think this is a great interpretation and I agree with it, but I want to propose an alternative. what is in the previous song The Downward Spiral, our protagonist didn't die literally, but figuratively, representing that Mr. Self Destruct/Ruiner had fully consumed our protagonist which is portrayed as his death. This song, Hurt, could be from the point of view of our antagonist, who is, in a way, now fused with our antagonist? "I hurt myself today" could be the Ruiner saying he purged his good, and hurt his good side? I don't know if this is what Reznor intended, but when we look at the context of the rest of the album, we see that every song is sung by either our protagonist or the Ruiner, and this pattern is only followed with this song if our protagonist is alive or singing from purgatory. Just my thoughts!