Hurt lyrics - Johnny Cash song

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

(Chorus)

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 would let you down
I would make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I can not repair

Beneath the stains of time
The feeling disappears
You are someone else
I am still right here

(Chorus)

What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
goes away
in the end
And you can have it all
My empire of dirt
I would let you down
I would make you hurt
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way