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Hurt Lyrics
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 will let you down,
I will make you hurt,

I wear this crown of thorns,
Upon my liars 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,

[Chorus]

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,
---
"Hurt" as written by Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry, Mark Ronson
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DaRMan40
01-18-2002

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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

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lilolil81
01-26-2002

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It's the last 4 lines that really get me!! If i could find a way of doing it, i would save myself....how true! It's a great song!

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Virrrrgo
01-29-2002

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the whole song reminds me of how sometimes you feel like you are absolutely nothing. and sometimes its all the time that you feel that way.

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gotterdam
02-02-2002

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To me, this song is about regret. About making the wrong choices and trying to right them. At some point, the narrator made a choice that game him alot, but hurt someone he cared about. Realizing that the person he hurt is more important, he offers to give up his "empire of dirt". The end of the song (last 4 lines) clearly states that if the narrator could go back and make different choices, he would.

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Jezzabellez
02-05-2002

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I agree with everyone on this song in that it expresses that low's that ppl go through. Although it seems as if he's saying it's an all time low for him. But I think it also says a lot about drug use. If you listen to the particular part where he says " the needle tears a hole, the old familar sting, try to kill it all away". Most likely some heroin use up in here :) But it's a great song, and one of my all time favorites. I appreciate it much more since I saw him preform it last year while I was at his Fragile Tour. Trent is great!!

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liquidlightbulb
02-25-2002

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The lyrics to this song is about heroine. "I hurt myself today," "The needle tears a hole." Don't get me wrong, it's a great song, but Trent has some serious issues. I think he was on heroine when he wrote this song

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lorienmarene
03-18-2002

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I think this song is about self mutilation and self loathing...

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Achilles_Libertine
03-22-2002

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I think this song is purely tragic

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Squall02
04-10-2002

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sigh.....people miss this song entirely. in the "storyline" of the downward sprial this is the end, the death, the suicide. so of course the character inflicts pain upon himself and dies in the end (the loud guitars and synths are the end of the song followed by the white noise) and the hope it leaves right as the person dies....as for heroine, i doubt it, trent wrote the lyrics in like 5 mins. with the guitar line and the rest came in the next 10 mins. everyone in the studio was crying at the end cause the song related to them, and for your gf cutting herself to that song?? thats just sick...and sad

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Primus_boy
04-12-2002

 Rated  +1 
this song is about not being good enough for someone special in your life

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rev.manson
04-17-2002

 Rated  -4 
twisted emotions what a faggot.....Good song though, Fucking great


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hamjam
04-18-2002

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The pain in his voice isnt a normal scream or yell, as it is with the crappy Nu metal bands of today who claim to be so depressed and angry, it is the sound of someone who knows what its like to hurt. Thats not something you will find anywhere in pop music today, except from the bands of the early nineties, i.e. Pearl Jam, Tool, NIN, Ben Harper etc..

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hamjam
04-18-2002

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oh, early nineties and late eighties..


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pragmaticpoetry
04-19-2002

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.. another beautiful song. There are four musical Gods out there; Trent is one of them. The other three are McLachlan, Alanis, and Maynard.

I don't really think this song relates to drug use. Yes, it does say 'tear a hole' with a needle--

[the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting try to kill it all away but I remember everything ]

--but I believe that, again, as usual, it's a metaphor for unwanted memories. You try to block them out because, at one point, they were so beautiful but now they're simply.. a painful reminder. Or, hell, not even beautiful. Maybe just painful. And you don't want to remember anymore, but you can't help yourself..

I agree with lorienmariene [this song is about self loathing] and primusboy [this song is about not being good enough.]

The reference to the empire of dirt, crown of shit; maybe things that were once beautiful, or at least valuable, but now worthless. You can have them all--they don't mean anything to me anymore.

And then there are the references to another person, someone I'm sure he was once close to, but who is now moving on with their life--but while they move on, he is "still right here."

A painful, painful song. In short: Maybe there was something beautiful in your life once, but someone tore it away from you, and destroyed it. Nothing matters anymore. All you have is the memory, and the hurt.

But if you had to do it all again, you would.

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FragileAtaraxia
04-19-2002

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Hurt is my all time favorite song. I can relate to the lyrics so perfectly, thought perhaps i see it differently then Trent did.

I think its really self explainitory. Its about hurting and seeing yourself and life as nothing. Its the lowest point. Pain, depression, self loathing. It's set in stages of a certain "moment". Its almost like an epiphany to those who have felt this way.

"I hurt myself today to see if i still feel"
- (feelings of numbness and emptiness)
"I focus on the pain the only thing thats real"
- (finally *something* to feel)
"The needle tears a hole that old familiar sting tried to kill it all away but i remember everything"
- (Trent doesnt do heroin, any true fan knows that. He's exaggerating it, using the idea of heroin to signify desperation)




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emopunkskaface
04-19-2002

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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
are my fav parts in the song. they make me break out crying

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risk
04-23-2002

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...why does everyone hav to say a song has somethin to do wit drugs whenever its says somethin about a needle or somethin?? ...idiots

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LoopyDiapermouth
04-25-2002

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I have felt this way many times because i thought eveything that happend to me was all my fault and that i was one big fuck up. But eveyone who reads this rememeber, look at life differently and you will see what is really going on. You arent alone in anything. This song, yes it is sad, but you need to look at it as someone telling about the lowness some people can feel, and even the perfect people get hurt, and yes eveyone does go away in the end.

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LoopyDiapermouth
04-25-2002

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and dood risk take it easy, its people telling about what they think not what you think.

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isl1ngt0n
04-26-2002

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sometimes i wonder if it is a tori ref, (some of you might get that), just can't help wonderin', it seems like the right time

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anubis
05-02-2002

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you have it totally right Squall before anyone writes about any songs on the downward spiral they should listen to and understand the whole story that the album tells.

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penguinbobus
05-02-2002

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I think it's pretty obvious that it's about someone inflicting physical pain on themselves to see if they can feel anything else besides the pain they're feeling inside.... umm, as for Squall02 and rev.manson.... what you said was pretty insensitive... first off squall, it's not that kids fault that his gf would cut herself, and as for you manson, it's very painful to be in a relationship w/ someone that does that because first, it makes you feel like you aren't good enough to make them feel better, and second, it isn't exaclty easy to watch someone emotionaly dying like that.....annnyhow, great song.

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WORlock
05-07-2002

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As said, TDS is a story. Without this song TDS would be pro-suicide. But this story is the big twist at the end that I think shows TDS wasn't about suicide, rather that it was showing a story of a person who committed suicide and as only as a story can do, show what was felt after the death.

So all in all, maybe that album and most of all, this song is a good reason for anyone serious about suicide and/or a self-destructive lifestyle to take a second look on it.

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prozakruin
05-07-2002

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When I first heard this song I started crying. To me (personally) it's about self mutilation. The beginning of this song portrays exactly how I feel when I cut myself.

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sugarrush
05-09-2002

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my opinion it's all about herion. think about the lyrics wiht the needle and everything and then put the music with it. slow at first, and then it gets faster (the high) and then at the end that one big note is his crash. it's being an addict and having nothing else in the world except pain and drugs. well that's my opinion. heh, prolly thinking too much of it. but it makes sense to me

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