I generally gravitate to the music first before the lyrics. But as a writer, I still marvel at well-spun verses and choruses. This month, I’m joining the music Twitter community in #31DaySongLyricChallenge

Day 2

Trent Reznor wrote from a place of anguish and isolation. The words are, above all things, real and raw. The lyrics are so powerful, they even took on a different meaning when Johnny Cash famously covered the song, proving that “Hurt” is not just Reznor’s personal memoir, it’s a song that you can make your own.

“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.”