“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 thorns, 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 would keep myself, I would find a way.”

Johnny Cash feat. Giulia Amato