"Hurt" By Johnny Cash

In the song "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, the song uses imagery to show its message.
The song is about how he reflects on his up and down life. He is displaying the pain of growing old and watching the people you love die around you. The song displays how he has gone through life "hurt" either suffering from drugs, "the needle tears a hole", of from his friends or family dying, "Everyone I know goes away...In the end." The lyrics show imagery in the line "The needle tears a hole." It is showing the sense of feeling of when you use a needle to inject substances and how is makes you "hurt." This song sends a powerful message to its listeners and shows how life causes people to "hurt".

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 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

[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

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way