
I Focus on the Pain

by Mal Bray
Title
I Focus on the Pain
Artist
Mal Bray
Medium
Mixed Media - Mixed Media
Description
Hurt
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 shit
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
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 will keep myself
I would find a way
Songwriters: Trent Reznor
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August 1st, 2016
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Comments (14)

Gull G
Art provides an opportunity for kaleidoscopic thinking. Each time we shift the lens of our perceptions, we gain new perspectives โ and new opportunities for innovation. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT SALE OF AN WONDERFUL WORK!

Keenan Neighbors
Such nice work. Every time I see him I always think about what his daughter told him when she found out a Rap producer wanted to record him and she said '' I wonder how this is gonna work.โ Just knowing the acts Rick had worked with, it did cross my mind: โIs he gonna try to make some kind of parody out of dad?โ After Hurt was recorded she came over to his house and he was sitting at the Piano listening to ''Hurt'' over and over. It was plain to see they both loved it
Mal Bray replied:
I didn't know that little story. I loved the Nine Inch Nails original but the Cash recording is just so sad and beautiful - particularly given his crumbling health and personal life at the time.