Writer(s): Trent Reznor

I hurt myself today to see if I still feel

I focus on the pain, the only things 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

Every one 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