What is Johnny Cashs song Hurt about?

Question

What is it about and why is Jesus being cruzified in the music video?

Answer 1

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails wrote it, and this is "possibly" what it's about to him.


""Hurt" also brings to a close the concept behind The Downward Spiral. In this song, the protagonist, who has rejcted both God and Society in his bid for power, reflects back on what was his life. Through violence and sex, he attempts to gain this power but realizes that all he has gained is ultimately nothing (noted in the lyric "And you could have it all, my empire of dirt..."). He regrets all that he has done and realizes that if he had a second chance, he would not have changed and kept the way it was. He has already killed himself in the album's penultimate track, the eponymous Downward Spiral."


After hearing the version done by Cash, Trent said basically "I wrote the words, but it isn't my song anymore."

Answer 2

It isn't exactly Johnny Cash's song. Trent Reznor of NIN wrote it. Cash covered it.

Answer 3

i am really not sure but that is almost the best song that he made before he died and i think to me it meant that he was ready and now he sees what he has been through. since he had that drug problem and drinking problem and being in jail i think that he was trying to let the world know he was sorry for whatever he did and now he believes! I could be wrong but that is how i feel about the song and the video!

Answer 4

Its actually a nin (nine inch nails) song, johnny cash just did a remake..

Answer 5

it is about the way he feels about himself..an introspective of his life which came crashing down around him after the passing of the love of his life, his wife, june carter cash

Answer 6

remorse and redemption.

Answer 7

Heroin addiction.