最近的電影Walk The Line (為你鍾情)，說的是美國已逝(1932 - 2003)鄉村歌手Johnny Cash的故事。相信透過這部電影，知道他的人可以緬懷，不知道的人可以藉此認識他。第一次聽到他的歌，是他2005年專輯「American IV-The Man Comes Around」中"Hurt"這首歌的音樂錄影帶在葛萊美獎被提名最佳音樂錄影帶獎。翻唱自工業搖滾團體九吋釘(Nine Inch Nails)的專輯「惡性循環」(The Downward Spiral)。由主腦Trent Reznor作詞作曲；Johnny Cash的版本，相當的沉靜，編曲把歌詞 的內容貼切的表現出來，音樂錄影帶更是讓這首歌因為影像的引導，令人不勝稀噓。
American IV-The Man Comes Around專輯，收錄了未發行新歌以及一些翻唱歌曲，整張專輯歌曲的一致性，可以說是Johnny Cash老年的自我反省之作。看過2004年版的活人生吃(Dawn of the Dead)嗎? 這部片一開始的歌，就是出自這專輯的同名歌曲"The Man Comes Around"。 歌詞描述了聖經啟示錄一般的幻像，也是專輯的開場。
"Hurt" lyrics by Trent Reznor ( of Nine Inch Nails)
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
Hurt 音樂錄影帶 by Mark Romanek《電影「不速之客」(One Hour Photo)導演、資深mv導演》
