It's not sad, it's power. The story of someone realising that they let it all go but can get it all back. But to do so they need to stand, and fight. Themselves.
@@TurtleIsSlow1 So what. It is considered to be one of the best covers and greatest videos of all-time. When the guy who wrote and originally performed the song remarks: "that song isn't mine anymore", that says it all.
Cash's version of this song is great, but the old footage interspersed throughout the video just enhances the meaning and pushes it over the top. Like life flashing before his eyes in his final days.
Reznor's version is a young man battling self-destructive tendencies. Cash's version is an old man near the end of his life, looking back on past regrets.
@@patraic5241 i just decided to learn playing this song today like right now.and yeah I saw that interview where Trent said it's not his song anymore. Thats comming a lot from someone like him his songs are too personal.
@@patraic5241 originally he hated the cover. Saying it was like someone fucking his girlfriend. After seeing it blow up and actually listening to it he admitted it was like realizing "his girl" was better off with someone else.
@@R0FLC4T5 not exactly true. He liked it when he watched the music video before it was all released and that's when he understood it and fell in love with the cover.
Yep. Especially after "what have I become, my sweetest friend". Its a gut wrenching song, with different meanings, but both versions can rip you in two. Pure brilliance.
To anybody reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind may clarity replace.
@@ShainAndrews I don't doubt for you there was seemingly nothing, however I believe it differs for many people. For example some people who have died and been revived have recounted seeing their loved ones that have passed, seen Saint Peter, Jesus/heaven, seen their loved ones still alive from above, some have even seen what could resemble hell, scary things etc.
Thank you, That means the song will get 21 years better for me before I am your age. And I already love it with all my heart. This is the soundtrack to ROCK BOTTOM. :)
I'm 45 mate and this song still makes me cry like a baby 😢and I grew up with the original nine inch nails song 😢 it doesn't belong to Trent razor anymore 😢
I saw this on a friend's 50-inch TV, really loud,I starting crying,went past all my defense,hit "home", being an American-born songwriter living in Sweden...
I know he didn't write this song but it resonated with him because of its message. What really matters at the end of our lives isn't the awards, promotions or financial success. What counts are the decisions we've made and how they affected others. I hope this was cathartic for him and that he also remembered he did a lot of good things.
@@blazinpuffsyou're exactly right buddy, this generation of country spoke the fucking truth about life and I'm not talking about this cover, Jones, Tammy, Paycheck, Gary Stewart and the list goes on, people that sung what they lived!!!
@@wizewizard1840 Of course I know that Trent Reznor wrote the song. But it takes on a whole different perspective with Johnny Cash singing it. The song is applicable to both of them. But as Reznor said, “the Song is no longer mine anymore”. To me, it’s like Reznor Received this song From that magical place where songs come from and he was just a vessel to get the words to Johnny Cash. And the rest is history as they say. Kudos to Rick Rubin for getting this out of Johnny Cash.
@@frankinvan You should look up the rest of that quote, you're taking completely out of context. Trent still plays his superior version of his song live. The woman beater Cash received Trent's song from that magical place he received every other one of his songs from, an actually literate song writer.
Elvis was a legend, Freddie Mercury was a legend, Johnny Cash was a legend, Kurt Cobain was a legend, MJ was a legend, John Lennon was a legend, Frank Sinatra was a legend, all these people were,stop arguing who was the best
Hes talking about being addicted to heroin,,,,in case you couldn't tell. And the way it affects your friends and family. Now go listen to the song again. And understand the real pain.
@@gildog391 By the way, I forgot to mention in my rant, pay attention to the video Mr. Righteous Brave Heart. Clearly you're capable of reading between the lines whereas the rest of us can't.
@@gildog391 Nah, you don't need to apologize bro. I was being a dick about it and could have went about it like a normal dude. I should be the one to apologize. I'm having a extremely shit day and took it out on you man. I apologize about that. NIN's version, the original, was exactly as you said. That's how the song itself was created. Cash used it for other purpose, which also included his addiction, and even with that being the case, I was being a real dick about it. Anyways, I apologize for that and really have no ill intent toward you for what you said. Truly hope you have a good evening man and again, sorry about being a shit head.
I think he had come to peace with his past, forgiven himself, and found happiness with God and June. When she was gone, I think he was ready to join her.
I think his wife passing was the nail in his coffin. He had no reason to stay anymore. Exactly what my granpop told me when my grams passed, " Just waiting impatiently to be reunited with my best friend cause the world is cold and dark without her!" were his words. They were together since she was 14 & she passed at age 69. Anywhats, yes... u can hear the weariness in his voice.
Johnny is one of the few celebrities that I became misty-eyed over when I saw the front page headline that he had died. I grew up on his music and literally felt as though I'd lost a friend. I'm a non-religious, non believer, but I hope that he went to the Heaven that he believed in.
ABSOLUTELY NEVER would we have forgotten this man's amazing life and story or music! I just introduced the 18yo on the line at the factory last night to this amazing artist with the song "One Piece at a Time ".
this video had something like 50M views back before they deleted the 'unofficial' channel's video and put this up. It was one of the most viewed music videos on youtube at the time.
...well after all every one of us is still searching for the comfort in The Music... Depending on our in-the-time situation we do apply for ourselves "something" that soothes our minds... The "Hurt" fills everything I need at the moment... It is just PERFECT
it’s beautiful that this song was originally sang by a young man who was searching for himself that was just beginning life, and was then covered by a man at the end of his life looking back at his accomplishments and wishing he could go back. truly beautiful, and truly one of the greatest covers of a song ever.
What tops it all off is Trent gave Johnny the song. Not because it was Johnny Cash, because he put more power to the words he written. A rare instance of giving back the torch so he could burn that much brighter.
@@uncleseamus4289 "Reznor was initially unsure about Cash covering his song, fearing that it would be “gimmicky”, and he was not blown away when he first heard Cash’s version. But when he saw the video, this changed. With “tears welling, silence, goosebumps”, he recognised its significance. Reznor’s “valentine to the sufferer” at that point became Cash’s swan song. After watching it, Reznor said: “That song isn’t mine any more.” ---The Financial Times
Seeing a young man regret his life decisions is sad, but we know they have time to make plenty of good decisions in the future. Seeing Johnny Cash here, at the end of his life, is straight up tragic. The way he sings it with so much emotion, the fantastic video showing his legacy and life. It's the most heart-breaking piece of media ever.
Trent wrote this song from the perspective of a young man battling to keep control of his life over his drug addiction. Johnny sung this song from the perspective of an old man who has battled his whole life with drug addiction, and the mountain of pain/guilt/regret it's caused. I like both perspectives of the same painful struggle, but God this version makes me cry.
Never did drugs or even a little drop of alcohol. From my14 years until nowadays i kept smoking regular cigarettes. My addiction never caused no harm except to me. But this song always reminds me about things that i`ve done and i`m not proud about them . Unecessary revenges, lies , swindles in which i played a role. Most of times, it was just to survive, specially in my job, but not only in it. One way or another it was always to survive, but i wasn`t as brave AS i could be.
@Bloodyrebel I just found this song and have listened to both versions. i think I relate more to Johnny's take - because at my age I'm closer to the end than the beginning. I still struggle to deal with the "pain/guilt/regret" stuff while trying to remember the good stuff I've done in my life. But Johnny Cash's take on this song is a gut punching make me bawl like a baby masterpiece. Anyone, whether or not they have substance issues, who listens to this piece and is not moved to some self reflection is not human.
My Grandpa died a few weeks ago. Johnny was mine and his favourite to listen to together. I said my final goodbyes to him, got in my car and drove aimlessly with this song blasting. Uncontrollable tears, but a part of me knew that he had lived a good life. Much like you can tell Johnny had lived and it was his time. Johnny will always take me to a place where I'll always feel close to my Grandpa. We'll meet again Gramps.
@@midoribookstore I know we'll meet again some sunny day, keep smiling through just like you always do, till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away!
The man in black. True gothic. Is this his magnum opus? His most profound statement. We all go home one day. The American series are a treasure to humanity. God bless Johnny cash.
I love this version. It’s just a man at the end of his life singing about what it’s like to be human. The truth in this song speaks to my soul. Such a great version.
Storm Ghost that ones up there. Jimi certainly made that song his own. The difference for me is that the entire perspective and view point of the song changed between Cash’s and Trent’s versions. You can sense Johnny feeling his own interpretation of the lyrics.
@@Ralphanthonybianscomusic you're right, hendrix make watchtower 100x more awesome but cash took hurt, combined it with his own life and pain, and completely changed the song
That is totally true bro the man in Black stayed the man in Black for the rest of his life he kept his word and his promise but sad it never came to be
Bro if you listen to all his songs he struggled with so many issues just not with world Peace he thought one day it would come to be he truly believed and with the state that the worlds in today he would still have that faith
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My grandfather said he liked cash's music but not what he did. Because cash divorced his first wife and gave himself to drugs, I think. But may God rest both their souls. They're both in the other place now.
@@prayunceasingly2029 from what I read in the Johnny cash museum was that his first wife left him because she couldn’t put up with his lifestyle as he had fallen into drugs. But June helped him recover from his addiction and that’s when he gave himself to God. I think that’s a true testament of no matter how bad you might think you are, there is always hope. That is why I love him, because he portrays real life, and how you can overcome those drug addictions and become a better person!
@@mondobananas1832 I've been there in Trent's version. And Cash's version is true to what you say, he misses his buddies as apparent with a table laden out for a banquet for one
@@sugarpants21 NIN song slaps, but johnny cash's cover has more emotion behind it, especially if you know his past which makes the song that much more emotional
Standing riddled with cancer, literally standing in his shoes, this song is such a release, a song to cry to and to see it all so clearly. Just hug the ones you love and do it today. Bless you all.
I lost my best friend today. My Dad, he was a musician that battled but was a legacy of good memories outweighing the bad ones. Gods grace and redemption is real. I love you Dad, your legacy continues because you chose God and to be sober the last twenty years. Now you’re playing music in heaven, zero doubt.
Im not too much of an emotional person but wow. This song just had me blubbering. Watching a man near the end of his life coming to truly accept the worthlessness of worldly things just hits me.
@@Superkaioken87 I just checked it out. Thank you for introducing that to me. I love that Johnny probably has plenty of non Christian fans, but he isnt afraid to reference the Bible.
@@untio i think as hes reflecting he now starts to see that all the money and fame he had and all the people he knew cant save him from facing mortality.
The saddest part for me is :"everyone I know, goes away, in the end." My grandfather said once something similar to me, and this makes me scared of being old.
The sadness I've always thought of, is that people cannot possibly live long enough to see the true depth of their works. I don't always care for his music, but this song just gets me. And as long as the song exists, it will touch people. Maybe he DID get to start again. He died as a man, and was reborn in the spirit of his music.
His wife, June Carter, that we can see in the video, died a couple of months after the video was filmed. Johnny Cash died 4 months after her. This video is an epitaph.
@johnboi6916 Maybe Trent Reznor (NIN) was referring to a specific person in his life. (Originally written and performed by Nine Inch Nails.) Their video is super creepy to the point it could give some people nightmares...so- in response to the comments above mine- yes. It sounds very profound coming from Johnny. And maybe that was his take on his own life.
dealing empires, ok, something in the background tells me that neither Russia, India, China r Japan ever had a QUEEEN. so forget britannia rules the world
This song reminds me of all my sins and shortcomings. It humbles me. I shouldn’t judge others, I shouldn’t cast a stone, I have too many sins of my own. Do the best I can today to be a better version of myself so I have less regrets when I get to the end of my life.
The fact he died shortly after covering this masterpiece is a blessed ending to a blessed life. You can see in his and his wife's eyes they know. Man went out with a bang. Truly the champion. R.i.p Cash
yeah this song is really great but fun fact he just take it from an another band, if you are curious to see where it from it's a band called nine inch nails and the tittle is just same.
Jose Hernandez he literally said “...’”real gets you hated.”’ ... R.I.P to one of the realest man we’ve known “. It was a joke on what he said. r/whoosh
@@areshotrod6395 Wasn't it, though! This song is a BRILLIANT summation of Cash's career. Trent wrote a masterpiece with this song, and Cash made that masterpiece come to life with so much emotion.
and to think he didn't want to do this song originally i am so glad he managed to do it and see himself back on top one last time before he went away (not to mention the execution is brilliant)
I really think this may be one of the greatest pieces of art anyone ever created. Him covering this, the montage of clips, filtering in the crucifixion at just the right time, and still allowing us to see him in that raw form (which he was familiar with having suffered from addiction in public eye most of his life) - trembling, aged hands and all. It’s just one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. I come here often and welcome my tears. Rip Mr. Cash. June, too. ♥️
Truly! I think he is referring to the price of fame and what it costs to become famous??? He is however trying to reach out as a Christian through many of his songs and show that Jesus saves. In my opinion.
@@love.6312 Both youth and elderly, a reach which i did and named it: BIBLE + FREEMASONRY. Get to know who they are - where they are - how and why they deceive - how they communicate, then expose them. There is NO EVOLUTION, every living creature got created by GOD after its own kind. No mattering what and how many schools/university you attend to, feather you`d be in or out of schools system, you are still living with the lack of knowledge if not daring to read the BIBLE nor search and expose masons. Dare to ask - dare to seek - dare to knock: Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
The music video is one of the cases where happenstance works out perfectly. They had a plan to shoot at the Johnny Cash museum, and that was about it. The state it was in was what inspired the direction of the video, and little things, like the moment when June is on the stairs looking down at Johnny, that wasn't planned either, but all works perfect. Short of it, it has that raw and real feeling because it wasn't scripted or planned beforehand.
Source? Not doubting you but I've always thought that this was just him coming to conclusions that he doesn't have long left on earth so he wanted to make one last song *"beneath the stains of time"* sings to me that he knows he's on his way out but I didn't know if this was genuinely a goodbye or not 😢
@@SSNebula this was never a problem before and I hate when people say "source" as if what someone is saying isn't true. If you know you know, sadly that's how it is, or you could do some simple research but even then this generation somehow can't even do that right. I remember when this song was a lot newer and everyone understood the message and felt it, but now somehow the next generation completely forgets everything and needs scientific proof of a song, most of this generation can't even dissect music and are trying to question others as if something isn't right. Everything you need to know is right in front of you if you slow down and look at what's going on.
@@4oh8cal You do know this was a cover, right? Trying to attribute something to a song without even knowing the facts is a problem with the older generations, feeling their opinion sometimes has meaning even if it is uninformed and not supported by the facts. tl:dr Ok boomer
@@bassoijer9227 I know it's a cover but people running around asking "source" as if something isn't true is ridiculous. If someone says something that doesn't make sense you have the whole internet to figure it out. And like I said, do some basic research.
Doesn't matter the instrument the artist plays this song on: if the artist is hurting deep within their soul, the instrument they're playing it on will cry with them.
he called his entire career dirt, he knows in the face of death only life is valuable. Many images of christ, I believe you are right in that he was repenting.
No, Johnny & June's voices suck. Watch both videos to find out who beats them out: m.th-cam.com/video/Foi0so2CHPM/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1 m.th-cam.com/video/CevxZvSJLk8/w-d-xo.html
In all fairness, Johnny Cash made an assload of money. Any 'good woman' with any fading echo of former attractiveness left in her aging body will dump a man like a bad habit if he stops making bread. Doesn't matter if they've been married 40 years.
@@rainbowunicornnun Telling it like it is is pitiful? Look everyone, this is a good song and all, but Johnny Cash had a damn good life compared to most people!
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 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'm 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 would keep myself I would find a way
the fact that there are so many people(including me) who can feel this pain and grief is sad but astonishing and the older you get the more you can understand him
I think .... that his pain was/is real .... and the "way", he expresses it through this Song goes deep in people hearts, who felt or feel that pain. The Artist, is all about expression. A good Artist is able to express his subjective reality to the people, so that their reality gets shaped by the Artist. Or shorter: Johnny Cash is a Legend !
I honestly think Johnny knew his time was coming to an end soon when he agreed to do a cover of this song. So much of him is in it. Raw emotion, longing, regret, and yes, hurt. Whenever I need to feel sad (and yes, sometimes you need to, it's a healthy emotion) I listen to this song. Strangely, it also makes me feel better to know that someone else looked back over their life and acknowledged the roads both taken and not taken and the regret that causes. Rest in Peace, Mr. Cash. You are sorely missed. I sincerely hope that you are in a better, happier place with June. 😢
im so glad people still come back to this. i see new comments all the time and it makes me happy that this old man cleansing his soul is never forgotten.
эпический loser there is something special about this song. i am just 20 year old trying to find my purpose in life still i sometimes listen to this song
This is the kind of video where you close the tab and think about what you've seen. And as good as the song is, I credit the editing just as much. There's so much to digest from Johnny Cash's career as a public figure. This is brilliant work. Thank you
I just rewatched this video after I long time to think about the lyrics...it's like he's accepted the path that was put right beneath his feet, trying to hold onto his ego though knowing deeply within that it'd be totally in vain either way. The lack of corporal awareness is just refering to the contemplation of objective reality; becoming part of his enviroment. He stops caring about what he's done in life, approaching a new "way", that's always been there.
I've listened to this many times with my phone in my pocket, this is my first time actually watching the video and the editing completely blew me away. Especially as the song comes to its climax, just wonderful
It is great. Hard to tell which I like better, the original Nine Inch Nails version of this song or Johnny's cover of it. They are both awesome in their own ways, but ultimate credit still has to go to NIN for writing the song in the first place.
Been a Johnny Cash fan since I was a young man, 72 now, and I had never heard this song until my daughter turned me onto it a couple of months ago! Anyone who has hit bottom, especially from the needle, this song describes it perfectly! Luckily, was saved by JESUS and my wonderful wife of the last 54 years! Thank you, Johnny!
R.I.P. Johnny Cash. This version, with how close to his death it was and with how much experience it's sung, gives that song a really special feel to it.
Is it possible to see museum or house he lived? I am European living in California and my company will send me to work 2 weeks in Henderson. His music was very popular in my country.
The links above suggest, at least, that his last primary home burned to the ground after his death, but I'm not sure about that. @@modricaninmodricki7559
@@simeonrubko1218Bro, hope you can find the peace, but let me tell you something, even in the dead always remember, your father and ur wife stay with u, never give up
@@simeonrubko1218 brother I have been going through similar issues, my suggestion is seek to find the lord Jesus brother, this is what saved Johnny cash and myself, because of prophesies written thousands of years ago I know the end of the world is around the corner, god is taking some of those that he loves early so that they don’t have to go through the mess that is coming, they are blessed ones 🙏 stay strong brother 💪
@@simeonrubko1218 Grief and pain can feel unbearable in times like these as they come and go in waves, but I hope you find something to hold on to life as I am sure your wife and father would want you to go on. Start with watching the sun rise and try to grab every single day for you. The pain will mute down in time and change you. All the best to you mate.
@@simeonrubko1218 I feel your pain.Words cannot express what you are going through right now.I pray for you that you will not give up and have the strength to continue.psalm 147/3,4,5 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
When I hear Trent Reznor’s version, I hear pain and self-loathing. When I hear Johnny Cash’s version, I hear looking back at the end of life with regrets.
@@roninskater1128 even trent Reznor said hearing johnny and the cover were so emotional for him and I look at them as two different songs. The way each artist sang it and the meaning it had to each of them is a beauty in and of itself
At 67 years old and having lost both my parents, father in law, and my best friend I find myself reflecting back more and more these days. I can feel his pain when he sings! Maybe we should all try to be a little more kind to those we love, life is much too short!
my condolences for you. heavenly Father YHWH loves you with all his heart dont ever think u are alone. .Psalm 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my G_d, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
At 42 youngest of 8. I had heart attack. Widow maker as Drs told me after. I'm lucky to be alive. Only 12% make it. I'm thankful to be alive. I've busted my ass since I could remember. Have had success business last 20 years. But with that caused a lot of pain, lonely ness. I know the pain and regret he sings in song. I don't know if I have I have much time left. I retired and trying to spend time with my family.
I'm 27 and have been more active than ever. The sad thing is, only people around your age acknowledge me and even say hi when I walk by. I make an effort to be a human being, but people just ignore me most of the time even if I say hi politely :(
@@the77don I'm 60 and have lived a great life hard at times but more good than bad.... people probably don't notice you because we all have a lot going on and are mostly focused on our task at hand... People are so stressed out and miserable with the kinds of life we're living these days they go through life like zombies
I just had to put my beloved cat of 18 years down. I’m sitting in my cold, dark office and this song is the only thing I could think of. ‘Everyone goes away in the end.’ Thank you, Emily.
It's crazy to think that his health was failing while singing this song. Rubin said sometime he couldn't even get the words out they'd sou d so raspy... The fact he took the song and sang it going through all the health problems he was facing, then the lyrics of this song with him singing just makes it so powerful. Especially know his life's story and what hes ben through. What a life and what a way to end it. He'll be remembered forever through all of us. Mental health is a real issue that many people ignore. Legendary cash.
I believe few people truly understand the depths of this song, many might think they do, and maybe that’s enough, but for those of us that experienced it in an all to similar way; living more in one lifetime than most would ever do in 20 lifetimes. From the greatest highs and feelings of invincibility to the oblivion of addiction and the ever-encompassing sadness. He sang this song -Hurt, because he LIVED it. Every word, feeling, and verse was him, all the pain, anger, lies, addictions, sorrow, and regrets of a lifetime summed up in a song that, although he didn’t write, he could leave the world with.
This was quite literally Cash's final farewell song to the world. It was filmed in February 2003. His wife, June Cash (seen in the video at 2:34), died 3 months after this video was made in May 2003. Cash died just 4 months after his wife at the same hospital as his wife in September 12, 2003. At the time of this filming, Johnny Cash and his wife were both experiencing serious health problems. He surely spent a lot of time reflecting on his life and mortality during these painful times.
2:05 “I cannot repair” he turns his head to show his face that still droops from a stroke. He sits in front of a table of rotting food. He had autonomic neuropathy which means causes the stomach to severely delay emptying among other symptoms. This video is such an amazing use of visual metaphor
i like the line "you can have it all, my empire of dirt." Its shows no matter how much material wealth you acquire, it doesn't mean anything at the end of your life.
But it does; to the people (family) you leave behind. Medical bills, funeral costs debt just as examples. I recently had to bury my mother. It cost my wife and I a little over $10,000. My mother was not great at managing her finances.
@@kevinmarshall808 I think they meant, “you can’t take anything with you when you die.” type of thing. No matter how much money or possessions you claimed while living, when you die everything that was holding you to this earth disappears like vapor.
@@ephemeral783: I understand that, I was just trying to make a point. Always, and I do mean always, prepare for the inevitable so your family does not suffer the financial consequences.
My grandfather is dying this weekend and he was a mean, ornery old man who was hard to be around and I was one of the few who could put up with him. Last I saw him he was in a bed, helpless and unaware of the world. It hurt to see him like that. This song makes me think of him.
"my empire of dirt" Pretty accurate description of anyone's life when faced with Death, the great equalizer. The poor man's shack, the rich man's mansion, the good person's good deeds and the bad person's bad deeds... all empires of dirt when death is at the door.
@@jonah666 the feelings of despair and dread are gone my life is in a much better place now. So when I hear it, it reminds me how far I’ve come and how much further I have to go.
He recorded 60 more songs after this. He knew June Carter was on her way out and recorded this song. He knew when she died he would die soon after, so in a way he was saying goodbye for the both of them, while she was still alive. She told him to continue working after she died and he recorded 60 more songs in the next 4 months than died from diabetes complications. You can argue I am wrong, but I believe Cash just didn't take his insulin and gave up. After June died, all he had left was the music and I guess those 60 songs represented the last of what he wanted to say.
Ich habe ihn persönlich in Hamburg kennen gelernt, als er dort im Auditorium Maximum seine Musik machte, einfach unfassbar, ein Mensch aus einer anderen Welt! Meine Frau schenkte ihm Blumen! Niemals hörte ich in meinem Leben etwas, was sich damit vergleichen ließe, obwohl ich die ganze Erde kenne!!!
I wish we could tell Johnny that even in his 70’s his singing was still great and almost 20 years later people still come back and listen to his later work, he never let us down
I was 5 when this came out and my friends and I agree that this song makes you tear up more than any other song. The original is great but the the way Johnny sings it and the context given his situation just makes it so good
“One of the saddest and most memorable songs in all of history.”
It's not sad, it's power. The story of someone realising that they let it all go but can get it all back. But to do so they need to stand, and fight. Themselves.
th-cam.com/video/KR4DjYczINM/w-d-xo.html it was a cover.... a good one but it was in fact a cover song
@@TurtleIsSlow1 So what. It is considered to be one of the best covers and greatest videos of all-time. When the guy who wrote and originally performed the song remarks: "that song isn't mine anymore", that says it all.
Agreed
REM all around me is sadder
“Money can’t buy back your youth when you’re old, a friend when you’re lonely, or peace to your soul.” Johnny Cash
So fucking true the truest thing I ever heard
Thats beautiful
Money can’t buy love
That’s fucking deep , but so true ... everyone I care about goes away eventually... Just how it’s always been I honestly don’t know why
True men, but its ironic. His surname is Cash
He's *71,* his voice is wearing out, he's 6 months away from dying, but he still picked up his guitar and did the best he could do. LEGEND!
Not just did his best but the best. This song can never been done better.
he didnt play the actual melody, did he? i've heard he wasnt able to.
Sounded like a goodbye and sorry for past hurts. Nine Inch Nails cant touch that old boy.
RIP Man In Black
@@AutisticGamer2K5 I've looked and there's no reports of Clint Eastwood's death, Alex Trebek is dead tho
Man, it hurts, no pun intended. I know a 76 year old and the day he dies will be the worst thing to happen to me.
6 years clean from Heroin. Never have to feel that sting again. We do recover!
congrats homie
10 years of the bottle. Yes we do
Congrats!
Good luck on 7 man
👏🏻
Cash's version of this song is great, but the old footage interspersed throughout the video just enhances the meaning and pushes it over the top. Like life flashing before his eyes in his final days.
Wow
So true 💔
So true
Oh damn y'all here too for the free snacks
Love your channel guys!
Reznor's version is a young man battling self-destructive tendencies.
Cash's version is an old man near the end of his life, looking back on past regrets.
Reznor said in an interview after hearing Johnny Cash's cover it was weird. He realized the song wasn't his anymore.
@@patraic5241 i just decided to learn playing this song today like right now.and yeah I saw that interview where Trent said it's not his song anymore. Thats comming a lot from someone like him his songs are too personal.
Crazy how the exact same song can be two totally different songs at the same time!
@@patraic5241 originally he hated the cover. Saying it was like someone fucking his girlfriend. After seeing it blow up and actually listening to it he admitted it was like realizing "his girl" was better off with someone else.
@@R0FLC4T5 not exactly true. He liked it when he watched the music video before it was all released and that's when he understood it and fell in love with the cover.
I know I’m not the only one, but “everyone I know goes away in the end” hits harder and harder the older I get.
Your not the only one
Well I’ll see you in the end hope somethings there ?
Yep. Especially after "what have I become, my sweetest friend". Its a gut wrenching song, with different meanings, but both versions can rip you in two. Pure brilliance.
And we'll miss them. We always will. And is not a bad thing.
They do all go away, don't they? The reality of "life" is that it always ends in "death."
To anybody reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind may clarity replace.
I appreciate it 🙏
Thank you...May Jesus bless you.
Blessings to you as well!!
@e1t164 means alot
Pray with me brother
An old man reflects on his life before he faces eternity. God bless Johnny Cash's soul.
Amen brother, amen....
@@user-A-png With everything going on in the world in these current times, I believe you're very right. Soon.
Perhaps he may become a highway man again.
@@ShainAndrews I don't doubt for you there was seemingly nothing, however I believe it differs for many people. For example some people who have died and been revived have recounted seeing their loved ones that have passed, seen Saint Peter, Jesus/heaven, seen their loved ones still alive from above, some have even seen what could resemble hell, scary things etc.
@@KickingAssDaily another awesome tune
I'm 71... this song makes me cry like a baby.... the closer you get to The End. The more profound this song becomes...😢
Thank you, That means the song will get 21 years better for me before I am your age. And I already love it with all my heart. This is the soundtrack to ROCK BOTTOM. :)
It feels heavy for me and I'm just 13
I'm 45 mate and this song still makes me cry like a baby 😢and I grew up with the original nine inch nails song 😢 it doesn't belong to Trent razor anymore 😢
Just 28, but..ç
@Isaac Gould little brother... don't worry to much. Just have fun.
It's just a gamble from day 1.
Hearing Cash refer to all of his wealth and fortune as an “empire of dirt” really hits you right in the soul
I saw this on a friend's 50-inch TV, really loud,I starting crying,went past all my defense,hit "home", being an American-born songwriter living in Sweden...
@@chadtheboris wouldn’t go that far
I know he didn't write this song but it resonated with him because of its message. What really matters at the end of our lives isn't the awards, promotions or financial success. What counts are the decisions we've made and how they affected others. I hope this was cathartic for him and that he also remembered he did a lot of good things.
@@chadtheboris means a lot when you can ensure your kids kid’s grandchildren will have good lives
It truly does
The way June Carter gazes at her husband. It’s such a look of love, admiration, and sadness.
She would pass away 3 months later, and him, 7 months.
I think that was pretty much what did it for Johnny.
@@blazinpuffsyou're exactly right buddy, this generation of country spoke the fucking truth about life and I'm not talking about this cover, Jones, Tammy, Paycheck, Gary Stewart and the list goes on, people that sung what they lived!!!
I don’t think there has ever been a more pure look into the window of someone’s soul than this recording. It’s a masterpiece.
Masterpiece, how this man reflects on his past, it's real.
It's extremely fitting that he didn't write the song either, just like all his other shit
Seems like you don't know that it is just a cover and not his song at all.
@@wizewizard1840 Of course I know that Trent Reznor wrote the song. But it takes on a whole different perspective with Johnny Cash singing it. The song is applicable to both of them. But as Reznor said, “the Song is no longer mine anymore”. To me, it’s like Reznor Received this song From that magical place where songs come from and he was just a vessel to get the words to Johnny Cash. And the rest is history as they say. Kudos to Rick Rubin for getting this out of Johnny Cash.
@@frankinvan You should look up the rest of that quote, you're taking completely out of context. Trent still plays his superior version of his song live. The woman beater Cash received Trent's song from that magical place he received every other one of his songs from, an actually literate song writer.
I can think of no greater honor than to have Johnny Cash cover a song you wrote as his final goodbye.
Trent Reznor, from Nine Inch Nails, said once Johnny Cash covers your song, it's no longer yours. Trent said this with immense respect and gratitude .
He gave it to to the man.
He meant it as the greatest honor and gratitude, ole Johnny Boy did Trent solid I would say
Even better when you realize he's telling you he raped his daughter walking around Jenny's rape house from Forrest Gump
😢
One of a kind. People say Elvis was king. Johnny was Eternal
Well said
Elvis was a legend, Freddie Mercury was a legend, Johnny Cash was a legend, Kurt Cobain was a legend, MJ was a legend, John Lennon was a legend, Frank Sinatra was a legend, all these people were,stop arguing who was the best
@@baunilhabaiana Amen
Wow I couldn’t have said it better myself thank you for this moment in time !
@@baunilhabaiana you are a legend yourself, never forget that.
I don’t know how you could watch this and not get emotional.
I come here every now and then to see if I still feel
@@BLVCKSCORPsame brother same. My dad and gramps been gone awhile but this always makes me feel close to them.
The fact an old man sitting on a chair singing about sad things in life makes me fucking cry ...
Yeah, same. The sad thing is we're all doomed to that same fate. Everyone we know goes away in the end. :(
Hes talking about being addicted to heroin,,,,in case you couldn't tell. And the way it affects your friends and family. Now go listen to the song again. And understand the real pain.
@@gildog391 By the way, I forgot to mention in my rant, pay attention to the video Mr. Righteous Brave Heart. Clearly you're capable of reading between the lines whereas the rest of us can't.
@@netkosent1620 dang brother. I apologize. Was just making an observation based on life experience. I meant no harm.sorry brother
@@gildog391 Nah, you don't need to apologize bro. I was being a dick about it and could have went about it like a normal dude. I should be the one to apologize. I'm having a extremely shit day and took it out on you man. I apologize about that. NIN's version, the original, was exactly as you said. That's how the song itself was created. Cash used it for other purpose, which also included his addiction, and even with that being the case, I was being a real dick about it. Anyways, I apologize for that and really have no ill intent toward you for what you said. Truly hope you have a good evening man and again, sorry about being a shit head.
I’m not afraid of dying
I’m afraid of everyone I care about dying.
same
Marcus Witting 15*
Me too
Marcus Witting why does their age matter?
Ur like 15 relax
What hurts the most was the fact that Cash was ready to leave, the tiredness of his voice says it all.
😢
I think he had come to peace with his past, forgiven himself, and found happiness with God and June. When she was gone, I think he was ready to join her.
I think his wife passing was the nail in his coffin. He had no reason to stay anymore. Exactly what my granpop told me when my grams passed, " Just waiting impatiently to be reunited with my best friend cause the world is cold and dark without her!" were his words. They were together since she was 14 & she passed at age 69. Anywhats, yes... u can hear the weariness in his voice.
@@riotgirrrlwise5513 Well, someday you'll see them again. God bless you.
@@riotgirrrlwise5513 Hey, I hear you . Weren't our folks the best? Let's teach our kids the same.!
Johnny is one of the few celebrities that I became misty-eyed over when I saw the front page headline that he had died. I grew up on his music and literally felt as though I'd lost a friend. I'm a non-religious, non believer, but I hope that he went to the Heaven that he believed in.
I read that Cash felt that a year after his death, the world would have forgotten about his music and his life...
169 million views...
RIP, Sir...
Very well put!
ABSOLUTELY NEVER would we have forgotten this man's amazing life and story or music! I just introduced the 18yo on the line at the factory last night to this amazing artist with the song "One Piece at a Time ".
this video had something like 50M views back before they deleted the 'unofficial' channel's video and put this up. It was one of the most viewed music videos on youtube at the time.
...well after all every one of us is still searching for the comfort in The Music... Depending on our in-the-time situation we do apply for ourselves "something" that soothes our minds... The "Hurt" fills everything I need at the moment... It is just PERFECT
169 million views and counting. Nobody should forget Johnny Cash and the impact he made on this world.
it’s beautiful that this song was originally sang by a young man who was searching for himself that was just beginning life, and was then covered by a man at the end of his life looking back at his accomplishments and wishing he could go back. truly beautiful, and truly one of the greatest covers of a song ever.
Same can be said of his cover of "In My Life"
And realized it was all "dirt."
What tops it all off is Trent gave Johnny the song. Not because it was Johnny Cash, because he put more power to the words he written. A rare instance of giving back the torch so he could burn that much brighter.
@@uncleseamus4289
"Reznor was initially unsure about Cash covering his song, fearing that it would be “gimmicky”, and he was not blown away when he first heard Cash’s version. But when he saw the video, this changed. With “tears welling, silence, goosebumps”, he recognised its significance.
Reznor’s “valentine to the sufferer” at that point became Cash’s swan song. After watching it, Reznor said: “That song isn’t mine any more.”
---The Financial Times
'nuff said you said it best
Seeing a young man regret his life decisions is sad, but we know they have time to make plenty of good decisions in the future. Seeing Johnny Cash here, at the end of his life, is straight up tragic. The way he sings it with so much emotion, the fantastic video showing his legacy and life. It's the most heart-breaking piece of media ever.
Why did it got deleted?
@@lukasrbic6008 Because they wanted to upload it in this channel i guess
@@uncleelement2570
To add to that, they probably didn't want the two to be confused.
@@lukasrbic6008 da postuju sa oficijalnog kanala
Fuck. TH-cam.
Dec 21.... I'm a 64 soon to be 65...
Johnny Cash was a Gem
You didn’t let us down,
But you did make it hurt.
Rest in peace, Johnny
1932 - 2003
Absolutely.
tears...
When Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuked he was 13.
WWE Monday Night RAW In Memory of Eddie Guerrero. 1967-2005.
What a legacy! Love this man!
Trent wrote this song from the perspective of a young man battling to keep control of his life over his drug addiction. Johnny sung this song from the perspective of an old man who has battled his whole life with drug addiction, and the mountain of pain/guilt/regret it's caused. I like both perspectives of the same painful struggle, but God this version makes me cry.
Both performed this song with death knocking on the door.
agreed. It gets me every time. "What have I become.....i will let you down, i will make you hurt..." 😢
@@larrylinn8589 Agreed, everytime I listen to the song, I have to hear both. And for the NIN one, the live version Hurt (live) 1995.
Never did drugs or even a little drop of alcohol. From my14 years until nowadays i kept smoking regular cigarettes. My addiction never caused no harm except to me. But this song always reminds me about things that i`ve done and i`m not proud about them . Unecessary revenges, lies , swindles in which i played a role. Most of times, it was just to survive, specially in my job, but not only in it. One way or another it was always to survive, but i wasn`t as brave AS i could be.
@Bloodyrebel I just found this song and have listened to both versions. i think I relate more to Johnny's take - because at my age I'm closer to the end than the beginning. I still struggle to deal with the "pain/guilt/regret" stuff while trying to remember the good stuff I've done in my life. But Johnny Cash's take on this song is a gut punching make me bawl like a baby masterpiece. Anyone, whether or not they have substance issues, who listens to this piece and is not moved to some self reflection is not human.
My Grandpa died a few weeks ago. Johnny was mine and his favourite to listen to together. I said my final goodbyes to him, got in my car and drove aimlessly with this song blasting. Uncontrollable tears, but a part of me knew that he had lived a good life. Much like you can tell Johnny had lived and it was his time. Johnny will always take me to a place where I'll always feel close to my Grandpa. We'll meet again Gramps.
The last song he listened to was 'Ring of Fire' and just about summoned enough energy to tap his finger to the tune, will always be good memories.
I'm sorry about that but I happy you know there never gone there always in our hearts no matter what
I’m sorry for your pain. Don’t think if it as a loss
@@midoribookstore I know we'll meet again some sunny day, keep smiling through just like you always do, till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away!
I actually cried reading this sorry about that man
The man in black. True gothic. Is this his magnum opus? His most profound statement. We all go home one day. The American series are a treasure to humanity. God bless Johnny cash.
I love this version. It’s just a man at the end of his life singing about what it’s like to be human. The truth in this song speaks to my soul. Such a great version.
Agree!! And yes
$$$$$$$$$# no Elvis Double seen in Vegas since 2004. Johnny who please? quit smoking george
No doubt 🔥
@@Blueluise 🤔
💔😭
Can’t get through this song without getting choked up. Never has someone so completely owned a cover song like Johnny did here.
five finger death punch gone away !
Hendrix all along the watchtower
Storm Ghost that ones up there. Jimi certainly made that song his own. The difference for me is that the entire perspective and view point of the song changed between Cash’s and Trent’s versions. You can sense Johnny feeling his own interpretation of the lyrics.
It is amazing - as is the original from 9 inch nails what about Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
@@Ralphanthonybianscomusic you're right, hendrix make watchtower 100x more awesome but cash took hurt, combined it with his own life and pain, and completely changed the song
He kept his promise, he never lied. He's the Man in Black...
That is totally true bro the man in Black stayed the man in Black for the rest of his life he kept his word and his promise but sad it never came to be
Bro if you listen to all his songs he struggled with so many issues just not with world Peace he thought one day it would come to be he truly believed and with the state that the worlds in today he would still have that faith
@@paulconnors9213 Leslie chow made this song
You're right
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He wasn't unhappy, He enjoyed life. His wife was his everything, and when she passed he lost everything that was truly real.
rip we all loved him
Except his pain lmao
My grandfather said he liked cash's music but not what he did. Because cash divorced his first wife and gave himself to drugs, I think. But may God rest both their souls. They're both in the other place now.
@@prayunceasingly2029 from what I read in the Johnny cash museum was that his first wife left him because she couldn’t put up with his lifestyle as he had fallen into drugs. But June helped him recover from his addiction and that’s when he gave himself to God. I think that’s a true testament of no matter how bad you might think you are, there is always hope. That is why I love him, because he portrays real life, and how you can overcome those drug addictions and become a better person!
@@monicayami2298
Good points! Have a great day.
The older you get, the harder this hits. Best cover ever.
I must be getting old...
So true. The sand in the hour glass is slipping away.
You seriously are not kidding
I’m glad that there’s something to look forward to
Getting old is part of our lives. We cannot avoid that as long as we enjoy our life before we die.
Whoever directed this Video deserves an Academy Award.
he got one for this
@@nikosscharp2918 Amen brother
I think it was rick ruban
100% it was.
Trent Reznor originally wrote the song. Rick Rubin produced Johnny Cash's version. Mark Romanek directed the video.
A so powerful and emotional interpretation. Only someone who passed the worst in life can bring out something like this. Thank you man in black.
Probably one of the greatest covers ever made.
this song feels almost like it was writen for him, it is probably the best cover ever just for that fact alone
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th-cam.com/video/8AHCfZTRGiI/w-d-xo.html this is the greatest cover of all time
@@pappar2669 this cover is best along with jimi hendrix all along the watchtower
@@manzarek74 why don't you click on the link ;)
Cash's version touches a man to the core...
I may have only been on this earth for 15 years... it still does and forever will
@@mikehawk9773 ikr
Malik Hamidon Trent’s version is like someone who’s going insane and is about to kill himself. Cash’s is like that he’s ready to die from age.
Yes. Yes it does. In an insane way
@@mondobananas1832 I've been there in Trent's version. And Cash's version is true to what you say, he misses his buddies as apparent with a table laden out for a banquet for one
Singing up until the day he died. He is incomparable.
Try 'call me kevin'
James brown did that too
@@mrhydratedhydrated2175 have you praised the dear leader today?
B.B king did that as well
mr hydrated i just saw that like an hour ago 👌
One of the rare case where the cover is better than the original song. Chapeaux Mr Cash, you're gonna be eternal.
RIP Mr. Cash
1932 - 2003
Your music and memory will live on forever and ever.😔
My Uncle Johnny Cash is alive and well.
marco garza - That’s right, brother Johnny is in the presence of the absolute Holy God and has bowed at Jesus feet. He is alive and well as is Jesus.
Better than what we have today
@Dzianis Liahkou He was great on picking out those base notes in his early songs.
Then take away the "rip" from your last comment
I'm a grown man nearly 60 years old and I've heard this song countless times, yet I can't help but cry each time I hear it.
Me too. I feel every word deep in my soul. God bless
I cry as well brother.
Alex Trebek & Bruno Mars have died.
You cry like me because we are all fragile humans trying to wriggle our way through the ant hill of life. Stay strong 💪🏼
@@AutisticGamer2K5 the fuck are you talking about
Doesn’t matter if he’s 20 or 70, he’s got the best voice in country history
Damn right
Agreed
Honestly I'd say third best(across all genres in terms of conveying emotion) after Freddie Mercury and Paul Anka. That's my personal preference.
@@neckromancer9050 elton john
No, I think somebody else's are. Watch this to find out whose voise is better than Johnny's: m.th-cam.com/video/9c1-EttBOpc/w-d-xo.html
He passed in less than 7 months after this song was released.
He made his masterpiece right before he left this earth
An he loved this Nine Inch Nails song that he had to do a cover of it.
You can hear everything, good or bad, he's done, in his voice. There will never be another Johnny Cash. National Treasure.
Wrong, my good man. _Universal_ treasure.
💯🖤
Tappychef International treasure!
LEGEND.... FROM 🏴
"You can have it all, my empire of dirt."
Stay safe out there...
"September to Remember"
This is the most honest and devastating song I've ever heard.
have you the original by nine inch nails? also pretty hard hitting as well
Ayla Pluhar NIN is good’ but Johnny sings it better and you can understand him more
@@sugarpants21 NIN song slaps, but johnny cash's cover has more emotion behind it, especially if you know his past which makes the song that much more emotional
So true
sure is true, has much more emotion than his other songs such as the man comes around and the passenger, rip mr cash 👍😢 i hurt my fruit today
Standing riddled with cancer, literally standing in his shoes, this song is such a release, a song to cry to and to see it all so clearly. Just hug the ones you love and do it today. Bless you all.
i hope you get your second chance man... i will follow your advice and keep it with me
I hope you're okay, I'm so very sorry
Just know we are fighting along side you!
I agree it’s so masterful and honest. Thank you for sharing your comment, you have taught me something today, I will remember this.
💜
I lost my best friend today. My Dad, he was a musician that battled but was a legacy of good memories outweighing the bad ones. Gods grace and redemption is real. I love you Dad, your legacy continues because you chose God and to be sober the last twenty years. Now you’re playing music in heaven, zero doubt.
Sorry forgot your loss ❤
This song makes me cry everytime i listen to it,remembering lost loved ones 😢
I'm so sorry
tout le monde s'en fou de ta vie lol
Im not too much of an emotional person but wow. This song just had me blubbering. Watching a man near the end of his life coming to truly accept the worthlessness of worldly things just hits me.
You should check out his song "The man comes around". Oof that shit is pretty powerful too and beyond biblical rapture shit.
Me too
@@Superkaioken87 I just checked it out. Thank you for introducing that to me. I love that Johnny probably has plenty of non Christian fans, but he isnt afraid to reference the Bible.
It is almost he would have been a bad man, in the way he says, wouldn't he? I don t say he was.
@@untio i think as hes reflecting he now starts to see that all the money and fame he had and all the people he knew cant save him from facing mortality.
" Everyone I know goes away in the end" This song is so brutally honest and depressing but beautiful at the same time. Love it.
ikr I'm graduating from college this semester and the amount of people I've seen come and go in the past 4 years is crazy
@@tvbnine793 haha I am graduating too!
I'm going through this.... I have hate.
@@Sanctus_Manifesto I will pray extra for your freedom from that hatred.
you could have it all. My empire of dirt
An old man facing his end, looking back at everything he’s ever done, knowing he’s gonna die soon. Such a sad song...
Sad yet beautiful.
U must find joy in the life u were giving make it a good one because it's the only lufe it going to have
The saddest part for me is :"everyone I know, goes away, in the end." My grandfather said once something similar to me, and this makes me scared of being old.
The sadness I've always thought of, is that people cannot possibly live long enough to see the true depth of their works. I don't always care for his music, but this song just gets me. And as long as the song exists, it will touch people. Maybe he DID get to start again. He died as a man, and was reborn in the spirit of his music.
His wife, June Carter, that we can see in the video, died a couple of months after the video was filmed. Johnny Cash died 4 months after her.
This video is an epitaph.
One of the most sad and beautiful songs ever
even in 2020, we still miss you, Johnny.
He had a hell of a life
On god
Very true
@@eddyavitia1177 *satan
Me too
“What have I become? My sweetest friend.” This song hits so hard
Explain plz???
Nine Inch Nails song- Johnny covered it...and Cash's is better!
@johnboi6916 Maybe Trent Reznor (NIN) was referring to a specific person in his life. (Originally written and performed by Nine Inch Nails.) Their video is super creepy to the point it could give some people nightmares...so- in response to the comments above mine- yes. It sounds very profound coming from Johnny. And maybe that was his take on his own life.
@@johnboi6916 The song is about heroin addiction
@@DamnAIITheNamesAreTaken"The old familiar sting"
When he closes the piano and caresses it at the end, it's a very special moment. Thank you Johnny for all the music.
From what I read it has never been opened again, and there is no intention to do so in the future from his family.
It's like closing the lid on his coffin
You stay the hell away from me you hear
dealing empires, ok, something in the background tells me that neither Russia, India, China r Japan ever had a QUEEEN. so forget britannia rules the world
Schindlers list, the needle tears a whoele..the other stuff Luouisianna or slavery orgingianl times?
This song reminds me of all my sins and shortcomings. It humbles me. I shouldn’t judge others, I shouldn’t cast a stone, I have too many sins of my own. Do the best I can today to be a better version of myself so I have less regrets when I get to the end of my life.
The fact he died shortly after covering this masterpiece is a blessed ending to a blessed life. You can see in his and his wife's eyes they know. Man went out with a bang. Truly the champion. R.i.p Cash
Yeah.
yeah this song is really great but fun fact he just take it from an another band, if you are curious to see where it from it's a band called nine inch nails and the tittle is just same.
This isn't a cover, my friend. Trent Reznor covered this one
@@ZiggyStardustKitty Trent's came out 8 years before Johnny's mate. This is a cover. A magnificent one, but still a cover.
@@ZiggyStardustKitty yeah Nin did it first still a great cover though
"Trust gets you killed, love gets you hurt and being real gets you hated."-Johnny Cash.
R.I.P to one of the realest man we've known.
For sure man. Rest in peace Cash
stop being a hater
Ryan Hallberg how’s he being a hater?
Jose Hernandez he literally said “...’”real gets you hated.”’ ... R.I.P to one of the realest man we’ve known “. It was a joke on what he said.
r/whoosh
Ryan Hallberg oh, I’m sorry then
He knew that his time was limited. This was his goodbye.
And it was a perfect one
All our time is ...
he didn't want to do this song, it was Rick Rubins idea.
@@areshotrod6395 Wasn't it, though! This song is a BRILLIANT summation of Cash's career. Trent wrote a masterpiece with this song, and Cash made that masterpiece come to life with so much emotion.
and to think he didn't want to do this song originally i am so glad he managed to do it and see himself back on top one last time before he went away (not to mention the execution is brilliant)
I really think this may be one of the greatest pieces of art anyone ever created. Him covering this, the montage of clips, filtering in the crucifixion at just the right time, and still allowing us to see him in that raw form (which he was familiar with having suffered from addiction in public eye most of his life) - trembling, aged hands and all. It’s just one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. I come here often and welcome my tears. Rip Mr. Cash. June, too. ♥️
This is one of the most emotionally raw and real music videos of all time.
Truly! I think he is referring to the price of fame and what it costs to become famous??? He is however trying to reach out as a Christian through many of his songs and show that Jesus saves. In my opinion.
@@love.6312 Both youth and elderly, a reach which i did and named it: BIBLE + FREEMASONRY.
Get to know who they are - where they are - how and why they deceive - how they communicate, then expose them.
There is NO EVOLUTION, every living creature got created by GOD after its own kind.
No mattering what and how many schools/university you attend to, feather you`d be in or out of schools system, you are still living with the lack of knowledge if not daring to read the BIBLE nor search and expose masons.
Dare to ask - dare to seek - dare to knock:
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Hence the 238 million views.
The music video is one of the cases where happenstance works out perfectly. They had a plan to shoot at the Johnny Cash museum, and that was about it. The state it was in was what inspired the direction of the video, and little things, like the moment when June is on the stairs looking down at Johnny, that wasn't planned either, but all works perfect. Short of it, it has that raw and real feeling because it wasn't scripted or planned beforehand.
Well said!
The most terrifying thing about these lyrics is how they are delivered. This is just totally open and soul baring
Not sure that "terrifying" is the right way to put it, but he certainly sings the song with meaning and conviction.
Because it's utterly truthful
It’s sad, he knew he was dying and it was bc of a broken heart😢
It's terrifying good, cause it's sung with so much defenceless truth.
@@sequoialehn9908No, it was from complications with diabetes and old age.
Johnny couldn’t have done a better song at the end of his career and life. It cuts right through the soul.
Amen.......
Amen
It's a cover of 9 inch nails. But yeah, it's kinda his song now, probably the best cover ever.
@@CarlosFlores-bn3lz Everyone knows that, Trent Reznor even said it isn't his song anymore. Absolutely the best cover in history
@@clipdumpforspace if someone says that the cover is now the original song,then you know that the person who did it deserved
Anybody else tear up ? The scene with the Savior on the cross says everything that needs to be said!
Not everyone has the same beliefs as you, bucko.
This was Johnny’s way of goodbye to everyone. We truly don’t appreciate what we have to it’s gone forever, we miss you Mr. Cash.
Source? Not doubting you but I've always thought that this was just him coming to conclusions that he doesn't have long left on earth so he wanted to make one last song *"beneath the stains of time"* sings to me that he knows he's on his way out but I didn't know if this was genuinely a goodbye or not 😢
@@SSNebula this was never a problem before and I hate when people say "source" as if what someone is saying isn't true. If you know you know, sadly that's how it is, or you could do some simple research but even then this generation somehow can't even do that right. I remember when this song was a lot newer and everyone understood the message and felt it, but now somehow the next generation completely forgets everything and needs scientific proof of a song, most of this generation can't even dissect music and are trying to question others as if something isn't right. Everything you need to know is right in front of you if you slow down and look at what's going on.
@@4oh8cal grow up!
@@4oh8cal You do know this was a cover, right? Trying to attribute something to a song without even knowing the facts is a problem with the older generations, feeling their opinion sometimes has meaning even if it is uninformed and not supported by the facts.
tl:dr Ok boomer
@@bassoijer9227 I know it's a cover but people running around asking "source" as if something isn't true is ridiculous. If someone says something that doesn't make sense you have the whole internet to figure it out. And like I said, do some basic research.
For some reason, the pain in his voice brings tears to my eyes.
Because it is real.
And the pain in lyrics come the tears.
Regrets
TuT always I listen this song, makes me cry...
Yeah that’s how I feel like I feel his pain
Doesn't matter the instrument the artist plays this song on: if the artist is hurting deep within their soul, the instrument they're playing it on will cry with them.
A man repenting for his sins. And there were a lot of them. RIP JR Cash
he called his entire career dirt, he knows in the face of death only life is valuable. Many images of christ, I believe you are right in that he was repenting.
Alexander Stoll his drug addiction, his affairs (notably with June Carter), I think he found redemption in the end
i made an alternative music video for this song:
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@@signalmanmusic4225 I mean, this isnt his words but ok
@@Mortlerickle123 But he obviously found meaning in the words for his own self if he made this cover
An anthem for the regretful, the self-hating, the ashamed, and the lonely.
I am all of those
@@charliemorton2522 same here.😔
Perfect way to describe this song
And honest.....
I’m the last two
Mad respect to June for sticking by him through thick and thin. What a wonderful woman she was
@@rainbowunicornnun nowadays she would divorce him just to get his money
She truly was beautiful, inside and out. Women like her and her generation will sadly take that quality with them.
No, Johnny & June's voices suck. Watch both videos to find out who beats them out: m.th-cam.com/video/Foi0so2CHPM/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1
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In all fairness, Johnny Cash made an assload of money. Any 'good woman' with any fading echo of former attractiveness left in her aging body will dump a man like a bad habit if he stops making bread.
Doesn't matter if they've been married 40 years.
@@rainbowunicornnun Telling it like it is is pitiful?
Look everyone, this is a good song and all, but Johnny Cash had a damn good life compared to most people!
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
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'm 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 would keep myself
I would find a way
the fact that there are so many people(including me) who can feel this pain and grief is sad but astonishing and the older you get the more you can understand him
I know him through his way of connecting with us the music is just a vehicle
U cannot escape it unless u follow me.
😔🇧🇷😘
I think .... that his pain was/is real .... and the "way", he expresses it through this Song goes deep in people hearts, who felt or feel that pain. The Artist, is all about expression. A good Artist is able to express his subjective reality to the people, so that their reality gets shaped by the Artist. Or shorter: Johnny Cash is a Legend !
Very true, I know your pain 💜✌️
I honestly think Johnny knew his time was coming to an end soon when he agreed to do a cover of this song. So much of him is in it. Raw emotion, longing, regret, and yes, hurt.
Whenever I need to feel sad (and yes, sometimes you need to, it's a healthy emotion) I listen to this song. Strangely, it also makes me feel better to know that someone else looked back over their life and acknowledged the roads both taken and not taken and the regret that causes.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Cash. You are sorely missed. I sincerely hope that you are in a better, happier place with June. 😢
Well said, brought a tear to my eyes.
IF you make it to 81 as I have, every word cuts deep.
RIP, Johnny Cash.🌹
@@JohnMoore-xf5wy Not 81, but 55. That said, 21 years in military and deployed to three different armed conflicts has left me drained and "hurt". 😫
@@thomashauguel6811
Of that I have NO DOUBT.
Welcome home.🌹🇺🇸
Im 28 but I feel like a old man. I am busted up body and broken down I really don't know how much longer I can go on.
"Dying is not hard. It is only difficult for those who are left behind."
You are a part of his empire of dirt and musical gold.
Thank you for existing.
This is why people want to live.
🤗
Logan. There's still time.
Как не хватает таких людей в это безумное время, спасибо Джон,всегда в сердце.
Rest in peace to the man in black. Lost, but will NEVER be forgotten.
Welp i forgot
@@joshthehawk746 stfu
@@joshthehawk746you pig
Men in black international?
@@theinternetlawyer7126 no just no
im so glad people still come back to this. i see new comments all the time and it makes me happy that this old man cleansing his soul is never forgotten.
I couldn't said it better
greetings from Greece :)
эпический loser there is something special about this song. i am just 20 year old trying to find my purpose in life still i sometimes listen to this song
Well, this video was only put on TH-cam a few months ago.
We can't forget legends
pain is the only thing that's real... great song, great times . good day
This is the kind of video where you close the tab and think about what you've seen. And as good as the song is, I credit the editing just as much. There's so much to digest from Johnny Cash's career as a public figure. This is brilliant work. Thank you
I just rewatched this video after I long time to think about the lyrics...it's like he's accepted the path that was put right beneath his feet, trying to hold onto his ego though knowing deeply within that it'd be totally in vain either way.
The lack of corporal awareness is just refering to the contemplation of objective reality; becoming part of his enviroment.
He stops caring about what he's done in life, approaching a new "way", that's always been there.
It is astonishing..
I've listened to this many times with my phone in my pocket, this is my first time actually watching the video and the editing completely blew me away. Especially as the song comes to its climax, just wonderful
It is great. Hard to tell which I like better, the original Nine Inch Nails version of this song or Johnny's cover of it. They are both awesome in their own ways, but ultimate credit still has to go to NIN for writing the song in the first place.
When you see a channel you follow enjoying the content you do...a day apart :') you are good people SNES Drunk
Dec 16 2024. I cry every time I listen to this
Been a Johnny Cash fan since I was a young man, 72 now, and I had never heard this song until my daughter turned me onto it a couple of months ago! Anyone who has hit bottom, especially from the needle, this song describes it perfectly! Luckily, was saved by JESUS and my wonderful wife of the last 54 years! Thank you, Johnny!
R.I.P. Johnny Cash. This version, with how close to his death it was and with how much experience it's sung, gives that song a really special feel to it.
R.I.P
a god of the music
Is it possible to see museum or house he lived? I am European living in California and my company will send me to work 2 weeks in Henderson. His music was very popular in my country.
The links above suggest, at least, that his last primary home burned to the ground after his death, but I'm not sure about that. @@modricaninmodricki7559
@@modricaninmodricki7559 in *Nashville, Tennessee there's a Johnny Cash museum
Cash died 7 months after the video was recorded. His wife June died 4 months earlier. Truly his swan song.
@@simeonrubko1218Bro, hope you can find the peace, but let me tell you something, even in the dead always remember, your father and ur wife stay with u, never give up
@@simeonrubko1218 brother I have been going through similar issues, my suggestion is seek to find the lord Jesus brother, this is what saved Johnny cash and myself, because of prophesies written thousands of years ago I know the end of the world is around the corner, god is taking some of those that he loves early so that they don’t have to go through the mess that is coming, they are blessed ones 🙏 stay strong brother 💪
@@simeonrubko1218 espero estes bien, te mando muchas fuerzas.. saludos desde argentina
@@simeonrubko1218 Grief and pain can feel unbearable in times like these as they come and go in waves, but I hope you find something to hold on to life as I am sure your wife and father would want you to go on. Start with watching the sun rise and try to grab every single day for you. The pain will mute down in time and change you. All the best to you mate.
@@simeonrubko1218 I feel your pain.Words cannot express what you are going through right now.I pray for you that you will not give up and have the strength to continue.psalm 147/3,4,5 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
"Everyone I know goes away in the end." Truer words have never been said.
Who did you lose ?
DeadEnder he doesn’t have to lose anyone but every body goes away in the end
Oh
Verve Bitter Sweet Symphony
“You’re a slave to money then you die”
Oh so true
It's amazing how in 4 months Johnny Cash wrote and sung over 60 songs.
When I hear Trent Reznor’s version, I hear pain and self-loathing. When I hear Johnny Cash’s version, I hear looking back at the end of life with regrets.
Well said Joe
Same
And that's why Johnny's version hits so much harder than Trent's
@@roninskater1128 even trent Reznor said hearing johnny and the cover were so emotional for him and I look at them as two different songs. The way each artist sang it and the meaning it had to each of them is a beauty in and of itself
The video also pushes that perspective on the listener.
This song still hits hard
Not as hard as my dads belt does..
Rip to my pop pop who showed me Johnny Cash ):
do you checkmarked people just reply to random popular stuff to promote your channel?
Good old days
Facts
At 67 years old and having lost both my parents, father in law, and my best friend I find myself reflecting back more and more these days. I can feel his pain when he sings! Maybe we should all try to be a little more kind to those we love, life is much too short!
my condolences for you.
heavenly Father YHWH loves you with all his heart dont ever think u are alone.
.Psalm 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my G_d, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
At 42 youngest of 8. I had heart attack. Widow maker as Drs told me after. I'm lucky to be alive. Only 12% make it. I'm thankful to be alive. I've busted my ass since I could remember. Have had success business last 20 years. But with that caused a lot of pain, lonely ness. I know the pain and regret he sings in song. I don't know if I have I have much time left. I retired and trying to spend time with my family.
I'm 27 and have been more active than ever. The sad thing is, only people around your age acknowledge me and even say hi when I walk by. I make an effort to be a human being, but people just ignore me most of the time even if I say hi politely :(
@@the77don I'm 60 and have lived a great life hard at times but more good than bad.... people probably don't notice you because we all have a lot going on and are mostly focused on our task at hand... People are so stressed out and miserable with the kinds of life we're living these days they go through life like zombies
I
Kudos, James
I just had to put my beloved cat of 18 years down. I’m sitting in my cold, dark office and this song is the only thing I could think of.
‘Everyone goes away in the end.’
Thank you, Emily.
He just sang with his whole soul. Raw emotion and no lies
That why it is perfect.
Lying to yourself about what’s important. Then what actually matters is gone, and you’d trade everything
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Bob Barker died.
@@bedroombully9614 here 3 years later but I’m at that cross road in my life brotha
It's crazy to think that his health was failing while singing this song. Rubin said sometime he couldn't even get the words out they'd sou d so raspy... The fact he took the song and sang it going through all the health problems he was facing, then the lyrics of this song with him singing just makes it so powerful. Especially know his life's story and what hes ben through. What a life and what a way to end it. He'll be remembered forever through all of us. Mental health is a real issue that many people ignore. Legendary cash.
A legend
His family commented that he sounded like he was going to die. " I am."
100% so real.
@Evan Jon truth
I believe few people truly understand the depths of this song, many might think they do, and maybe that’s enough, but for those of us that experienced it in an all to similar way; living more in one lifetime than most would ever do in 20 lifetimes. From the greatest highs and feelings of invincibility to the oblivion of addiction and the ever-encompassing sadness. He sang this song -Hurt, because he LIVED it. Every word, feeling, and verse was him, all the pain, anger, lies, addictions, sorrow, and regrets of a lifetime summed up in a song that, although he didn’t write, he could leave the world with.
When he is pouring the wine and his hands are shaking is such a powerful message.
Wait I don’t understand..
@@thatdamnguy9566 parkinson's
@@LyfeBroo He didn't have parkinsons, the shaking was due to severe complications from diabetes which later killed him.
@@TheInfamousDH twas but a joke
I think you’re reading too far into this
The most powerful rendition of this song. Anybody who’s been in the music industry understands this
This was quite literally Cash's final farewell song to the world. It was filmed in February 2003. His wife, June Cash (seen in the video at 2:34), died 3 months after this video was made in May 2003. Cash died just 4 months after his wife at the same hospital as his wife in September 12, 2003. At the time of this filming, Johnny Cash and his wife were both experiencing serious health problems. He surely spent a lot of time reflecting on his life and mortality during these painful times.
Santo Diego where do you see that he calls him a Hero?!
@Santo Diego let he among us without sin be the first to condemn
2:05 “I cannot repair” he turns his head to show his face that still droops from a stroke. He sits in front of a table of rotting food. He had autonomic neuropathy which means causes the stomach to severely delay emptying among other symptoms. This video is such an amazing use of visual metaphor
@Santo Diegothey didn't mention anything of him being a hero, they were just sharing a sad fact about the video
Santo Diego Yeah. When he was like 20, and than he dropped drugs and got married in. 1968 and lived married to June for like 33 years
i like the line "you can have it all, my empire of dirt." Its shows no matter how much material wealth you acquire, it doesn't mean anything at the end of your life.
But with material wealth, cheese!
But it does; to the people (family) you leave behind. Medical bills, funeral costs debt just as examples. I recently had to bury my mother. It cost my wife and I a little over $10,000. My mother was not great at managing her finances.
Very inspiring
@@kevinmarshall808 I think they meant, “you can’t take anything with you when you die.” type of thing. No matter how much money or possessions you claimed while living, when you die everything that was holding you to this earth disappears like vapor.
@@ephemeral783: I understand that, I was just trying to make a point. Always, and I do mean always, prepare for the inevitable so your family does not suffer the financial consequences.
My grandfather is dying this weekend and he was a mean, ornery old man who was hard to be around and I was one of the few who could put up with him. Last I saw him he was in a bed, helpless and unaware of the world. It hurt to see him like that. This song makes me think of him.
oh sorry about that i can you are real man.the song is one of the best
i am Debbie i am 34
@@debbiefrost4636 shut.
My wishes are with you my g❤️
Just so you know, he wanted ONLY the best in his life, your family and you!
"my empire of dirt" Pretty accurate description of anyone's life when faced with Death, the great equalizer. The poor man's shack, the rich man's mansion, the good person's good deeds and the bad person's bad deeds... all empires of dirt when death is at the door.
It’s crazy how differently you perceive things over the years. 7 years ago this song brought me so much despair and today it gives me hope.
No it fn sad I know where he's coming from I'm there
@@barbaralowe5487 keep your head up girl. It gets better I promise.
How does it give you hope? isn’t it about wishing back old times and getting a second chance?
@@jonah666 the feelings of despair and dread are gone my life is in a much better place now. So when I hear it, it reminds me how far I’ve come and how much further I have to go.
Well said. 👍
This is the type of song that makes you feel something you really can’t explain.
Indeed.
It made me masturbate.
it makes me feel guilty of how i've treated the ones around me during this very short life i've been going through.
I uhh, I felt a large amount of sadness
Deep, deep empathy.
There will NEVER be a greater farewell song than this, most amazing goodbye from a total legendary man
Well written , may he find Peace now.
He gave it all
Except this wasn't written by cash
He recorded 60 more songs after this. He knew June Carter was on her way out and recorded this song. He knew when she died he would die soon after, so in a way he was saying goodbye for the both of them, while she was still alive. She told him to continue working after she died and he recorded 60 more songs in the next 4 months than died from diabetes complications. You can argue I am wrong, but I believe Cash just didn't take his insulin and gave up. After June died, all he had left was the music and I guess those 60 songs represented the last of what he wanted to say.
@@MrSkrillaMaka read the interview with the nine inch nails singer/songwriter. Awesome tribute to Cash remake of the sonf
I prefer this to NIN. Much more beauty and sorrow in this version
Ich habe ihn persönlich in Hamburg kennen gelernt, als er dort im Auditorium Maximum seine Musik machte, einfach unfassbar, ein Mensch aus einer anderen Welt! Meine Frau schenkte ihm Blumen! Niemals hörte ich in meinem Leben etwas, was sich damit vergleichen ließe, obwohl ich die ganze Erde kenne!!!
I wish we could tell Johnny that even in his 70’s his singing was still great and almost 20 years later people still come back and listen to his later work, he never let us down
Amen 🙏
He knows! Watching from above ;)
Yeah every time i think about My brother i put and sing this song
I was 5 when this came out and my friends and I agree that this song makes you tear up more than any other song. The original is great but the the way Johnny sings it and the context given his situation just makes it so good
@Ryan Fever you just did my friend, words written or spoken are heard by us all...