Hurt - Nine Inch Nails (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover)

Greetings all! I’m back with another bardcore cover, which in some ways is a cover of a cover. Hurt was written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, and famously covered by Johnny Cash only 7 months before his death. I’m throwing my hat in the ring with a somewhat unusual take on the theme, but had to stop myself from bawling while recording even with the altered lyrics. Some of the words resisted change of any kind. No matter the context, this song gets you right in the human frailty. You get extra points if you can tell which character the art is based on. The art: A heavily altered Miniature of Conrad III of Germany from Chronica Regia Coloniensis (Cologne Kings’ Chronicle; Cologne; ca. 1240). Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, Ms. 467, fol. 64v Lyrics: I fell upon my sword To see if I could die I woke upon the morn, And still I was alive The arrow tears a hole, The old familiar sting The fates hold out my thread, But cannot cut the string What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone I love fades away in the end And thou couldst have it all My empire of dirt I will let thee down I will make thee 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 Thou art someone else And I am still right here What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone I love fades away in the end And thou couldst have it all My empire of dirt I will let thee down I will make thee hurt If I could start again A thousand leagues away I would keep my oath I would find a way