Making of trilogy of hurt songs, this remarkable cover version of the Nine Inch Nails song from their 1994 album The Downward Spiral was picked up by Cash in 2002 for one of his American Recordings. It holds a particular emotional weight with the line "my empire of dirt" for an old man heading, very emotionally, towards the end of his career. He died just a year later, just four months after the passing of his wife, June Carter, broke his heart. For a man with so many ups and downs in his career, if remains forever four minutes of pure gold.
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