Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash
Hurt
In class we analysed the lyrics of "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, this was to get a insight into the meaning of the song and video.

Johnny Cash wrote the song in 2002 when he was in his 80s before his death, the song is very personal and has very deep lyrics. The song is personal because Johnny cash is singing about his life, by looking at the first few lines "I hurt myself today to see if I still feel, I focus on the pain the only thing that's real" the song all ready shows that Johnny Cash meant that the world that he had created seemed glamorous wasn't the world that he thought it was but instead just full of pain.

His lyrics depict what his life was like even with his fame and glamorous lifestyle, that he felt alone and that fame wasn't what every one thought it was.

His lyrics are very emotional which he shows by the connotations, similes etc

Not only through his lyrics the video indicates and represents the lyrics as the video is a montage of archive footage and images of his life when he was younger showing him with his family, and on stage footage