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.

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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