I viewed Johnny Cash's "Hurt" video on johnnycashmusic.com again today. If you have not seen this I urge you to. If you watch it and are not moved by its powerful themes, then check your pulse. This thing reaches so deep. Wisdom spills out generously through Cash's withered voice and Trent Renzor's (Nine Inch Nails) vulnerable lyrics.

The thing is, I remember the song when Nine Inch Nails did it and to me then it just sounded sad. I guess when Johnny Cash sings it somehow he just puts it in the right context - it 's perfect. His life is laid out in the video and he is brutally honest about it. I think there is a lot about life to learn from it.

What a strange world we live in - when Cash rides on Nine Inch Nails to make a masterpiece. Who would have thought? Once again reality shaping up stranger that fiction. The question is: how do people today who live in such a strange world and find meaning, purpose, and a reason to go on living?

There must be Something lurking beyond the chaos we find ourselves existing in. There must Someone who cuts through the craziness.

'the light shines through the darkness'

-jlb

- posted by Jacob B. @ 3:27 PM