Christina Aguilera - Hurt (2006)

During Christina Aguilera'S recording session of her album Back to Basics, Christina asked her songwriter Linda Perry to help her write a song about losing someone, as she felt that it was yet a subject to tackle in her music. Linda was very open with this idea and thought she could relate to it really well because she had just recently lost her father. She wrote out most of the lyrics to 'Hurt' before showing it to Christina, who thought however, that it was too much of a personal song for Linda, because of many references to her loss. Christina then decided she wanted to change some of the lyrics, so she took the song, and re-wrote many of the words to make it more appealing to any listener who lost a loved one in their life. Although it is not known if the original version of Linda's song was ever recorded, the one that made the album cut was the version co-written by both of them.

Christina Aguilera - Hurt (2006)
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Live at the Grammys:



Lyrics:

Seems like it was yesterday when I saw your face
You told me how proud you were but I walked away
If only I knew what I know today

I would hold you in my arms
I would take the pain away
Thank you for all you've done
Forgive all your mistakes
There's nothing I wouldn't do
To hear your voice again
Sometimes I want to call you but I know you won't be there

I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself by hurting you
Some days I feel broke inside but I won't admit
Sometimes I just want to hide 'cause it's you I miss
You know it's so hard to say goodbye when it comes to this

Would you tell me I was wrong?
Would you help me understand?
Are you looking down upon me?
Are you proud of who I am?
There's nothing I wouldn't do
To have just one more chance
To look into your eyes and see you looking back

I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself
If I had just one more day, I would tell you how much that
I've missed you since you've been away

Oh, it's dangerous
It's so out of line to try to turn back time

I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself

By hurting you