VOICE COACH REACTS | Johnny Cash... HURT. I needed a moment.

Ok so big disclaimer: I hadn't seen this music video before (although I'm really familiar with the song) and really wasn't prepared for how much it affected me. I hope the small technical comments are enough for my technique-minded subscribers and that you still enjoyed the breakdown even if it was more emotion/intention/lyric inclined. Let me know how it affected you as well! What or who does this song make you think about?

His daughter on seeing this video said "Dad it's like you are saying goodbye." He responded, "I am."

Dont blame yourself, im a grown ass man and i cry everytime i ear this song.

Johnny Cash really did go out on top with this song. I knew when I heard of Junes passing, he would follow her soon after. This song is such a heart breaker. Trent Reznor even said Johnny took it to a place he never could.

I cry every time with this song. Johnny Cash seems so sad and I can feel the pain in his voice. Rest in peace MAN IN BLACK.

I love NIN (always have), but let's be real, this song is 100% Johnnys now.

"The song no longer belongs to me." - Trent Reznor

I cannot tell who is more sincere - Johnny singing or Julia listening. Thank you for this, Miss Nilon.

There was such a finality of that piano lid coming down. It was almost with reluctant acceptance. THE most moving and meaningful piece of modern art I have ever seen.

"It's like watching him die and having regrets." - that is exactly what it is. He's giving us all one last lesson before he dies.

When he closes the piano lid and caresses it like a lover gets me every time. As if he is saying goodbye to music, life and pain. All my best June and Johnny you will not be forgotten.

This song does change with your age. The closer you get to the end of life, it becomes more relatable.

"Closing the piano and music is his whole life, sorry. " I end up watching reactions to this video from different voice coaches/vocalist and this is so brilliant and true.

Johnny Cash had a love for June that most of us only ever hope to have.

That wasn't a song, that was a glance into the soul of a legend.

When I first heard him sing this song, I thought to myself that there will never be a song as perfect as this, and it nearly brought me to my knees. I know Trent Reznor wrote this as an autobiographical piece, but it fit Johnny so beautifully, and the production by Rick Rubin strips it down to bare bones. I recall thinking, Johnny is going to sing Nine Inch Nails? And now, seeing this video, it is just devastating. Seeing June standing over him during what is clearly a time where he is ready to take his leave, I am in tears like you. Wow. Just, wow.

Julia: The fact that this moved you so deeply, gives you much more credibility. Don’t apologise for having to take a moment. This video was the last song that Johnny ever sung, and he knew it too. He was such a powerhouse of a performer; grassroots, singing from the heart

It's even more powerful to realize June, died about 3 months after this video.... Johnny only 7.... when Johnny closed the piano for the last time.... it was really the last time..... this video is not only powerful.... its a living historical document in my view.....Thanks Julia for sharing.....

"What have I become?" is always what gets me teary. Decades of emotion in one line. It just hits different.

This was Mr. Cash the artist, final masterpiece. Johnny Cash's final interview is on YouTube. Mr. Cash was ready to go.