I didn't know at the time it was a Nine Inch Nails original. In an interview with GQ, Trent Rezner described his feelings about Cash's cover.

Johnny Cash recorded more songs than there are ants on a Tennessee ant hill. (That’s a John Sebastian lyric ... his opening ...

Despite there being many Johnny Cash songs about failing and being down on ... They had one child together, John Carter Cash. And musically, Cash had seen the release of 71 albums and 170 singles ...