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I'm not sure how you can call the cover soulless, especially the music video, unless you were completely unaware of the backstory behind the cover.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-story-behind-johnny-cash-s-
hurt-still-the-saddest-music-video-of-all-time-a6683371.html

You really owe yourself giving this cover a second chance, and I highly recommend you do it by watching the music video. The pain on Cash's face is way too real to be acting and it should completely eliminate any part of your thought process that would call it soulless.

https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI

Edit: the tldr in case somebody doesn't want to read that link is that the music video was filmed in the derelict and abandoned Johnny Cash museum which also happened to be his childhood home, and cash himself was dying when they filmed it, as was his wife who only died a couple months after filming. The man is literally sitting in the abandoned remains of his legacy knowing that none of it will help him and it adds such overwhelming depth to the song and the lyrics in the context of those scenes.