Johnny Boy

This song, to me, is about a man named Johnny who was in a marriage that is failed, and fell q in love with a different woman. He is too good a man to tell his wife, or express his true feelings to the other woman, and becomes depressed. He eventually tries to kill himself. The song is sung in the point of view of someone who cares about Johnny. "He stays home from work this time- He never really told his wife- He never really told a lie but this time he decides that it's alright.- It's alright." He stays home from work out of his depression and his decision to kill himself. He doesn't tell his wife anything, and hasn't even lied much in his life until he falls for the other woman and becomes depressed. He doesn't want to hurt her, and decides that its alright to lie to her about it for now. "No one really knows his mind and no one knows behind his eyes." No one really understands him and his feelings. "The man deserves a medal- But he's never really won a prize before." The friend tries to explain that Johnny was a good man, and did a lot of good in his life, even though he wasn't perfect. "He goes to lock the door.- He is falling in love- He knows it's enough- And the world looks down and frowns" He locks the door because he decides to kill himself. He fell in love with someone else and is so ashamed that he decides it is reason enough to kill himself. He feels like everyone will hate him for what he feels. "Get up Johnny boy, get up Johnny boy- Get up 'cause the world has left you lying on the ground- You're my pride and joy, you're my pride and joy.-Get up Johnny boy because we all need you now." This is the friend telling Johnny to get up off the ground after his suicide attempt. No one noticed his depression, or no one cared enough, and left him lying on the ground. The friend is very close to Johnny and calls him his/her pride and joy. Before his depression, Johnny was very caring and helped a lot of people, so his suicide attempt affected a lot of people that needed him. "Someone said, "Where you going?"- Someone said to you, "Goodbye."-They deflect the disrespect when they say that they blame it on the times." Before his suicide attempt, people went about their daily lives, and they didn't really pay attention to what they said. A few people may have said things that impacted Johnny in a bigger and much more negative way than they intended, which lead to his decision to kill himself. After his suicide attempt, many people said that it was because of the world today, instead of looking at themselves and seeing what they had done wrong. "We all know you're qualified to fix a chair and love your wife" Johnny was "qualified" to love his wife, which he did, before the marriage failed. He was qualified to fix a chair as in, he was qualified to fix the chair he stood on when he hung himself. "I will carry all your names and I will carry all your shame- And I will carry all your names and I will carry all your shame- And I will carry all your names and I will carry all your shame" This is the friend saying that new will carry his name and keep it from being tarnished. He will also carry his shame by explaining to everyone what really happened.