wow, i must be pretty late, huh? anyways, i listened to this in the car today and i really listened closely. this is my interpretation.
basically, this line "my childhood is gone / because i loved you" means jon loved someone, but it obviously impacted him in a way that made him loose his childhood.
"be my neighbour" means he wanted to be kind to everyone, he was being vulnerable.
"fred told me everybody was my neighbour, they took advantage of me, you let them take turns hitting me, i wish i never wouldve watched you, you really made my childhood a failure" mr. rogers' show encouraged kids that you were meant to be kind to everyone (again) and everybody was your neighbour. but now jon wishes he didnt take it seriously, as it left him being disappointed by the outcome of trusting everyone around him.
just based on "you let them take turns hitting me" it means there were probably more people who hit him, just one abuser.
in short, jonathan was influenced by mr. rogers that everyone was his neighbour. it ended up not being true, and it resulted to being beaten(?) and sexually abused as a young child.
wow, i must be pretty late, huh? anyways, i listened to this in the car today and i really listened closely. this is my interpretation.
basically, this line "my childhood is gone / because i loved you" means jon loved someone, but it obviously impacted him in a way that made him loose his childhood. "be my neighbour" means he wanted to be kind to everyone, he was being vulnerable. "fred told me everybody was my neighbour, they took advantage of me, you let them take turns hitting me, i wish i never wouldve watched you, you really made my childhood a failure" mr. rogers' show encouraged kids that you were meant to be kind to everyone (again) and everybody was your neighbour. but now jon wishes he didnt take it seriously, as it left him being disappointed by the outcome of trusting everyone around him. just based on "you let them take turns hitting me" it means there were probably more people who hit him, just one abuser.
in short, jonathan was influenced by mr. rogers that everyone was his neighbour. it ended up not being true, and it resulted to being beaten(?) and sexually abused as a young child.