Johnny
Johnny, there’s a lot of shit I need to get off my chest. I’d love it if you’d humor me ‘til the end.About all the times the pressure almost got to you. As well as all the times that it really did.About how your shoulders looked like they’d been shrinking, just like the Marlboros you loved so much.About how your girlfriend said that you should quit. It’s enough to bring down even the toughest guy.
I’d been wondering if you were even the same person anymore. But I couldn’t even bring myself to ask you straight.I’ve got some words to say that you need to listen to. And no matter how dark it gets, I hope they’ll light your way home.Been walking around, looking for you, and I found you standing here.
Don’t ever say that it’s too late. Don’t ever say you’re giving up. Because if you do, I’ll never forgive you.We’ve only got a single road that we’re supposed to stick to, and these lives that are only meant for us have to carry on.We’re always seeing people off, chasing after them as they move on, but the dreams we hated never made it on time.But even if you up and leave this world behind, it’ll keep on turning just fine.That’s just way too sad. You’re still only just 19 years old.
If you keep on doing all the things you want to do, is it only right for us to lose things along the way?But if you lose sight of all the things you wanted to do, and still keep on losing, you’d feel like an idiot.
No matter how far I stretched my arm, I didn’t think I’d ever make it. Even when my hand grazed the heel of my dreams.And after all this time, I’m not even sure why I’m as weak as I am. The skies darken on the road home, and it feels so stupidly empty.The dreary city has me pinned down, unable to move at all.
I cried about how it was too late. I even cried about giving up. But in the end, it all comes down to what you decide.We’ve only got a single road that we’re supposed to stick to, but that was just another of the excuses we loved so much.We’re always seeing people off, chasing after them as they move on, and we grabbed onto the heels of our abandoned dreams.But even when you up and left this world behind, you didn’t get any happier.That’s just way too sad. You’re still only just 19 years old.
I got another year older this year, but you’ll never see your 20th birthday.I turned into just another one of those old grownups. It hurts more than you know. It hurts more than you know.Hey, Johnny. You know, I fucked up at work again today. Spent the better part of it saying I was sorry over and over again.I forced a smile and told them that I’ll do better next time. But deep down in my heart, I know this might be the best that I can do.I turned into the lamest person you’ll ever meet, the laziest fucker you’d ever see walking the streets.And if you saw me now, there’s no way, no way in hell you’d let me live it down.And that's exactly why I have to sing this song with the little good that I have left.
People tell me I’m still just a child. They tell me I’m way too impulsive. But if they're still saying that, then maybe there's hope for me yet.The two of us ended up choosing the road not taken, after all. And we were never the types to lend anyone our ears to them.We’re always seeing people off, and somehow jumped aboard. But it doesn’t matter who we are, we’re living out our dreams.But now that you up and left this world behind, I feel like I’ve lost my way.But that’s kind of childish in a way, so I guess it’s not so bad.So I’ll keep singing. Just like I did when I was still 19 years old.