Circling the Drain...and Leading to Tragedy

Hello KatyCats,

    Some of you may not know this, but as of today Katy is having a really hard time. Last night, an ex-boyfriend of Katy's was found dead and the story about that is really quite mysterious. In 2005-2006 Katy dated the "Sons of Anarchy" star, Johnny Lewis.
   I read probably five different articles about how she is dealing with his sudden, untimely death and I got just about the same thing with each article. Katy was just a struggling artist in LA at the time. I read that a Katy source has said that those were good memories that she had with him and that she is "devastated" right now about his death.
    Now, Johnny Lewis was renting a room from an 81-year-old Catherine Davis. Last night neighbors reported hearing her screaming and some witnessed a man jumping over the fence towards and back from the house. They said that the man had jumped the fence and gone on to assault a homeowner and a painter next door. That in it's own way is very...fishy. Then, there's also the mystery of how Catherine Davis was also found dead in the home, and so far, Lewis is the only suspect. But then, from the looks of his body, he either jumped or was pushed, or fell from the garage or rooftop or patio stares of the house. So far, not much has been found out about these deaths.

    Even when Katy was with Johnny, she noticed that he was on a destructive path. She knew that he was dealing with some hard times, but never in a million years did she think that he would die this young. I mean, the guy was only 28! On this subject, a Katy insider told Us Weekly:
"She had to separate from him ... to get ahead and focus on her career," the source explains. "He was in trouble then and she couldn't help him."
"A lot of her songs were partially inspired by him. I know 'The One That Got Away' and 'Circle the Drain' are partly about him, as well as Travis [McCoy of Gym Class Heroes], but she was young and it was a time in her life she cherishes. They had good times. It's really sad. She could never help him and couldn't [let herself] go in that direction."

    
So, after learning of Johnny's role in the lyrics of these two songs, I had to find out more. I went and researched the lyrics and tried to make some connections. If you click on this link you can see the greatest interpretation of this "The One that Got Away" that I have been able to find. I think that a lot more of her relationship with this troubled man is found in "Circle the Drain". It's about falling in love with a drug addict who would tell her that he would be able to stop and  "it would be the last time" and breaking that promise over and over again. This song and "The One that Got Away" are more examples of the things that Katy feels that we can all relate to. I mean, even if some of us have never had that experience with a druggie, but everyone has felt the betrayal and heartache over a broken promise.

So, KatyCats, I want to leave you with this to think about: Would you have stayed and tried to change someone who didn't want to be changed if you "were in another life"? Or would you have not "stayed and watched him circle the drain"?

Much Love, KatyCats!
-Autumn the Purrfect KatyCat