... a song by Michael Jackson that I'd never heard before, which has become my instant favourite. It's haunting, evocative, especially for anyone whose childhood has been far from ideal. I've not seen MJ as expressive in any other video.
Have you seen my childhood?
I'm searching for
The world that I come from
'Cause I've been looking around
In the lost and found
Of my heart
No one understands me
They view it
As strange eccentricities
'Cause i keep kidding around
Like a child, but pardon me
People say i'm not okay
'Cause I love such elementary things
It's been my fate to compensate
For the child
I've never known
Have you seen my childhood?
I'm searching for
That wonder in my youth
Like pirates and adventurous dreams
Of conquest and kings on the throne
Before you judge me
Try hard to love me
Look within your heart
Then ask
Have you seen my childhood?
People say I'm strange that way
'Cause I love
Such elementary things
It's been my fate to compensate
For the childhood
I've never known
Have you seen my childhood?
I'm searching for that
Wonder in my youth
Like fantastical stories to share
The dreams I would dare
Watch me fly
Before you judge me
Try hard to love me
The painful youth
I've had
Have you seen my childhood?
Makes me wonder if all the surgery wasn't about trying to find a white ideal, but about trying to stave off becoming a man, an adult. MJ wanted to be the child he never was, to never grow up. That would account for his Neverland Ranch, surrounding himself with children, his bewilderment at sexual abuse charges ('sex is for adults, not children'), a diet which kept his weight and musculature down, surgery that reduced the size of his features....
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