At the very least, the more lenses in which to view something, the better. There are better explanations of Erikson than this out there obviously, but after reading some of the guy's writing, I definitely see the connections to this song and encourage anyone curious to seek it out. Committing to "reciprocal" relationships before then leads to isolation and unhappiness. I think,that's why he turned out the way he did. He then, turned honest lyrics, into a zombie/werewolf theme (creatively), to hide his true intentions of thr actual lyrics which scream out pain& hurt. It's only when two people can reveal themselves fully to each other can they enter a reciprocal relationship, and that only happens after your sense of self is fully developed. 'Thriller' was the 'thrill' his father got,from his grotesque abuse towards michael,& (who knows if it was not just mike, but his other siblings). He puts it as "isolation vs intimacy" and writes that the desire for intimacy can lead to self-isolation due to fear of rejection and insecurity in our own identity. The Vocal Sheet Music Collection is a non-circulating collection of over 5700 individual pieces of sheet music of songs not easily found in songbook. To boil it down: Erikson argued that during "young adulthood," 20s-30s, a conflict arises between our recently developed/developing sense of self and the urge to reconcile that development with wanting intimacy (love).
Erik Erikson's, a psychologist, writings on the formation of self and love.
The connection is that the relationship Paul is describing is an example from Dr. Obv, he was the best performer&musical genius, however, it couldn't be more *apparent* of his ways w children that were extremely inappropriate.I read a great theory once about the closing lines, "She says brief things, her love's a pony / my love's subliminal," that posited Paul is actually saying "she says brief things, her loves EPONY" as in eponymous, reflecting the name of the song. 'Thriller' was the 'thrill' his father got,from his grotesque abuse towards michael,& (who knows if it was not just mike, but his other siblings). This is a true account of experiences from his childhood.his father, being 'the beast',& not being able to escape it. The true lyrics, indeed, were about his childhood abuse,& how u can't escape it.the cold hands, the door slamming, you can't fight it (esp as a child, for himself,being powerless to the beast,no matter how much u wanna fight it off.it s too late). They looked so mean and bad on the inside jacket of their album, Cant Buy A Thrill. If u read it, without thinking about the rhyming(as MJ had all the lyrica written by himself, created the music video, produced it, oversaw the music video production in most aspects, even made a disclaimer, abt not maing any claims, in congruence whatsoever, to the occult), as he made it a point, not to stray away from the main concept. David Paich and Joseph wrote most of the lyrics. You see a sight that almost stops your heartīut terror takes the sound before you make itĪs horror looks you right between your eyes
Anyone think he's singing about being raped?