Someone In The Dark--Commentary & Lyrics

    A few years ago, someone gave me copies of some Michael Jackson CD's she had.  One of the albums was "Thriller", but the edition I was given also had a brief interview of Quincy Jones, producer of the Thriller album.  It also contained other songs that Michael did with Quincy Jones that weren't released on any of Michael's albums.  One of the songs was called "Someone In The Dark", which can be found on an audio album called "The ET Storybook".  That album was for those who'd never seen the movie, ET.  Not only is the song very beautiful in it's instrumentation, but the lyrics are beautiful in that it reminds me of when I watched the movie and when Micaiah and I met.  I wasn't too sure about this ET creature at the beginning of the movie, but I soon fell in love with him and wished that there was such a creature for me to meet and be friends with.

    When people think of ET, people think of some kind of space alien.  However, ET can also be viewed as someone who's here on earth by the way they're treated or feared because they're scared of what that person looks like or are intimidated by that person's intelligence.  People of color are often treated like a bunch of ET's.  Micaiah and I are people of color, and have been treated like we're different or something out of this world because of our talents and intelligence.  We met in the early evening of November 16, 1995.  It was dark by then here in the northern US.  It wasn't until much later in our relationship and having watched the movie again and heard "Someone In The Dark" that I realized that the relationship between Micaiah and I was similar to the relationship between the boy in the movie and ET.  Everywhere the boy went, ET was there. 

 

Makedah bat Leah.

 

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Someone In The Dark

Michael Jackson

 

All alone wishing on stars

Waiting for you to find me

One sweet night I knew I would see

A stranger who'd be my friend

 

When someone in the dark reaches out to you

And touches off a spark that comes shining through

It tells you never be afraid

Then somewhere in your heart you can feel the glow

A light to keep you warm when the night winds blow

Like it was written in the stars I knew

My friend, my someone in the dark was you

 

Promise me we'll always be

Walking the world together

Hand in hand where dreams never end

My star secret friend and me

 

When someone in the dark reaches out to you

And touches off a spark that comes shining through

It tells you never be afraid

Then somewhere in your heart you can feel the glow

A light to keep you warm when the night winds blow

Look for the rainbow in the sky

I believe you and I

Could never really say goodbye

Wherever you may be

I'll look up and see

Someone in the dark for me

Wherever you may be

I'll look up and see

Someone in the dark for me

 

Though you're gone star far away

Each time I see a rainbow

I'll remember being with you

Smiles coming through my tears

 

When someone in the dark reaches out for you

And touches off a spark that comes shining through

It tells you never be afraid

Then somewhere in your heart you can feel the glow

A light to keep you warm when the night winds blow

Look for the rainbow in the sky

I believe you and I

Could never really say goodbye

Wherever you may be

I'll look up and see

Someone in the dark for me

Wherever you may be

I'll look up and see

Someone in the dark for me