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I have been doing a lot of research about Michael Jackson’s death lately. I know it’s old news, but this story is so out there, there has to be things I am missing. Well I was watching a documentary about his death and I decided to look at the YouTube comments. Someone said there was a song by him called "Morphine." that we should check it out and I did. Oh my god that song is so haunting! It’s almost as if he was predicting his death. If you look at the words you can tell he was either one, trying to warn us about what could happen, or two, crying out for help and no one knew it. I do not claim to be a fan, but I do feel sorry for him because of what he went through.
Trust in… who?
The song starts out fast, and it seems like you could really jam to it. However, the Chorus says,
Trust in me
Trust in me
Put all your trust in me
You’re doing morphine.
there is two ways to take this. Win he says "Trust in me" he could either be saying, trust the drug, or trust the doctor giving you the drug. In any case, it’s really haunting to me.
predicting his death?
As the song goes on, it still seems like a jamming song, until it gets to the bridge. Then it slows down, and he sings,
Relax
This won’t hurt you
Before I put it in
Close your eyes and count to ten
Don’t cry
I won’t convert you
There’s no need to dismay
Close your eyes and drift away
Demerol
Demerol
Oh God he’s taking Demerol
Demerol
Demerol
Oh God he’s taking Demerol
He’s tried
Hard to convince her
To be over what he had
Today he wants it twice as bad
Don’t cry
I won’t resent you
Yesterday you had his trust
Today he’s taking twice as much
Demerol
Demerol
Oh God he’s taking Demerol
He-he-he
Demerol
Demerol
Oh my Oh God it’s Demerol
He
Ooh
Here’s the most haunting part of this song. This song was recorded in 1997. Back then we may have known he had drug problems, but I don’t think we knew for sure just how bad it was, or at least I didn’t.
In 2009 win he died, it has been revealed that he did take Demerol, all though, it was not in his system win he died. Could he have been predicting his death? You could say that Demerol did not, in fact kill him, but it has been proven that this drug can cause problems with your heart and lungs, and MR. Jackson did have lung and heart problems, I think.
conclusion
This song may not mean a thing, maybe it’s just a song that MR. Jackson made using his life experience to draw from, but at the same time, Listen to the words, but not just the words, listen to his voice as he sings this song. He sounds angry, sad, and hurt. I honestly think he was calling out for help in 1997, and no one heard him. Either that or people heard him and didn’t care. I can not help but think, what if someone did hear him? What if he could get the help me needed? He may still be alive today. Like I said, I am not a huge fan, but there have been songs of his that grab me and pull me in, and "Morphine" is one of them.
sources
If you want to hear the song morphine, go here.
If you want to read the lyrics of the song go here.
https://genius.com/Michael-jackson-morphine-lyrics