Any World (That I'm Welcome To) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Slyfox6651 

Cover art for Any World (That I'm Welcome To) lyrics by Steely Dan

For me, the song is one for survivers of abuse of any kind. In mine it was child abuse.

If I had my way I would move to another lifetime I'd quit my job Ride the train through the misty night-time I'll be ready when my feet touch ground Wherever I come down And if the folks will have me Then they'll have me <---- The feeling of being the only one that has gone threw the events they had gone till they can find someone they can connect with someone with the same feelings/exsperences.

Any world that I'm welcome to Is better than the one I come from

I can hear your words When you speak of what you are and have seen I can see your hand Reaching out through a shining daydream Where the days and nights are not the same Captured happy in a picture frame Honey I will be there Yes I'll be there<----Hopeing to return to the place in time before the abuse took place, to go back ot the person that they once were. But seeing things threw diffrent eyes while being the age they were when the abuse happned and trying to move on.

I got this thing inside me That's got to find a place to hide me I only know I must obey This feeling I can't explain away <---Some people who have been abused have fears of places/sounds that can trigger flashbacks and the part inside of the part that died inside them tells the rest to run away from the person/place (in my case for exsample)

I think I'll go to the park Watch the children playing Perhaps I'll find in my head What my heart is saying A vision of a child returning A kingdom where the sky is burning Honey I will be there Yes I'll be there <_---Resultion for the time being, trying to cope and live something of a life and placeing the past as far behind you.

Don't mind the speeling becuse I am writing this threw tears

My Opinion

@Slyfox6651 Thank you for your honesty and willingness to be vulnerable. It's refreshing. I absolutely relate to your words. Children of abuse carry a reality which only other abused souls understand. If the damage were only in childhood, it would be far easier. But the sordid aftermath is even harder because it can take decades to heal from. It has a way of stealing much more than one's childhood.