To me this is just one of those great lyrics that may or may not have illustrated something Jackson had lived....but had just come to understand.....written so skillfully that almost anyone could find their own story in the words.
I tend to agree that it's about a daughter leaving home for the first time. The line that convinces me is "a child's drawing is left there on the table, and a woman's silk is lying on the floor", representing a girl who has grown up in the home, and is now going out on her own. Also, not many couples splitting up offer to keep the option to reunite open: "there's a train every day, leaving either way". But a parent telling a daughter she can come home whenever she wants (and her telling her Dad he can feel...
I tend to agree that it's about a daughter leaving home for the first time. The line that convinces me is "a child's drawing is left there on the table, and a woman's silk is lying on the floor", representing a girl who has grown up in the home, and is now going out on her own. Also, not many couples splitting up offer to keep the option to reunite open: "there's a train every day, leaving either way". But a parent telling a daughter she can come home whenever she wants (and her telling her Dad he can feel free to visit her any time) is a far more plausible explanation.
To me this is just one of those great lyrics that may or may not have illustrated something Jackson had lived....but had just come to understand.....written so skillfully that almost anyone could find their own story in the words.
I tend to agree that it's about a daughter leaving home for the first time. The line that convinces me is "a child's drawing is left there on the table, and a woman's silk is lying on the floor", representing a girl who has grown up in the home, and is now going out on her own. Also, not many couples splitting up offer to keep the option to reunite open: "there's a train every day, leaving either way". But a parent telling a daughter she can come home whenever she wants (and her telling her Dad he can feel...
I tend to agree that it's about a daughter leaving home for the first time. The line that convinces me is "a child's drawing is left there on the table, and a woman's silk is lying on the floor", representing a girl who has grown up in the home, and is now going out on her own. Also, not many couples splitting up offer to keep the option to reunite open: "there's a train every day, leaving either way". But a parent telling a daughter she can come home whenever she wants (and her telling her Dad he can feel free to visit her any time) is a far more plausible explanation.