Well, I was not going to return to this thread as I thought it came to its dead end or to its logical end, but as it seems it continues I will add my 10 cents. From my point of view it were not friends, work associates, acquaintances and so on that were keeping them apart. I think it were bad choices of both of them. Some people after going through a sequence of bad choices finally find their right road so to say, for some is too late, some never find their right road. So if to take Bible there are two powers operating in this world - good and evil. Let's imagine that when God wanted her approach him Devil interfered in the form of bad choice called "Lisa Marie", when she wanted again the next bad choice called Debbie appeared. After MJ got free from bad choices maybe she did her bad choices as well. And finally when God wanted it to happen, evil interfered again in the form of bad choice number three called Doctor Conrad Murray.
I still keep this song in my mind:
"All in your name"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ue3fVxlQus
I will copy lyrics from google:
"All In Your Name"
(with Barry Gibb)
[Barry]
Now I got a mission
The story unfolds
What the wise men have told you, is already known
That a woman and a man
Should go by the plan
And we find out how high we can fly
There's just one religion
One family of love
We suffer the children
As God cries above
And the giving, not the taking
With hearts open wide
And it looks like we fall
And it burns like a flame
Any ground that I claim
So what is my life
If I don't believe
There is someone to watch me
Follow my dreams
Take all my chances, like those who dare
And what of our world
What does it become
When the damage is done
And you held out, you said no, you stand up
[Michael]
Only God knows
That it's all in the game
It's all in your name
Carry me to the gates of paradise
They're the same
It's all in your name
[Barry]
Look to Heaven
An angel of peace
To love and protect us
Through all of our tears
And the gateway to peace
It stands open wide
And it looks like we fall
And it burns like a flame
Any ground that I claim
So what is my life
If I don't believe
There is someone to watch me
Follow my dreams
Take all my chances, like those who dare
And where is the peace
We're searching for
Under the shadows of war
Can we hold out, and stand up, and say no
[Michael]
Only God knows
That it's all in the game
It's all in your name
Follow me to the gates of paradise
They're the same
It's all in your name
[Barry]
Spread the words. Now it is
Love you, and understand you
In the line on, interesting
will they all know (?)
[Michael]
It's over
[Barry]
Then we'll all know(?)
[Michael]
It's over
[Michael]
See? that it's done(?)
[Barry]
And it's all in your name
[Michael]
It's all in the game
It's all in your name
Follow me through the gates of paradise
They're the same {yeah yeah, yeah yeah}
It's all in the game
It's all in your name
Follow me through the gates of paradise
They're the same
They're the same {yeah yeah}
It's all in the game
It's all in your name
Follow me through the gates of paradise
They're the same
It says: "Follow me to the gates of paradise"
Maybe God had the plan for them, but Devil had another plan... But as good always wins their souls will meet at the gates of paradise as is mentioned in this song
)))))))))))
I really enjoy this song, maybe it brings some light in the darkness of our speculations.
Another phrase I couldn't quite get was "they're the same", were the gates meant, or 2 people who were the same? Maybe they were the same?
and some phrases about which I wonder:
"Spread the words. Now it is
Love you, and understand you
In the line on, interesting
will they all know (?)
[Michael]
It's over
[Barry]
Then we'll all know(?)
[Michael]
It's over
[Michael]
See? that it's done(?)
[Barry]
And it's all in your name"
At least something has been done in her name or in the name of the mankind? Something she has asked for? And the message was sent to her?
Hope you enjoyed my interpretation.
There is an interesting article on Internet that I found called "God has a plan" that maybe fitts the subject of discussion:
http://dlministries.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/god-has-a-plan/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M98IdLKSGnc
- and this MJ song was backmasked at youtube and they think there was a message to a girl there. You see? I try this thread to be running as long as I can't afford a dream vacation to Hawaii and have to sit at home all days with my son.
Now I made a research in wikipedia concerning "This is it" song:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_It_(Michael_Jackson_song)
It says it was written by Michael Jackson and Paul Anker in 1983, later this song was sang by Sa-Fire in 1991 and it had another name "I never heard", but if to compare lyrics of both songs here:
http://www.lyrics.com/i-never-heard-lyrics-safire.html
http://www.metrolyrics.com/this-is-it-lyrics-michael-jackson.html
the lyrics differs much and the melody was changed from jolly to somehow sad. So I wonder why they call it an old song if it was completely changed. I guess it was maybe changed for a girl, because there is a message in reversed "This is it" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M98IdLKSGnc
Then somebody backmasked (reversed) Sa-Fire's "I never heard" and though they say it's the same as "This is it" no clear message is heard in it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8l5s2xF1YI
I also read that many musicians nowadays put these backmasked messages into their songs on purpose. When it's not done on purpose it is said that when the song is backmasked (reversed) by special software one can find online then it's just a number of senseless syllables. And the message is heard clearly when it has been done on purpose. It is written in wikipedia about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking
So I suggest to study lyrics of both songs and suggest why the song has been changed so much, especially the text.
In the video of reversed "This is it"
at the end there are some lines with long question marks, where it is not understandable what is said, I think this might be a clue.