Michael Jackson - Stranger in Moscow

1993년에 러시아 투어중 만든 노래. 당시에 잭슨은 아동성학대 의혹 때문에 미디어에 엄청난 공격을 받았으며 그 후유증으로 약물 과다복용. 그리고 나머지 월드투어를 모조리 취소한 후 rehab 시작. (참고로 그 의혹은 결국 무혐의 처리). 그 파문 당시에 잭슨이 한 말:

"At every opportunity, the media has dissected and manipulated these allegations to reach their own conclusions".

이 곡은 내가 처음으로 마이클 잭슨을 아티스트로 인정하며 같은 인간으로써 연민을 느끼게 해준 곡.

처음 도입부에 비트가 너무 슬프게 들린다.

Michael Jackson - Stranger in Moscow

I was wandering in the rain
Mask of life, feelin' insane
Swift and sudden fall from grace
Sunny days seem far away
Kremlin's shadow belittlin' me
Stalin's tomb won't let me be
On and on and on it came
Wish the rain would just let me

How does it feel (How does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When you're alone
And you're cold inside

Here abandoned in my fame
Armageddon of the brain
KGB was doggin' me
Take my name and just let me be
Then a begger boy called my name
Happy days will drown the pain
On and on and on it came
And again, and again, and again...
Take my name and just let me be

How does it feel (How does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel (How does it feel now)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When you're alone
And you're cold inside

How does it feel (How does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel (How does it feel now)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When you're alone
And you're cold inside

Like stranger in Moscow
Like stranger in Moscow
We're talkin' danger
We're talkin' danger, baby
Like stranger in Moscow
We're talkin' danger
We're talkin' danger, baby
Like stranger in Moscow
I'm live in lonely
I'm live in lonely, baby
Stranger in Moscow

[마지막 KGB 고문관 해석-]
"Why have you come from the West?

당신 서양에서 이 곳으로 왜 왔소
Confess! To steal the great achievments of
the people, the accomplishments of the workers..."

자백해! 사람들의 노력들과 노동자들의 업적들을 빼앗으로 왔다고 말이야!