The Child Is Gone

Darling, give me your absence tonight

Take the shade from the canvas and leave me the white

Let me sink in the silence that echoes inside

And don't bother leaving the light on

'Cause I suddenly feel like a different person

From the roots of my soul come a gentle coercion

And I ran my hand o'er a strange inversion

A vacancy that just did not belong

The child is gone

Honey help me out of this mess

I'm a stranger to myself

But don't reach for me, I'm too far away

I don't wanna talk 'cause there's nothing left to say

So my darling, give me your absence tonight

Take all of your sympathy and leave it outside

'Cause there's no kind of loving that can make this all right

I'm trying to find a place I belong

And I suddenly feel like a different person

From the roots of my soul come a gentle coercion

And I ran my hand o'er a strange inversion

As the darkness turns into the dawn

The child is gone

The child is gone