The Child Is Gone Lyrics - Tidal - Fiona Apple

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 over a strange inversion 

As the darkness turns into the dawn 

The child is gone 

The child is gone