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 comes a gentle coersion
 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
 Alright
 I'm trying to find a place I belong
 And I suddenly feel like a different person
 From the roots of my soul comes a gentle coersion
 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