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Artist: Fiona Apple
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The Child Is Gone
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The Child Is Gone
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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 over 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 want to 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 over a strange inversion
As the darkness turns into the dawn
The child is gone
The child is gone
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