the child is gone

• fiona appleın tidal albümünde yer alır bu şarkı. sözleri:
  
  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 alright
  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
• tidal'in yıllardır dinlenmesine rağmen kendisini ancak şimdi tam anlamıyla anlaşılır kılan şarkısı.
  
  (bkz: strangers to ourselves)
• (bkz: comfortably numb)