The Child Is Gone - 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 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

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[anatrotem]

why does the lyrics stop in the middle of the video?

[PerfidiaFelonia]

@anatrotem Cuz I only wrote my favourite quotes. =]

[niftydandy]

I think the jacket picture is perfect for the song. Where did you find it? I've been looking for it, but I can't find it.



[PerfidiaFelonia]

@niftydandy Hi, I'm sorry... I did this long time ago... I have searched for this picture but cannot find too. :(

[jcprotea]

@PerfidiaFelonia a tip would be to pause the video and use the print screen button. Then you can paste it to paint or a similar programme an have the picture that way. You can also crop it to the size you want later. Great video btw! :) make sure you do not have any ad banners up when you use print screen as it will get in the way.

[PerfidiaFelonia]

@jcprotea Ya! Thanks! :)

[Alphabex8]

i creeped out by that jacket. anybody else?

[whathoney73]

Her poetry is so intensely deep.

[Madzho89]

i love that 2:11 part..."so darling give me your..."

[bobMCherpes]

@mynewkickers she was raped when she was a child, I think thats what its about.

[terracearts]

The jacket picture is from Djoe on deviantart

[BlotBlackInk]

How do you make a video with a picture n the background to music??

[DereksEvie]

@Oystersgetclamydia That is beautiful (:

[Magichappens89]

Such a brilliant songwriter. Love her songs

[mynewkickers]

Is this about abortion?

[Oystersgetclamydia]

If when I die I could return as anything,I would be the scent of jasmine .This shrub would be in Fiona`s garden,and on every warm Summers evening as the sweet scent caresses the air,Fiona,watching the sinking red sun,She may just breathe me in.