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 
'Cuz 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 'cuz there's nothing left to say 
So my 
Darling, give me your absence tonight 
Take all of your sympathy and leave it outside 
'Cuz 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