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Where Do The Children Go Lyrics
Surrender into the night
Silently take my hand
Nobody knows what's inside us
Nobody understands
They handed us down a dream
To live in this lonely town
But nobody hears the music
Only the echo of a hollow sound
Where do the children go
Between the bright night and the darkest day
Where do the children go
And who's that deadly piper who leads them away
Together we make our way
Passengers on a train
Whisper a secret forever
Promises in the rain
We're leaving it all behind
While castles are falling down
We're going where no one can find us
And if there's a heaven
We'll find it somehow
Where do the children go
Between the bright night and the darkest day
Where do the children go
And who's that deadly piper who leads them away
Silently take my hand
Nobody knows what's inside us
Nobody understands
To live in this lonely town
But nobody hears the music
Only the echo of a hollow sound
Between the bright night and the darkest day
Where do the children go
And who's that deadly piper who leads them away
Passengers on a train
Whisper a secret forever
Promises in the rain
While castles are falling down
We're going where no one can find us
And if there's a heaven
We'll find it somehow
Between the bright night and the darkest day
Where do the children go
And who's that deadly piper who leads them away
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Obvious reference to the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
For me Where Do the Children Go reminds me of back in the mid-eighties when I lost a girlfriend to crack and other drugs. i remember listening to this song after being up most of the night wondering where she was.
More info below; Where Do the Children Go was written about 3 teenage friends in Pennsylvania who committed suicide in the mid-eighties. Below is a quote from a "The Morning Call
"Michelle E. Qurashi's body was found on Jan. 28, 1984, near a rural road in Richland Township with a gunshot wound of the chest. The 16-year-old had been despondent over the death of her boyfriend, Marc Landis, 17, who, along with another Quakertown Community High School student, Daniel Furdock, 16, jumped to their deaths Nov. 19, 1983 into an East Rockhill Township quarry"
the song was inspired by 3 teens who committed suicide in the 80's
Generational divides and the older generation not being able to understand what’s In The minds and hearts of their children. They don’t understand so they stop trying to understand. And a place where there is no understanding, people who’re trying to see what the world is all about do not want to be.’