Im almost positive its about childhood innocence- silent kid- not "corrupted" yet although his familly is terrible. About the gossip part- I read that- I guess the kid is silent in terms of not noisy, doesn't get in the way of anything. The best kids are normally seen as the silent ones- they dont talk, so they dont say anything bad. Then the person singing the song is doing "adult stuff" in comparison and hopes that the child never looses his innocence
Im almost positive its about childhood innocence- silent kid- not "corrupted" yet although his familly is terrible. About the gossip part- I read that- I guess the kid is silent in terms of not noisy, doesn't get in the way of anything. The best kids are normally seen as the silent ones- they dont talk, so they dont say anything bad. Then the person singing the song is doing "adult stuff" in comparison and hopes that the child never looses his innocence