The Wrong Child Lyrics

Lyric discussion by psychololly 

Cover art for The Wrong Child lyrics by R.E.M.

I Googled this and found a site that said it's about a story in the newspaper about a kid that had been really badly burned and him going outside again. But I'm not sure about that. Because it says the kid's never been outside. It makes me think of an abused child creating an imaginary friend, or a kid with haemophillia who couldn't go and play with the other kids and everyone else made fun of them for it.