The Child Is Gone Lyrics

Lyric discussion by EternalTearsOfSorrow 

Cover art for The Child Is Gone lyrics by Fiona Apple

I think this song is her coming of age. 17 when she wrote this, it's about the often dark & confusing bridge a girl walks into adulthood & womenhood. I always got that meaning from it. She's shedding her any past stress from childhood & teenhood and is becoming a full blown woman in society's eyes & this is scary for her.