The Child Inside

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The Child Inside
Song	The Child Inside
By	Depeche Mode
Songwriter	Martin L. Gore
Produced by	Ben Hillier
Recorded at	Sound Design (Santa Barbara) Jungle City (New York)
Length (mm:ss)	4:16
Tempo	80 BPM
Time signature	3 4
Key	A Minor
Programmed by	Christoffer Berg
Engineered by	Ferg Peterkin
Engineering assistance	Tomas del Toro-Diaz Will Loomis Dan Tobiason
Mixing assistance	Drew Smith
Vocal recording	Kurt Uenala
Mastered by	Bunt Stafford-Clark
Design	Anton Corbijn
Recorded	March - October, 2012
Originally released	22 March 2013
Live performances as Depeche Mode	35 times *
Total live performances	35 times *

"The Child Inside" is a song from the 2013 album Delta Machine by Depeche Mode.

Lyrics

The Child Inside

There is darkness and death in your eyes

What have you got buried inside

The shallow grave in your soul

The ghosts there have taken control

You really should have dug a little deeper there

Body parts are starting to appear and scare

The child inside away

Each tear that flows down your face

Trickles then picks up the pace

And turns to a river inside

A river that will not subside

I can hear that dreadful overflowing sound

And watching from afar I see a child is drowned

The child inside your heart

I can see you drifting away

Heading for the light

I can see you drifting away

Every night

Why were you always inside

On days when the weather was fine

And while we were running around

You were nowhere to be found

You know you should have taken all your dolls to bed

But you were made to play games with your soul instead

The child inside you died

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©2013 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. o/b/o itself and / Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. (BMI). All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "The Child Inside"

Main article: List of dates where "The Child Inside" was played