aches ▁over night ". ▁On ▁ 2 1 ▁October , ▁Child s ▁spoke ▁with ▁guest ▁host ▁Ke ating ▁and ▁Jack ie ▁O ▁on ▁radio ▁station ▁ 2 Day ▁FM ▁to ▁set ▁the ▁record ▁straight ▁about ▁his ▁disapp earance . ▁He ▁explained : ▁" It ▁kind ▁of ▁hit ▁me ▁randomly ▁at ▁about ▁ 2   am ▁that ▁I ▁had ▁to ▁re connect ▁with ▁part ▁of ▁my ▁sad ness , ▁it ’ s ▁my ▁secret ▁power ▁it ’ s ▁what ▁drives ▁me ▁through ▁the ▁song ▁and ▁ign ites ▁that ▁part ▁of ▁me , ▁it ’ s ▁got ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁sad ness , ▁I ▁needed ▁to ▁go ▁back ▁to ▁somewhere ▁where ▁I ▁felt ▁an ▁int imate ▁rom antic ▁thing ▁with ▁an ▁ancient ▁memory ▁and ▁it ▁worked . ▁Child s ▁stayed ▁in ▁a ▁cave ▁on ▁Sydney ' s ▁Northern ▁Be aches . ▁As ▁he ▁a wo ke , ▁Child s ▁real ised ▁he ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁pract ising ▁with ▁his ▁ment or ▁Ke ating . ▁The ▁cave ▁was ▁a ▁special ▁place ▁for ▁Child s ▁and ▁his ▁former ▁f iance e . ▁Their ▁five - year ▁eng agement ▁ended ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁but ▁the ▁hurt ▁remains ▁and ▁Child s ▁has ▁been ▁cel ib ate ▁since . ▁He ▁explained : ▁" I ▁was ▁broken , ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁me ▁was ▁broken ▁and ▁I ▁didn ' t ▁think ▁it ▁was ▁rep ai rable . ▁I ' m ▁not ▁used ▁to ▁comfort ▁and ▁compl iments ▁because ▁I ▁have ▁never ▁been ▁accepted ▁before . ▁I ▁needed