This Side Of Love Lyrics - Terence Trent Darby

We're on the negative side of love 

I'm subject to all bizarre whims she fancies 

I'm running escape to find the handle 

Of the door she locks me up in 

She's on the laughing side of sin 

What have I done in all my past lives 

(To end up on) This side of Love? 

We're on a permanent twist of fate 

She has dominion over time and torture 

I'm pinching myself to convince me that 

I'm in a living nightmare 

The killer attraction of a dare 

What have I done, emasculation 

(To end up on) This side of Love? 

If I should stay 

(Will the beat go on?) 

I must be strong 

(We tell you every day) 

Will I return 

(To normal lovers again?) 

Please peel my skin 

('Cause my soul is burning) 

We're on a roundabout whirl of scorn 

The demons are smiling and the angels snoring 

I feel like a stepchild Caeser that's been 

Beaten and bruised to please her 

Wearing a rusted ring of thorns 

What have I done to piss the Gods off 

(To end up on) This side of Love? 

If I should stay 

(Will the beat go on?) 

I must be strong 

(We tell you every day) 

Will I return 

(To normal lovers again?) 

Please peel my skin 

('Cause my soul is burning) 

We're on the negative side of love 

I see my condition as a sign of service 

I'll snuggle up close to her knowing 

That I'm practising my religion 

Warming the barrel of a gun 

This will be the deed that finds me next time 

(On this side of) 

(On this side of) 

(On this side of) This side of Love