August And September Lyrics - The The

Suddenly last summer 

I started going out of my head 

In a tiny hotel room 

Lyin' naked on a bed 

I knew what you were doing, and I knew what you'd done 

Your life with me was ending, your new life had begun 

But I was cursing your name, and I was cursing that room 

And I was praying for the strength to stop loving you 

I started writing you the letter 

Which turned into the book 

I was gonna reach across the oceans 

And force you to look 

What kind of man was I? 

Who would sacrifice your happiness to satisfy his pride? 

What kind of man was I? 

Who would delay your destiny to appease his tiny mind? 

Then you came back to me and I went down on one knee 

With a glint in my eyes and a rose between my teeth 

And I pushed out my tongue for you to see 

That I'd been dying of a thirst for your company 

And then you quenched my loneliness with your tears 

And our clothes fell away as we rolled back the years 

But we couldn't deny it because we could not admit it 

If our love too strong to die 

Or we were just too weak to kill it? 

Was our love too strong to die? 

Or were we just too weak to kill it? 

Every moment in that room 

I closed my eyes in prayer 

Every moment I awoke 

I clenched my teeth in prayer 

What kind of man was I? 

Who would sacrifice your happiness to satisfy his pride? 

What kind of man was I? 

Who would delay your destiny to appease his tiny mind? 

What kind of man was I? 

Who could delay your destiny to appease his achin' swollen pride? 

Who could delay your destiny to appease his screamin' little mind? 

You're mine 

You're mine 

You're mine 

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