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His Love

Description:

This is a song that Tegan Quin wrote for the audiobook of Augusten Burroughs' memoir A Wolf At The Table. Tegan sings the lead vocals and the background vocals.

Lyrics:

Augusten, if I write something beautiful

Will it squash the hurt that's living deep inside of you?

Augusten, are you just like me? 

Does your hurt fade as you write out your history?

I just wanna know how you were able

To survive so long with a wolf at the table

Augusten, so you were hiding in the forest

With your love still laid out before him

Augusten, with that love stuck inside

How did you ever sleep at night?

I just wanna know how you were able 

To survive so long with a wolf at the table

Augusten, tell me how were you able

To control the urge to kill the wolf at the table?

His love, his love, you spoke of

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh

Augusten, do you struggle for the words?

Does the right way to put it sometimes hurt?

Augusten, am I just like you?

Could I ever truly know what I would do?

I just wanna know how you were able 

To survive so long with a wolf at the table

Augusten, tell me how were you able

To control the urge to kill the wolf at the table?

His love, his love, his love

His love, his love, his love

His love, his love, you spoke of

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh

One, two, three, four

His love right out the door

One, two, three, four

His love right out the door

One, two, three, four

His love right out the door

His love, his love, you spoke of

Oh oh, oh oh

His love, his love, you spoke of

Oh oh. oh oh

His love, his love, you spoke of

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh

Live Performances:

September 4, 2008

Trivia and Quotes:

  • The memoir is about Augusten's turbulent relationship with his father and Tegan wrote the song about the memoir with lyrics asking questions to Augusten.

  • On September 4, 2008, Tegan did an event with Augusten at the Housing Works Bookstore and talked about writing the song and performed it live.

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