Love In the Time of Ecstacy

[D]For the fir[G]st time in my li[G/C]fe
There's a warm, warm ra[D]in
Upon the [G]hotel balcony
Where we [G/C]looked out upon

a darkening sea and the
[D]light And the l[G]ight upon the m[G/C]editerranean
[G/C]Burned like candles in the memory
Of a[D]ll the thi[G]ngs that we mislaid on the [G/C]way here

[D]Why did N[G]irvana ever bother to pl[G/C]ay here?
[G/C]Hey there, I don't want to stay here

[G]I decree th[D]ere is a higher plane
[D]Some place of l[G/C]ittle consequenc[G]e
[G]That I mig[D]ht see your face again
[D]before the li[G/C]ving and the dea[G]d
Are [G/C]reun[D]ite[G]d

And this town,
this town is killing me now
I can't believe I waited so long
From the shopping trolleys on the riverbed
To the sound of the bass binss booming
Can I see your face in this acid light
Of another suburban evening
As I roll my eyes up to these dirty skies
Till I count the days till I am leavin

I decree there is a higher plane
Some place of little consequence
That I might see your face again
before the living and the dead
Are reunited

What is love?
What is love in the time of ecstasy
And bare-knuckle fighting?
Lord, won't you deliver me from the wave machine
And the transparent bikini
Like isn't there some skeleton on me
I should find that I might vanquish thee,
Wont you listen to me, your unfaithful servant
of filthy, fucking language

I decree there is a higher plane
Some place of little consequence
That I might see your face again
before the living and the dead
Are reunited

What is love
What is love in the time of ecstasy
And bareknuckle fighting
Don't tell me that he died for that

Councillor forgive me for I
Knew not what I vandalised
Don't tell me that he died for that

Take me down to the Paradise club
Where the girls are drunk and oversized
DOn't tell me that he died for that

There's a crack in the handle of a coronation cup
That I once brought back
I decree there is a higher plane
Some place of little consequence