TEMPLE OF LOVE

With the fire from the fireworks up above me
With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain at hand
You run for cover in the temple of love, you run for another, it’s all the same
For the wind will blow my name across this land

In the temple of love you hide together
Believing pain and fear outside
But someone near you rides the weather
And the tears he cried will rain on walls as wide as lover’s eyes

In the temple of love
Shine like thunder
I the temple of love
Cry like rain
In the temple of love
Hear my calling
In the temple of love
Hear my name

And the devil in the black dress watches over
My guardian angel walks away
Life is short and love is always over in the morning
Black wind, come carry me far away

With the sunlight died and night above me
With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain inside
You run for cover in the temple of love, you run for another, it’s all the same
For the wind will blow and throw your walls aside

With the fire from the fireworks up above
With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain
You run for cover in the temple of love
I shine like thunder, cry like rain
And the temple of love is old and strong
But the wind blows longer, cold and long
And the temple of love will fall before
This black wind calls my name to you no more

In the black sky thunder sweeping underground and over water
Sounds of crying weeping will not save your faith for bricks and dreams for mortar
All your prayers must seem as nothing, ninety-six below the wave
When stone is dust and only air remains

In the temple of love
Shine like thunder
I the temple of love
Cry like rain
In the temple of love
Hear my calling
And the temple of love
Is falling down

Written  by Andrew Eldritch (Sisters of Mercy)