The Guests Lyrics - Essential Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

One by one, the guests arrive 

The guests are coming through 

The open-hearted many 

The broken-hearted few 

And no one knows where the night is going 

And no one knows why the wine is flowing 

Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh 

I need you now 

And those who dance, begin to dance 

Those who weep begin 

And "welcome, welcome" cries a voice 

"Let all my guests come in" 

And no one knows where the night is going 

And no one knows why the wine is flowing 

Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh 

I need you now 

And all go stumbling through that house 

In lonely secrecy 

Saying "do reveal yourself" 

Or "why has thou forsaken me?" 

And no one knows where the night is going 

And no one knows why the wine is flowing 

Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh 

I need you now 

All at once the torches flare 

The inner door flies open 

One by one they enter there 

In every style of passion 

And no one knows where the night is going 

And no one knows why the wine is flowing 

Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh 

I need you now 

And here they take their sweet repast 

While house and grounds dissolve 

And one by one the guests are cast beyond the garden wall 

And no one knows where the night is going 

And no one knows why the wine is flowing 

Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh 

I need you now 

Those who dance, begin to dance 

Those who weep begin 

Those who earnestly are lost 

Are lost and lost again 

And no one knows where the night is going 

And no one knows why the wine is flowing 

Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh 

I need you now 

One by the guests arrive 

The guests are coming through 

The broken-hearted many 

The open-hearted few 

And no one knows where the night is going 

And no one knows why the wine is flowing 

Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh 

I need you now