The Guests

Song The Guests
Artist Leonard Cohen
Album The Complete Studio Albums Collection

Lyrics

[00:09.11] One by one, the guests arrive,
[00:14.87] The guests are coming through,
[00:21.26] The open-hearted many,
[00:26.57] The broken-hearted few,
[00:28.63]
[00:30.45] And no-one knows where the night is going,
[00:36.28] And no-one knows why the wine is flowing,
[00:42.46] Oh love, I need you,
[00:45.23] I need you,
[00:46.39] I need you,
[00:48.07] I need you, oh,
[00:53.59] I need you now,
[00:57.25]
[01:01.32] And those who dance, begin to dance,
[01:06.80] Those who weep begin,
[01:11.03] And "Welcome, welcome" cries a voice
[01:17.07] "Let all my guests come in."
[01:19.40]
[01:21.17] And no-one knows where the night is going,
[01:26.84] And no-one knows why the wine is flowing,
[01:32.57] Oh love, I need you,
[01:35.39] I need you,
[01:36.88] I need you,
[01:38.17] I need you, oh,
[01:43.81] I need you now,
[01:47.55]
[01:51.44] And all go stumbling through that house
[01:55.46] in lonely secrecy
[02:01.55] Saying "Do reveal yourself"
[02:05.80] or "Why has thou forsaken me?"
[02:09.72]
[02:11.02] And no-one knows where the night is going,
[02:16.71] And no-one knows why the wine is flowing,
[02:23.05] Oh love, I need you,
[02:25.20] I need you,
[02:26.42] I need you,
[02:28.04] I need you, oh,
[02:33.36] I need you now,
[02:37.80]
[02:41.43] All at one the torches flare,
[02:46.05] The inner door flies open,
[02:50.78] One by one, they enter there,
[02:55.86] In every style of passion,
[02:58.72]
[02:59.72] And no-one knows where the night is going,
[03:05.04] And no-one knows why the wine is flowing,
[03:10.33] Oh love, I need you,
[03:13.45] I need you,
[03:14.97] I need you,
[03:16.31] I need you, oh,
[03:21.40] I need you now,
[03:25.06]
[03:28.32] And here they take their sweet repast,
[03:32.83] While house and grounds dissolve,
[03:38.29] And one by one the guests are cast
[03:42.87] Beyond the garden wall,
[03:46.78]
[03:47.83] And no-one knows where the night is going,
[03:52.59] And no-one knows why the wine is flowing,
[03:58.13] Oh love, I need you,
[04:01.58] I need you,
[04:02.78] I need you,
[04:03.90] I need you, oh,
[04:09.37] I need you now,
[04:13.05]
[04:16.77] Those who dance, begin to dance,
[04:21.80] Those who weep begin,
[04:26.74] Those who earnestly are lost,
[04:30.72] Are lost and lost again,
[04:34.47]
[04:35.86] And no-one knows where the night is going,
[04:41.08] And no-one knows why the wine is flowing,
[04:45.96] Oh love, I need you,
[04:49.20] I need you,
[04:50.50] I need you,
[04:51.87] I need you, oh,
[04:57.27] I need you now,
[05:00.75]
[05:04.66] One by one, the guests arrive,
[05:10.00] The guests are coming through,
[05:14.60] The broken-hearted many,
[05:19.49] The open hearted few,
[05:22.75]
[05:23.55] And no-one knows where the night is going,
[05:28.69] And no-one knows why the wine is flowing,
[05:33.77] Oh love, I need you,
[05:37.01] I need you,
[05:38.28] I need you,
[05:39.46] I need you, oh,
[05:45.87] I need you now.
[05:50.37]