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.”
―Leonard Cohen, “The Guests”, from the album Recent Songs, 1979
