"Welcome" lyrics

Welcome, friend
I'm so glad you came
It wouldn't be the same without you here

Step inside
Sit down for a while
Drink in all the smiles and the tears

Help yourself
It's all on the house
Pass the plate around, don't be shy

Have your fill
There's plenty here to share
Everything prepared with us in mind

Every night we wonder who
How we hoped it would be you

Whatever you brought here tonight
We will feast and find the light
Drink in every cup of joy and grief

Only God knows why we all
Stumbled in this dining hall
Searching for the food that we all need
Let us gather round the table:
"Come and Eat."

Maybe you've
Brought home a baby girl
Or maybe your whole world is spinning round

All these threads
Move in space and time
Underneath the lights they sing a song

Every night we wonder who
Could it be anyone but you

Whatever you brought here tonight
We will feast and find the light
Drink in every cup of joy and grief

Only God knows why we all
Stumbled in this dining hall
Searching for the food that we all need
Let us gather round the table:
"Come and Eat."

Welcome, friend
For now we share a name
A family of strangers, one and all

Gathered here
Neighbors for a night
Let us fight a different fight beyond these walls

This our meal
It is an act of war
We'll settle the score and raise a toast

For dark and death
They've had their part to play
They will make way for another Host

Whatever you brought here tonight
We will feast and find the light
Drink in every cup of joy and grief

Only God knows why we all
Stumbled in this dining hall
Searching for the food that we all need
Let us gather round the table:
"Come and Eat."