The October 1999 demo version includes a sample of female vocalists singing You got to have love (repeated many times). The January 2000 version may have had Jarvis' own vocals. These are the lyrics for the version that was performed live on 6th January 2025:
(Got to have love, you've got to have love
Got to have love, you've got to have love)
Light all your candles
Light all your candles for me now
'cos all your birthdays came at once
And don't you try to hide
It cannot be denied
I waited far too long
To believe, to believe in the words I once wrote for this song
And you've got to have love, you've got to have love
(Got to have love, you've got to have love)
Yes you've got to have love, you've got to have love
(Got to have love, you've got to have love)
Without love
You're just making a fool of yourself
Without love
You're just jerking off inside someone else
I got nothing else to say about it
Are you in or are you out of it?
So stop your fidgeting and tell me about it
I see it in your eyes and you know you've just
Got to have love, you've got to have love
(Got to have love, you've got to have love)
Yes you've got to have love, you've got to have love
(Got to have love, you've got to have love)
When love disappears, life disappears
And you sit on your backside for 25 years
And you edge your bets
Twist and bust, twist and bust
Try and fail and work on an album and go to jail
All the time, hiding from the one thing that could save you
And the one thing that scares you to death
The only thing that could bring you back to life
So learn how to say it whilst keeping a straight face, yeah
Learn how to say it
You've got to repeat it
What do you need?
I'm asking every one of you a question
Every one of you without exception
What do you need?
I can't hear you
It's time to come to your senses
It's time to wake up and face the consequences
What do you need?
Can you even spell it?
Well, I'll spell it for you, yeah
You spell it "L O V E"
You spell it "L O V E"
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Ahhhhh
You've got to have love, you've got to have love
(Got to have love, you've got to have love)
Yes you've got to have love, yes you've got to have love
(Got to have love, you've got to have love)
Yes you've got to have love, you've got to have love
(Got to have love, you've got to have love)
Yes you've got to have love, yes you've got to have love
(Got to have love, you've got to have love)
Oh, oh