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 13th September 2024:
(Got to have love, you've got to have love
Got to have love, you've got to have love)
Light, light all your candles
Light your candles for me now
'cos all your birthdays came at once
There is no place 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)
That's right
Without love
You're just making a fool of yourself
Without love
You're just jerking off inside someone else
Well I can tell you what they say about it
Are you in or are you out of it?
? tell me about it
I see it in your eyes and 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)
Oh
When love disappears life disappears
And you sit on your arse for 25 years and you twist and bust, twist and bust
And try and fail and go to jail and you try and finish an album
All the time, you're ignoring the one thing, the one thing that could save you, and the one thing, the one thing that scares you to death
You've got to learn how to say it whilst keeping a straight face
I'm just asking you a question, everyone in this room without exception
What do you need?
What do you need?
I can't hear you
Can you even spell it?
Say it?
Can you even spell it?
It goes like this:
You spell it? You spell it? You spell it
L.O.V.E.
Yes, 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