WELCOME

 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 your plate around and 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

Draining 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 wrong

All these threads

Wove 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

Draining 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

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

Draining 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