Love Itself Lyrics - The Essential Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

The light came through the window 

Straight from the sun above 

And so inside my little room 

There plunged the rays of love 

In streams of light I clearly saw 

The dust you seldom see, 

Out of which the nameless makes 

A name for one like me 

I'll try to say a little more 

Love went on and on 

Until it reached an open door 

Then love itself 

Love itself was gone 

All busy in the sunlight 

The flecks did float and dance 

And I was tumbled up with them 

In formless circumstance 

I'll try to say a little more 

Love went on and on 

Until it reached an open door 

Then love itself 

Love itself was gone 

Then I came back from where I'd been 

My room, it looked the same 

But there was nothing left between 

The nameless and the name 

All busy in the sunlight 

The flecks did float and dance 

And I was tumbled up with them 

In formless circumstance 

I'll try to say a little more 

Love went on and on 

Until it reached an open door 

Then love itself 

Love itself was gone 

Love itself 

Love itself was gone