You've Got the Love

"You've Got the Love" is the fifth single released by the band Florence and the Machine, the band consists of  (the lead singer) and the Machine (the band), from their 2009 Brit award-winning debut album Lungs. It was first released on December 1, 2008 as the b-side of their second single "Dog Days Are Over". It was then later released as a digital download only single on January 5, 2009 in the United Kingdom only, after the mass praise it received during the release of "Dog Days Are Over". It is a cover version of the song "You Got the Love" by The Source featuring Candi Staton with a slightly changed name. After being released well before Lungs was finally recorded and released, it was later featured on the album as its bonus track.

Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28 August 1986 in London) is the daughter of Evelyn Welch, a Harvard-educated Professor of Renaissance Studies and Academic Dean of Arts at Queen Mary University of London and author, and Nick Welch, who works in advertising. Welch's fascination with terror and doom was intensified by the death of her grandparents within a few years of each other. At age 10 Welch witnessed her grandfather's deterioration, and her maternal grandmother, also an art historian died when Welch was 14. When Welch was 13 years old her mother moved in with her next door neighbour and his three teenage children. According to Welch: "We get on brilliantly now, but it was a nightmare then. I just used to stay in my room and dance around. Florence was educated at Alleyn's School, South East London, the alma-mater of actor Jude Law, among others. Despite doing well academically, Welch often didn't focus at school, and was often in trouble for improptu singing. Welch has been diagnosed with dyslexia and dysmetria, and believes she also suffers from OCD, ADD and insomnia. Upon leaving school, Florence studied at Camberwell College of Arts before dropping out to focus on her music.

Florence And The Machine - You've Got the Love  Lyrics:

Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord I just don't care"
But you've got the love I need To see me through

Sometimes it seems that the going is just too rough
And things go wrong no matter what I do
Now and then it seems that life is just too much
But you've got the love I need to see me through

When food is gone you are my daily need
When friends are gone I know my savior's love is real
You know its real

You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love

Time after time I think "Oh Lord what's the use?"
Time after time I think it's just no good
Sooner or later in life, the things you love you loose
But you got the love I need to see me through

You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love

Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord I just don't care"
But you've got the love I need to see me through

You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love