Without You Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Shadose 

Cover art for Without You lyrics by Harry Nilsson

This song is my favourite. But doesn't it mean that she was dying "I can't forget this evening Or your face as you were leaving " & " You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows" means that she is sorry that she has to leave. When you analyse the song closely, it doesn't actually mean that they are breaking up. "When I had you there but then I let you go" also depicts the death of his lover, when he thinks he could have saved.

The second verse was really confusing, as it is said in past tense, and it has tommorrow in it.

I think he uses the term tomorrow because he could have had her in his future if he really wanted, but he let her go instead. It was for her own good, and it's what he thought he wanted, but the decision haunts him.

I don't see death in the song. I see a painful breakup where both people still want to be together but have to give up on the relationship because they want different things out of life. They've known it for a long time but they hang on because they love each other. Eventually,...

@UNCLEJUNIORSOPRANO

I NOTICED THE SAME THING. HERE'S YOUR ANSWER: TOMORROW RHYMES WITH SORROW. OTHERWISE, TO MAKE SENSE, THE VERSE WOULD HAVE TO BE, "I COULDN'T FORGET THE NEXT DAY", & THAT SIMPLY WOULDN'T WORK.