If It Hadn't Been for Love Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cbingham 

Cover art for If It Hadn't Been for Love lyrics by Adele

Adele's version of the song could be thought of as being about a woman who kills her husband and says it's because her love of him made her insane. It is a cover, and the song was written by a man, so it was originally about a man killing his wife. However, this is done by a woman, and the pronouns have been changed to reflect that so in this version the wife kills the husband.