What Now My Love
Anthony Newley Lyrics

What now my love
The singer is starting with a rhetorical question to express his helplessness and his confusion about what to do next.

Now that you left me
The singer's lover has abandoned him, and he is trying to come to terms with his new loneliness.

How can I live through another day
The singer is expressing that he feels unable to go on without his lover and is struggling with daily life without them.

Watching my dreams turn into ashes
The singer sees his life falling apart before him, and his once cherished goals are now unattainable.

And all my hopes into bits of clay
The singer's beliefs are no longer strong and have crumbled like clay, leaving him in despair.

Once I could see, once I could feel
The singer remembers that he once had a strong sense of self, but now he feels disconnected from himself and the world.

Now I am numb
The singer has lost his emotional connection to himself and the world after being abandoned by his lover.

I've become unreal
The singer feels like he is not living in reality, and his world has become surreal.

I walk the night, oh, without a goal
The singer is wandering aimlessly in his life, lacking purpose or direction.

Stripped of my heart, my soul
The singer has lost his emotional and spiritual selves, and he feels empty and alone.

What now my love
Again, the singer is questioning the situation he finds himself in and is seeking guidance on what to do next.

Now that it's over
The singer acknowledges that his relationship with his lover is over and is coming to grips with this reality.

I feel the world closing in on me
The singer feels like the world is becoming smaller and less familiar, and he is feeling trapped and claustrophobic.

Here come the stars, tumbling around me
The singer is becoming more disoriented and lost, and he sees the stars swirling around him, threatening to consume him.

And there's the sky where the sea should be
The singer is so disoriented, he can't tell up from down, and he sees the sky where the sea should be, further adding to his confusion.

Now that you're gone
The singer repeats the earlier phrase to express the finality of his lover's departure.

I'd be a fool to go on and on
The singer realizes that it's pointless to continue living without the one he loves and may even consider taking his own life.

No one would care, no one would cry
The singer feels alone in the world and that there is no one left to care for him or mourn his loss.

If I should live or die
The singer sees no reason to continue living without his lover and is contemplating ending his life.

Now there is nothing
The singer sees that his life has lost all meaning and purpose without his lover and feels that he has nothing left to live for.

Only my last goodbye
The singer has resigned himself to the fact that his life without his lover is hopeless and is bidding his final farewell.