If Tomorrow Never Comes
Garth Lyrics

Sometimes late at night
There are times when the singer stays up late at night

I lie awake and watch her sleeping
He remains awake to see his loved one sleeping peacefully

She's lost in peaceful dreams, so I turn out the lights
The wife is in a peaceful state of sleep, so he turns off the lights

And lay there in the dark
He lies in the darkness and contemplates

And the thought crosses my mind
The singer thinks about something

If I never wake up in the morning
He thinks about the uncertainty of waking up the next morning

Would she ever doubt the way I feel about her in my heart
Would his loved one ever doubt his love for her if he should die during the night?

If tomorrow never comes
If the future is uncertain and the singer doesn't wake up tomorrow

Will she know how much I loved her?
Will his wife know how much he loves her

Did I try in every way to show her every day
Did he try his best every day to show his love for her in every possible way

That she's my only one?
Did he make it clear that she's his only one

And if my time on earth were through
If his life were to end soon

And she must face the world without me
If his wife has to face the world without him by her side

Is the love I gave her in the past gonna be enough to last?
Will the love he gave his wife in the past be enough for her to hold on to

'Cause I've lost loved ones in my life
The singer has lost some of his loved ones in his life

Who never knew how much I loved them
Those loved ones never knew how much love he held for them

Now I live with the regret that my true feelings for them
He regrets that he not able to express his true feelings to them

Never were revealed
Those true feelings were never disclosed

So I made a promise to myself
He promised himself

To say each day how much she means to me
He promised himself to say how much his wife means to him every day

And avoid that circumstance where there's no second chance
To avoid ending up in a situation where he never gets the second chance

To tell her how I feel
to tell his loved one how he feels

So tell that someone that you love
The singer implies everyone to express love to their loved ones

Just what you're thinking of
To express everything you are thinking of

If tomorrow never comes
Since one doesn't know whether he/she will wake up tomorrow