How Do I Live
Trisha Yearwood Lyrics


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How do I
Get through one night without you?
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be?
Oh, and I
I need you in my arms need you to hold
You're my world my heart my soul
If you ever leave
Baby, you would take away everything good in my life

Without you
There'd be no sun in my sky
There would be no love in my life
There'd be no world left for me
And I
Baby, I don't know what I would do
I'd be lost if I lost you
If you ever leave
Baby, you would take away everything real in my life
And tell me now

How do I live without you?
I want to know
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh, how do I live?

If you ever leave
Baby, you would take away everything
I need you with me
Baby, 'cause you know that you're everything good in my life
And tell me now

How do I live without you?
I want to know
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh, how do I live?





How do I live, without you baby?

Overall Meaning

Trisha Yearwood's song "How Do I Live" is a power ballad that expresses the intense need and overwhelming sense of loss that arises from the thought of losing someone beloved. The song explores the emotions of a person who cannot imagine life without their partner and wonders how they can survive if they ever leave. The lyrics are deeply personal and convey a sense of vulnerability, desperation and the aching need for love and intimacy.


Throughout the song, the singer expresses their inability to function without their partner. They cannot imagine a life without their love, and the thought of it is devastating. In the first verse, they ask how they can get through one night without their partner and worry about what kind of life they would have without them. The loss would be too much to bear. They continue to express their need for their partner and the fact that they are everything good in their life. They feel as though they would be lost without them.


The chorus is where the emotional weight of the song really hits. They ask how they can live without their partner, how they can breathe without them, and how they can ever survive if they leave. These are rhetorical questions, of course, as the singer cannot imagine the answers. They are pleading for their partner to stay, expressing their intense love and need for them.


Overall, "How Do I Live" is a raw and emotional plea for love and connection. It speaks to the intensity of human emotions and the powerful need for intimacy and connection.


Line by Line Meaning

How do I
Expressing the artist's feelings of indecisiveness and confusion.


Get through one night without you?
Asking how the artist is supposed to live without their loved one.


If I had to live without you
Contemplating a life without the person the artist loves.


What kind of life would that be?
Rhetorical question emphasizing hypothetical emptiness without their loved one.


Oh, and I
Intensifying the artist’s feelings of love and dependency.


I need you in my arms need you to hold
Expressing the artist’s longing to embrace their loved one.


You're my world, my heart, my soul
Stating the artist’s deepest and strongest feelings about their loved one.


If you ever leave
Expressing the artist’s fear and despair of losing their loved one.


Baby, you would take away everything good in my life
Indicating that the artist’s entire life would be ruined without their loved one.


Without you
Stating the effect of the absence of the loved one.


There'd be no sun in my sky
Metaphorically describing how dull the world would be without their loved one.


There would be no love in my life
Indicating the importance of their loved one in their life.


There'd be no world left for me
Underscoring how their loved one completes their world.


Baby, I don't know what I would do
Expressing the fear of the unknown if their loved one were to leave.


I'd be lost if I lost you
Stating how the artist would feel if they lost their loved one.


Baby, you would take away everything real in my life
Indicating that losing their loved one would strip away the artist’s sense of reality.


And tell me now
Expressing the artist’s desire for a response or resolution from their loved one.


How do I live without you?
Reiterating the central dilemma of the song – the fear of life without the loved one.


I want to know
Emphasizing how important it is for the artist to know what life without their loved one would be.


How do I breathe without you?
Using breathing as a metaphor for life, expressing the fear of living without their loved one.


If you ever go
Reiterating the fear of their loved one leaving.


How do I ever, ever survive?
Up the stakes of the song, pleading for a solution to life without their loved one.


How do I, how do I, oh, how do I live?
Repeating the central question of the song, expressing the ultimate fear of living without their loved one.


I need you with me
Highlighting the importance of the loved one in the artist’s life.


Baby, 'cause you know that you're everything good in my life
Affirming that their loved one is the source of all their joy and happiness in life.


How do I live without you?
Reiterating the central dilemma of the song – the fear of life without the loved one.


I want to know
Emphasizing how important it is for the artist to know what life without their loved one would be.


How do I breathe without you?
Using breathing as a metaphor for life, expressing the fear of living without their loved one.


If you ever go
Reiterating the fear of their loved one leaving.


How do I ever, ever survive?
Up the stakes of the song, pleading for a solution to life without their loved one.


How do I, how do I, oh, how do I live?
Repeating the central question of the song, expressing the ultimate fear of living without their loved one.


How do I live, without you baby?
Repeating the title of the song, summarizing the artist’s fear of living without their loved one.




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Realsongs
Written by: Diane Warren

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@MsTigress66

My hubby died 7 months ago and hearing this beautiful song makes me think of our 62yrs together..a wonderful journey together.

@norlelanoordin2089

Zema McMillan my hubby passed away 4 months ago. I miss him so dearly n just couldnt control my tears each time i think of him. I will never find one in a million as loving, patient n caring like him. I love him so much

@-AgungDwiPutraBarmo-B-

+62 ??

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Indo rupanya

@cherylsmith1186

Beautiful journey. God bless you

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@xONLYFEET

Lost my twin sister a few months ago to brain cancer and think of her whenever I hear this song. I hit 30 years old last week Sis! I am struggling, but I'll hang in here to keep the memory of you alive in peoples' hearts. You were and will always be my better half, Sis. <3

@angi4761

God Bless you 🙏🏽 ❤️

@famillensabimana7821

So sorry for your loss , may God bring you peace of heart and may your lovely sis rest in peace too❤

@doublea3241

Sorry for your loss. 🙏🏾

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