Without You by Lana Del Rey Song Info
"Without You" is a song about the loneliness and emptiness that comes with success and fame. The song describes the singer as having everything she could want -- money, fame, beauty -- but still feeling unfulfilled without the love of a particular person. The first verse talks about the singer's glamorous life, but the repeated question, "Am I glamorous?" suggests that she is unsure if her success is worth anything without the love of the person she is addressing. The chorus repeats the phrase "Hello? Can you hear me?" as if the person she is singing to is not responding to her. She claims that she will be a "china doll" who will fall apart without this person's love, and that they can see her fall if they want. She describes their love as "deadly", suggesting that it is both intoxicating and dangerous. The singer asks to be reassured that life is beautiful, as others believe she has it all, yet she claims to have "nothing" without this person and that all her dreams and achievements mean nothing without their love. The second verse contrasts the sweetness of summer with the "stolen images" that have burned into the singer's brain. She imagines a life she could have lived with this person and asks if they can picture it too. The bridge suggests that they were once two kids just trying to escape the dark side of the American dream and that they found happiness in dancing all night and playing loud music, but now that they have grown up, nothing is what it seemed. In the end, the chorus repeats, emphasizing that the singer has nothing without this person and that all her accomplishments and dreams are meaningless if she can't have them. The song expresses a yearning for love and a warning about the emptiness of success and fame without it.
