I Can't Live Without You [Shaw/Blades featuring Tommy Shaw]

I Can't Live Without You
Written by Tommy Shaw & Jack Blades
Lead Vocals by Jack Blades

Six o'clock
Time to wake up
Time to play that game again
Put a smile on my face
Tell all the lines in my face
There was a time
When growing up
Seemed so far away

It's eight a.m.
Trapped in a car
Nothing but miles of cars ahead
Look for a star to chase
Dream of a faraway place
There was a time
When you and I didn't care
If we came home at night

It was enough to be
Layin' under the sky
It was important to me
To feel you by my side

Can't the world go away
Lock the door
Come back another day
I don't know what to do
So I'm holding on to you
I can live without most everything
But I can't live without you

Now here we stand
It's you and me again
Two strangers each on a mission
Is it too late
Was it worth it all
Remember the night
I laid you down
And we knew it meant forever
We swore forever

Can't the world go away
Lock the door
Come back another day
So many wasted years
Too many lonely tears
I can live without most everything
But I can't live without you
No I can't live without you

And the word never dies
(Close your eyes and say goodnight)
Piling up to the skies
(turn around and say good-bye)
Staring into the black abyss
(Every night a different world)
And I have to ask
God how did it come to this

Can't the world go away
Lock the door
Come back another day
I don't know what to do
So I'm holding on to you
I can live without most everything

Can't the world go away
Lock the door
Come back another day

So many wasted years
Too many lonely tears
I can live without most everything
But I can't live without you
No I can't live
Without you
No I can't live
Without you
No I can't live
Without you

Interpretation

I seem to be stuck in a routine. Get up early each day and go to work like grown-ups do, pretending to be happy but dreaming of something better.  What happened to those days when when the most important thing was spending time together? Now we don't know what to do when we have a little time. We've wasted so much time and shed a lot of tears. We hardly know each other.  How did we get here?  Nothing else really matters to me except having you with me. "I can live without most everything, but I can't live without you."