Have i told you lately that i love you

The speaker is expressing deep love and wants to make sure their partner hears it, not just once but repeatedly. The questions at the start are rhetorical: they are not really asking whether they have said “I love you” before, but using the question to lead into saying it again. The feeling is affectionate and earnest, with a hint of worry about being apart or losing the beloved.

Several images show how central the partner is to the speaker’s life. Saying that every dream includes the loved one suggests they are constantly on the speaker’s mind, even during sleep. The “long” nights when the partner is away make loneliness feel stretched out. And the heart “breaking in two” is an idiom: it means the speaker would suffer greatly if the relationship ended, not that their heart would literally break.

The repeated promise, “I’m telling you now,” gives the song a reassuring, almost conversational quality. The speaker may be trying to comfort the partner, or perhaps to reassure themself by repeating the declaration. “I’m no good without you” can sound like passionate devotion, but it also suggests dependence. The lyrics do not tell us whether this is simply romantic exaggeration or a sign of real insecurity, so both readings are possible.