Since I Don't Have You

The speaker describes life after someone important has left. Without this person, ordinary sources of purpose and pleasure seem to have disappeared: the speaker has no plans, hopes, happiness, or love to share. The repeated claim of having “anything” creates a feeling of emptiness. The emotion grows from sadness into a bleak belief that happiness may never return, though the song’s repetition also makes the feeling sound almost like a dramatic refrain.

“Walked out on me” means that the other person left the relationship. The next image, “in walked old misery,” treats misery as a visitor who enters and stays. Calling it “old” suggests that this sadness feels familiar or has become part of the speaker’s life. “Happy hours” can mean enjoyable times generally, rather than a specific event or a reference to a bar.

The lyrics present heartbreak in absolute terms: the speaker feels that losing one person means losing everything. This may express the intensity of grief rather than a literal judgment about life. The repeated “you” at the end keeps attention fixed on the absent person, but it does not explain whether the speaker wants reconciliation, is simply mourning, or is caught in painful memories.