And if you didn't exist
Tell me, why should I exist?
To hang about in a world without you
Without hope, without regret?
And if you didn't exist
I would try to invent love
Like a painter who makes the colors
Of the day come to life with his own hands
And cannot believe it

And if you didn't exist
Tell me, who would I exist for?
The passers-by asleep in my arms
Who I could never love?
And if you didn't exist
I would only be one more speck
In this world who would come and go
I would feel lost
I would be in need of you

And if you didn't exist
Tell me, how could I exist?
I could make some semblance of myself
But I wouldn't be real
And if you didn't exist
I think I would find
The secret of life, the reason why
Simply to create you
And to look upon you
And if you didn't exist
Tell me, why should I exist?
To hang about in a world without you
Without hope, without regret?
And if you didn't exist
I would try to invent love
Like a painter who makes the colors
Of the day come to life with his own hands
And cannot believe it