This song is a duet between ZAYN and Taylor Swift about the struggles of living life without a loved one. It speaks of the pain and longing that comes with being apart from someone you care about deeply. The lyrics express the desire to not have to go on living without that person
"I Don't Wanna Live Forever" is a song by the English singer Zayn and the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from the 2017 soundtrack Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. It was written by Swift, Sam Dew, and its producer Jack Antonoff. An R&B, dance-pop, and electropop ballad about romantic yearning between two ex-lovers, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" features finger snap beats and falsetto vocals from Swift and Zayn. Universal Music Group released it as a single on December 9, 2016, and its music video was released on January 27, 2017.