If You Love Me Let Me Go – English Lyrics

• By: Colbie Caillat, Russell Dickerson

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the nuances of expressing complex emotions in English through Colbie Caillat and Russell Dickerson's duet, "If You Love Me Let Me Go." This song is a great learning tool as its clear narrative and direct, emotional lyrics provide a powerful example of how language can be used to convey heartache and the difficult process of letting go. The conversational style of the duet also offers insight into natural-sounding expressions of vulnerability and resolve.

[English]

作词 : Colbie Caillat/Jamie Scott/Julian Bunetta/John Ryan

Waiting here for my phone to ring, phone to ring, wondering

Are you ever coming back to me again?

Counting every drop of rain, drop of rain falling

Falling down into the hole you dug for me

And it buried me

'Cause you dug so deep

But I'm still within' your reach

Oh, oh

If you really love me, you would let me go, oh

I'm tired of always sleeping with your ghost

Chasing away the things I need the most

If you really love me, you would let me go, oh, oh

If you love me, let me go

Every time you come back again, back again, the healing ends

I push all of my rules aside for you

You should see the way other eyes, other eyes fight for me

They give me everything that you never do

Still it tears at me

'cause you cut so deep

And I'm still within your reach

Oh, oh

If you really love me, you would let me go, oh

I'm tired of always sleeping with your ghost

Chasing away the things I need the most

If you really love me, you would let me go, oh

If you love me, let me go

All of me, all of me wants to be with you

But you let me bleed, let me bleed

All of me, all of me wants to be with you

But you let me bleed, let me bleed

Oh, oh

If you really love me, you would let me go, oh

I'm tired of always sleeping with your ghost

Chasing away the things I need the most

If you really love me you would let me go, oh

If you love me, let me go, oh

If you love me, let me go

If you love me, let me go

If you love me, let me go

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have deep affection for someone noun - deep affection
let /lɛt/ A1	verb - to allow or permit
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move or leave
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A1	verb - to stay in place until something happens
tired /ˈtaɪərd/ A2	adjective - feeling a need to rest
chasing /ˈtʃeɪsɪŋ/ A2	verb - to pursue or follow
sleeping /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ A1	verb - to rest in a state of sleep
ghost /ɡoʊst/ B1	noun - the spirit of a dead person
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ A1	verb - to drop or descend
bleed /bliːd/ B1	verb - to lose blood
healing /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ B1	verb - to become healthy again
push /pʊʃ/ A1	verb - to exert force to move something
aside /əˈsaɪd/ B1	adverb - to the side; out of the way
tear /tɛər/ B1	verb - to pull apart or rip noun - a drop of tears from the eye
deep /diːp/ A2	adjective - extending far down