Let Her Go

• By: Passenger
• Album: All The Little Lights (Anniversary Edition)

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible. adjective - not heavy; easily carried or moved.
burning /ˈbɜːrnɪŋ/ B1	verb - producing flames or intense heat.
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer. verb - to fall as snow.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection. verb - feel deep affection for (someone).
high /haɪ/ A2	adjective - of great vertical extent. adjective - under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction. verb - experiencing an emotion.
hate /heɪt/ A2	verb - feel intense dislike for.
road /roʊd/ A1	noun - a wide way leading from one place to another, especially one with a specially prepared surface that vehicles can use.
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.
staring /ˈsterɪŋ/ B1	verb - look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open.
bottom /ˈbɑːtəm/ A2	noun - the lowest point or part of something.
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep. verb - experience dreams during sleep.
close /kloʊz/ A1	verb - move (something) so as to cover an opening; shut. adjective - near in space or time.
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	verb - come into or be in contact with (something).
dive /daɪv/ B1	verb - plunge head first into water.

Grammar:

• well you only need the light when it's burning low

  ➔ Conditional Clause with "when"

  ➔ The sentence expresses a condition and its consequence. "When it's burning low" introduces the condition under which you need the light. The verb tense in both clauses reflects a general truth or typical situation.

• only miss the sun when it starts to snow

  ➔ Inversion (Implied) for Emphasis and Conditional Clause with "when"

  ➔ The phrase "only miss the sun" shows inversion for emphasis. The main point is that you only feel the lack of something when a specific condition is met. The "when" clause provides the condition.

• only know you love her when you let her go

  ➔ Conditional sentence structure (implied "if") with adverbial clause of time ("when")

  ➔ This uses a "when" clause to imply a conditional relationship. It means "You only realize you love her *if* you let her go". The "only" emphasizes the exclusivity of this condition for understanding your love.

• staring at the bottom of your glass

  ➔ Present Participle as Adjective

  ➔ The word "staring" is used as an adjective to describe the action of looking intently. It modifies the understood subject.

• hoping one day you'll make a dream last

  ➔ Gerund Phrase and Future Tense

  ➔ "Hoping" introduces a gerund phrase, expressing a desire or aspiration. "You'll make" is the simple future tense.

• dreams come slow and they go so fast

  ➔ Simple Present Tense for General Truths

  ➔ The use of the simple present tense, "come" and "go", indicates a general truth about the nature of dreams.

• cause love comes slow and it goes so fast

  ➔ Simple Present Tense for General Truths, Compound Sentence

  ➔ This expresses a general observation about love. "Comes" and "goes" are in the simple present, indicating a timeless truth. The sentence is compound, joined by the conjunction "and".

• Courts you love to too much and you dive too deep

  ➔ Adverb "too" modifying adjectives/verbs, coordinated clauses

  ➔ The adverb "too" intensifies the adjectives/verbs (love, dive), indicating excess. The clauses are coordinated by "and".