Let Her Go – English Lyrics

• By: Passenger
• Album: All The Little Lights

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful melodies of 'Let Her Go' to master English through its emotive storytelling. This song is perfect for learners to practice understanding nuanced vocabulary related to emotions, loss, and reflection, all set to a beautiful, easy-to-follow folk rhythm.

[English]

[music]

>> Well, you only need the light when it's

burning low.

Only miss the sun when [singing] it

starts to snow. Only know you love her

when you let her go. [music]

Only know you've been high when you're

feeling low. [music]

Only hate the road when you're missing

home.

Only know you love her when you let her

go.

And you let her go.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Staring at the bottom of your glass,

hoping one day you'll make a dream last.

But dreams come [music] slow, and they

go so [singing] fast.

You see her when [music] you close your

eyes. Maybe one [singing] day you'll

understand why [music] everything you

touch surely dies.

But you [music] only need the light when

it's burning low.

Only miss the sun when it starts to

snow. Only know you love her when

[music] you let her go.

Only know you've been high when you're

feeling low.

>> [music]

>> Only hate the road when you're missing

home.

Only know you love her when you [music]

let her go.

Staring at the ceiling the dark, [music]

same old empty feeling in your heart.

Cuz love comes slow and it goes so

[singing] fast.

>> [music]

>> Well, you see her when you fall asleep,

but never to touch and never to keep cuz

[music] you loved her too much and you

dived too deep.

Well, you [music] only need the light

when it's burning low.

Only miss the sun when it starts [music]

to snow. Only know your lover when you

let her go.

Only know [music] you've been high when

you're feeling low.

Only hate the road when you're missing

home.

Only know your lover [music] when you

let [singing] her go.

And you let her go. [music]

And you let her go.

>> [music]

>> And when you let her go.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Cuz you only need the light when it's

burning low.

Only miss [music] the sun when it starts

to snow. Only know your lover when you

let her go. [music]

Only know you've been high when you're

feeling low.

>> [music]

>> Only hate the road when you're missing

home.

Only know your lover when you let her

go.

>> [music]

>> Cuz you only need the light when it's

burning low.

Only miss the sun when it [music] starts

to [singing] snow. Only know your lover

when you let her go.

Only know you've been when you're

feeling low.

Only hate the road when you're missing

home.

Only know your lover when you let her

go.

And you let her go.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
burning /ˈbɜːrnɪŋ/ A2	adjective - emitting or producing light or heat
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep
staring /ˈsterɪŋ/ B1	verb - looking fixedly or vacantly at someone or something
bottom /ˈbɑːtəm/ A2	noun - the lowest part of something
ceiling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - the upper interior surface of a room
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A2	verb - to perceive the intended meaning of words or ideas
empty /ˈemti/ A2	adjective - containing nothing; not filled
dived /daɪvd/ B1	verb - to jump into water or submerge oneself
lover /ˈlʌvər/ A2	noun - a person having a romantic or sexual relationship with another
surely /ˈʃʊrli/ B1	adjective - certainly or without a doubt
dies /daɪz/ A1	verb - to stop living
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A1	noun - an emotional state or reaction
asleep /əˈsliːp/ A2	adjective - in a state of sleep

Key Grammar Structures

• You only need the light when it's burning low.

  ➔ Conditional 'when' clause

  ➔ The use of "when" indicates that the light is required specifically at the moment the fire is dying.

• Only know you've been high when you're feeling low.

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ "You've been" (you have been) describes an experience that occurred before the current state of "feeling low."

• But dreams come slow, and they go so fast.

  ➔ Adverbial usage of adjectives (Flat adverbs)

  ➔ In informal or poetic English, "slow" and "fast" are used as adverbs modifying the verbs "come" and "go".

• Everything you touch surely dies.

  ➔ Relative clause with omitted pronoun

  ➔ The word "that" is omitted after "everything," creating the phrase "everything (that) you touch."

• Never to touch and never to keep

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose/result

  ➔ These infinitives express the tragic result of the subject's situation regarding the lover.

• Cuz you loved her too much and you dived too deep.

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The verbs "loved" and "dived" denote completed actions in the past that led to the current state of loss.

• And when you let her go.

  ➔ Third-person singular pronoun object

  ➔ "Her" functions as the object of the verb "let," referring to the person being released.