Let Her Go – English Lyrics

• By: lost., Honeyfox, Pop Mage

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Well, you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

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

Only hate the road when you're missing home

Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go

...

Staring at the bottom of your glass

Hoping one day you'll make a dream last

But dreams come slow, and they go so fast

You see her when you close your eyes

Maybe one day, you'll understand why

Everything you touch surely dies

Well, you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

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

Only hate the road when you're missing home

Only know you love her when you let her go

Staring at the ceiling in the dark

Same old empty feeling in your heart

'Cause love comes slow, and it goes so fast

Well, you see her when you fall asleep

But never to touch and never to keep

'Cause you loved her too much, and you dived too deep

Well, you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

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

Only hate the road when you're missing home

Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go

Oh-oh, mm-mm

And you let her go

Oh-oh, mm-mm

Well, you let her go

...

'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

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

Only hate the road when you're missing home

Only know you love her when you let her go

Well, you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
miss /mɪs/ A1	verb - to feel sad about the absence of someone or something
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have deep affection for someone noun - a deep affection for someone
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move or travel from one place to another
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
low /loʊ/ A1	adjective - near the ground or bottom adjective - lacking in strength or energy
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc.
burn /bɜːrn/ A2	verb - to be damaged or destroyed by fire
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - white particles of ice that fall during winter
high /haɪ/ A1	adjective - great in vertical position adjective - euphoric or excited, often from drugs or emotions
road /roʊd/ A1	noun - a wide way leading from one place to another
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently
stare /stɛər/ A2	verb - to look at something with fixed eyes for a long time
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to come into contact with something
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - to stop living
empty /ˈɛmpti/ A2	adjective - containing nothing
keep /kiːp/ A1	verb - to have or hold something
deep /diːp/ A1	adjective - extending far down from the top or surface

Key Grammar Structures

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

  ➔ Present simple with 'only' for emphasis

  ➔ The phrase 'only need' uses the present simple to express a general truth, while 'only' emphasizes the condition under which the need arises.

• Only know you love her when you let her go

  ➔ Present simple with 'only' in a conditional sense

  ➔ Here, 'only know' is used with the present simple to indicate a specific condition ('when you let her go') under which the realization occurs.

• Staring at the bottom of your glass

  ➔ Present continuous for an action happening now

  ➔ The present continuous ('Staring') is used to describe an action that is happening at the moment of speaking.

• Hoping one day you'll make a dream last

  ➔ Present continuous with future implication

  ➔ The present continuous ('Hoping') is used here with a future implication, suggesting a desire or plan for the future.

• But dreams come slow, and they go so fast

  ➔ Present simple for general truths

  ➔ The present simple ('come', 'go') is used to express general truths about the nature of dreams.

• You see her when you close your eyes

  ➔ Present simple in a conditional clause

  ➔ The present simple ('see') is used in a conditional clause ('when you close your eyes') to describe a habitual or general action.

• 'Cause love comes slow, and it goes so fast

  ➔ Present simple for general observations

  ➔ The present simple ('comes', 'goes') is used to make general observations about the nature of love.

• But never to touch and never to keep

  ➔ Infinitive with 'never' for negation

  ➔ The infinitive form ('to touch', 'to keep') with 'never' is used to express actions that will not happen.