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Well, you only need the light when it's burning low 00:26
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow 00:30
Only know you love her when you let her go 00:33
00:37
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low 00:39
Only hate the road when you're missing home 00:43
Only know you love her when you let her go 00:46
And you let her go 00:51
00:55
Staring at the bottom of your glass 01:05
Hoping one day you'll make a dream last 01:08
But dreams come slow, and they go so fast 01:11
01:16
You see her when you close your eyes 01:18
Maybe one day, you'll understand why 01:20
Everything you touch surely dies 01:24
01:28
But you only need the light when it's burning low 01:30
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow 01:33
Only know you love her when you let her go 01:36
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low 01:42
Only hate the road when you're missing home 01:46
Only know you love her when you let her go 01:49
01:54
Staring at the ceiling in the dark 01:56
Same old empty feeling in your heart 01:59
'Cause love comes slow, and it goes so fast 02:02
Well, you see her when you fall asleep 02:08
But never to touch and never to keep 02:11
'Cause you loved her too much, and you dived too deep 02:14
Well, you only need the light when it's burning low 02:21
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow 02:24
Only know you love her when you let her go 02:28
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low 02:34
Only hate the road when you're missing home 02:37
Only know you love her when you let her go 02:40
And you let her go 02:46
Oh, oh, mm, oh 02:49
And you let her go 02:53
Oh, oh, uh, uh 02:55
Well, you let her go 02:59
03:02
'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low 03:12
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow 03:15
Only know you love her when you let her go 03:19
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low 03:25
Only hate the road when you're missing home 03:28
Only know you love her when you let her go 03:32
03:36
'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low 03:38
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow 03:41
Only know you love her when you let her go 03:45
03:49
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low 03:51
Only hate the road when you're missing home 03:55
Only know you love her when you let her go 03:59
04:04
And you let her go 04:06
04:08

Let Her Go

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Passenger
Album
Whispers
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Lyrics:

[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

...

But 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, oh

And you let her go

Oh, oh, uh, uh

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

...

'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

...

And you let her go

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

light

/laɪt/

A1
  • noun
  • - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible

burning

/ˈbɜːrnɪŋ/

B1
  • verb
  • - producing flames and heat

low

/loʊ/

A1
  • adjective
  • - of less than usual height or depth

miss

/mɪs/

A2
  • verb
  • - to feel sadness at the absence of (someone or something)

sun

/sʌn/

A1
  • noun
  • - the star that provides light and heat to Earth

snow

/snoʊ/

A1
  • verb
  • - to fall as snow

love

/lʌv/

A1
  • verb
  • - to have a strong affection for

high

/haɪ/

A1
  • adjective
  • - at a great or specified height

hate

/heɪt/

A2
  • verb
  • - to feel intense dislike for

road

/roʊd/

A1
  • noun
  • - a way or course for traveling between two places

home

/hoʊm/

A1
  • noun
  • - the place where one lives

bottom

/ˈbɑːtəm/

A2
  • noun
  • - the lowest point or part of something

glass

/ɡlæs/

A1
  • noun
  • - a hard, transparent substance used for making windows, bottles, and other objects

dream

/driːm/

A2
  • noun
  • - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep

eyes

/aɪz/

A1
  • noun
  • - organs that detect light and enable sight

touch

/tʌtʃ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to come into or be in contact with something

dies

/daɪz/

A1
  • verb
  • - to stop living

dark

/dɑːrk/

A1
  • adjective
  • - with little or no light

heart

/hɑːrt/

A1
  • noun
  • - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood

deep

/diːp/

A2
  • adjective
  • - extending far down or in from the surface

Grammar:

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

    ➔ Conditional clause with "when"

    ➔ The word "when" introduces a condition; specifically, the need for light only arises under the condition that it is burning low. It's not a hypothetical condition like "if", but rather suggests a situation that regularly occurs.

  • Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

    ➔ Adverb of Frequency with "only"

    ➔ The adverb "only" modifies the verb "miss," emphasizing that the feeling of missing the sun *only* occurs under the condition of snowfall. It emphasizes the exclusive timing of the feeling.

  • Only know you love her when you let her go

    ➔ Complex sentence structure with repeated "only when"

    ➔ This line uses the construction "only + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb + when + clause". The phrase "only when" highlights that knowing one's love is exclusively dependent on the act of letting go.

  • Hoping one day you'll make a dream last

    ➔ Future tense with "will" contracted to "'ll"

    ➔ The contraction "'ll" is used for the auxiliary verb "will" to form the future tense, indicating a future action or state. It is a common contraction in informal English.

  • Everything you touch surely dies

    ➔ Adverb of manner "surely"

    ➔ The adverb "surely" modifies the verb "dies," indicating the certainty or inevitability of the action. It suggests that death is bound to happen to anything the subject touches.

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

    ➔ Use of "too" as an intensifier with adverbs

    ➔ The word "too" is used before the adverbs "much" and "deep" to intensify their meaning, indicating an excessive degree of love and depth. It implies that the love and emotional investment were extreme.