Learn English with Songs – Let her go by Passenger

“Let Her Go” is a song written and recorded by Passenger, an English folk-rock singer-songwriter.

The lyrics of the song are poetic and melancholy, describing the regrets associated with ending a relationship. The chorus describes situations in which you don’t appreciate what you have until it’s gone.

It’s a very beautiful song. Ready to understand it? 

1. Read the lyrics
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. SING!

Lyrics

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 missin’ 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 missin’ 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 missin’ home
Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
Will 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 missin’ 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 missin’ home
Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go

Vocabulary

Burning low – when a candle has almost finished, it is burning low on the wick.

Miss – to notice or feel the absence of (someone or something).

Let her go – to let someone go means to allow them to leave without holding on to them.

High –  intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.

Staring – to look at someone or something for a long time often with your eyes wide open.

Last – to continue in time.

Surely – in a confident way, without doubt.

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