Let Her Go
Passenger Lyrics


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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 dive 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 oh no
And you let her go
Oh oh oh no
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

Overall Meaning

Passenger's Let Her Go is a song that reflects on the realization of love's true value after it's gone. It is a beautifully written piece that recognizes how one can take love for granted until it's too late. The first few lines express how we only appreciate things when they're gone, just like how we only miss the sun when it's cold or the light when it's dark. We often don't realize the value of what we have until it's no longer there.


The song then moves on to describe how it's only when we let go of love that we realize its true value. When we lose someone we love, it hurts, and we start to see things differently. We start to miss the things that we used to hate, like the road that used to make us exhausted, and when we're struggling, we long for the comfort of our homes. The repetition of the line "Only know you love her when you let her go" drives the song's message home - the realization that we need to cherish love while we still have it and not wait until it's gone.


The following verse talks about dreaming and how dreams come so slow, but they can go so fast. It goes on to say how everything we touch dies, which comes across as a metaphor for how something that we invest so much love and energy into can easily pass us by. The final verse repeats the themes from the first and second verses as the singer talks about laying in bed, still feeling empty and clinging onto the memories of what once was, never to experience it again.


Overall, the song Let Her Go is about an individual who had taken love for granted and lost someone that they love deeply. Through this experience, they have learned the value of love and how important it is to cherish it while it's still present.


Line by Line Meaning

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
You often take things for granted until you lose them or they are not there for you anymore.


Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
You only realize the value of something when it's not there anymore or when it's too late.


Only know you love her when you let her go
Sometimes you don't realize how much you love someone until they're gone.


Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
You have to experience the lows of life to appreciate the highs and the good times.


Only hate the road when you're missing home
Being away from people or places that you love makes you appreciate them more and can make you feel lonely or homesick.


Staring at the bottom of your glass
Being lost in your own thoughts and consumed by your emotions, often accompanied by drinking alcohol.


Hoping one day you'll make a dream last
Having a desire for something that is fragile or fleeting and hoping that it will become a permanent reality someday.


Dreams come slow, go so fast
Often it takes a long time for good things to come into our lives, but they can disappear quickly and unexpectedly.


You see her when you close your eyes
Thinking about someone so often that you can visualize them even when they're not with you physically.


Maybe one day you'll understand why
Hoping that one day you'll know the reason why things happened the way they did or why you feel the way you do.


Everything you touch, oh it dies
Feeling like you're cursed or like everything in your life seems to go wrong or fall apart.


'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast
Love can take a long time to develop, but can also be lost quickly or unexpectedly.


Never to touch and never to keep
Feeling like the person you love is out of your reach or unattainable, and that you can never truly have them.


'Cause you loved her too much and dive too deep
Taking risks and sacrificing a lot for someone you love, even if it means getting hurt in the end.


So let her go
Realizing that sometimes it's better to let go of the things you love and move on, even if it's difficult.


Oh oh
Expressing a feeling of sadness or longing.


let her go
Repeating the idea that it's time to let go and move on.


And you let her go
Acknowledging that you have made the difficult decision to let go of someone you love.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Michael David Rosenberg

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@nhatanh6566

Sorry about my poorly english but reading your comment really makes me emphathizing.

When i was 16 years old, i used to spamming this song because the melody was too addictive for me, it was so chill back then.
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And today i'm listening to this song again, 1AM, after unfriended my ex, and fighting my thought that i must let her go. She was my first lovers, our love was kind of crazy, we both spend everything we have to each other.

But love doesn’t buy you a house, take you a car or make meals for you, I have my whole future to fight with, we back then was having nothing in our hand, i need to learn so much to ensure my future.

Gradually i don't have time for even go out at weekend, I was trying to love her at my best whenever I have time.

However, the space between the things you should do and the things you can do when you are having nothing is a big gap.

I know that, she knows that, one day, we have a talk and she have her decision, we broke up from that day.

That was the first time I cried in 10 years, I still remember that night, searching crazily for any reasons for our relationship to continue while bursting tears, losing someone for me was a crucial pain than any other things, I’m that guy who hate every good bye and feels sad when somebody told me they are leaving.

I message her a lot, wake up all night waiting for response.
But after all, that’s her decision, and we broke up while still love each other.

And in my entire life, that was the most painful experience, not from 100 push up, not from rejection, any of them doesn’t even have a chance to be 1/4 of it.

If the pain stopped bleeding in only 1 or 2 months after, it will causing nothing, and I don’t need to unfriended her. But it isn’t, I was obsessed with the feelings that I will have her back some times in the future, I know she is waiting for me, and I know I want her back too, it’s 6 months since the moment we broke up.
But… I know I won’t have her back, I know she shouldn’t wait for me to get this done, it’s approximate 7 years to learn, working and having lots of money so that I can have her back, I don’t wanna love anybody when I still need to strive for better life. And I also shouldn’t have her back, I know I need to prepare for my own life when I still have the chances.

7 years is a long period of time, it transform a boy to a man effortlessly, and everybody changes in that 7 years, everybody should changes.
I must let her go, and focus more on my things, accept that we will hardly comeback on our own.

The only thing I can do now is being grateful because she has become part of my life :)… still, it’s hard to let her go. Its also mean letting a part of myself go, it’s sad in the deepest part of my souls, I also need loads of change in my life to completely moving on.
But I still have to do it, if I don’t, becoming obsessed like this will drive my productivity to hell, I still learn, but I know I can do way better.

I think, “only know you love her when you let her go”, she was leaving me because she want me to focus more about my future, she knows I need it… unfriend her was never my choice, but coming up to this point, I must do that to continue my study, although it mean a lot of pain for me and her.

Thanks for any of you guys reading up to this point, I feels relieved a lot after writing the comments, it’s still a mess,though😅.


Dear T,
Hopes you doing all good, you are a strong women and I know you will winning this, whenever you want to move on, just move on, whenever you have somebody that you love and they love you back, just love them, hopes you the best, in the future if we have a chance to meet up again, I hopes we can have a walk, telling stories and laughing like the 2 old friend, love you, much.



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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
Ohhh, oh no
And you let her go
Ohhh, oh no
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



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