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Passenger — Let Her Go
Album: All The Little Lights
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6.5

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Total ratings: 644









Released: 2012
Length: 4:08
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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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All.those hater comments made me rate this as high as the following John Hiatt song. That's silly ,of course, but I'll keep it like this just to compensate for the hate.
Posted 1 year ago by Fabian_R    [ Reply ]
That voice...
Posted 1 year ago by BoogieBear    [ Reply ]
This totally sounds like a song from 2004-2008, not from 2012.  I even had a false memory of listening to this on the car radio in summer 2008 but nope, Wikipedia says it didn't exist then.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Paolo Nutini
Posted 1 year ago by Dapps    [ Reply ]
Yuk.  I had to check that I was really listening to the "Main Mix" and not the "Hell's Playlist Mix".
Posted 2 years ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
New from the Chipmunks?
Posted 2 years ago by crispynz1    [ Reply ]
This song is one of the many reasons why I have i have given up on commercial music radio with their SSDD
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Very catchy tune.
Can't help thinking of Joe Pesci though - which is creepy.
Posted 2 years ago by diggyduffy    [ Reply ]
This person's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me.....  {#Stop}

 
Posted 9 years ago by gregskrtic    [ Reply ]
 OHMish wrote:
{#Doh}{#Rolleyes}
Just no

What's next.. this song on RP? > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0

 
I will never forgive you for that. {#Yell}
Posted 9 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 jnesser wrote:
Why do I feel like I'm hearing someone from American Idol right now? Ugh...

 
it's his voice. pass on this.
Posted 9 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Why do I feel like I'm hearing someone from American Idol right now? Ugh...
Posted 9 years ago by jnesser    [ Reply ]
Isnt' it just what it is? A nice sing along summery tune? Like it.... and I sing along....yeah...let him go
Posted 9 years ago by Gegenschein    [ Reply ]
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
So glad to see that leprechauns are finally making inroads into popular music. They've been under-represented for far too long.

 
Just went to check him out on AMG.  Darned if he isn't a real leprechaun!
Posted 9 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Yeah, this guy is good, but I agree it's too poppy, or maybe just too recent, for RP. Feels like listening to my local commercial radio station like this.
Posted 9 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
Yoda on helium?
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 ciolca wrote:
The logical continuation to this would be Christina Aguilera and Rihanna?!?

 
yep, Passengers might be good enough for commercial pop radios but it's far from the level of RP ! Let's hope it doesn't open the door for other uninspired and plain pop hits.  
Pop music has its place on RP, like all other types of music, but this is not a good representative of the genre ... {#No} 
Posted 9 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
Supprimier to hear it in RP. Nevertheless, i Like it...unlike most other commentstors...hey, ist just a sing-a-long-tune.....easy to digest. And he's got a nice voice...so, pls dont ve goo hard in it!!! 
Posted 9 years ago by Gegenschein    [ Reply ]
 2020sk wrote:

How is this not a rip-off of 74-75 by whoever it was about 20 years ago?

 
came here to say the same thing.    the conells i believe.
Posted 9 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
So glad to see that leprechauns are finally making inroads into popular music. They've been under-represented for far too long.

 
OMG! I read this when the song started 3 minutes ago. I'm still laughing.
Posted 9 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
 tulfan wrote:
This is exactly the type of drek I come to RP to avoid - entirely.

 
Yep.  There has been too much "soft/overly sensitive" music creeping in RP lately.  Way too much good music out there to hear this stuff.
Posted 9 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
So glad to see that leprechauns are finally making inroads into popular music. They've been under-represented for far too long.

 

I wasn't going to post a comment until I saw this one. This wins the internet for me today!
Posted 9 years ago by stevetheshoe    [ Reply ]
Ugh.
Posted 9 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]

How is this not a rip-off of 74-75 by whoever it was about 20 years ago? Which was also annoying as cats on heat sliding their claws across a blackboard.

But at least that song had a normal ending, whereas this slows down worse than anything James Blunt or Take That ever inflicted on us.

It's not even supposed to be a parody, is it?

All I can say is I'm glad RP is subscription free, this would lead to me opting out.

 

On the plus side, you followed it up with Afghan Whigs and Rolling Stones (the time it took me to recover), so all is forgiven!


Posted 10 years ago by 2020sk    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Cat Sevens on acid !
 
Posted 10 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
This is exactly the type of drek I come to RP to avoid - entirely.
Posted 10 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Nothing wrong with the song but I don't like sissy boy singing it.
Posted 10 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
At first I was delighting to U2 and then I was disappointed by Bluntish whimpering. {#Foot-in-mouth}

Posted 10 years ago by otaznick    [ Reply ]
 rgabriel wrote:
A really excellent song. I absolutely don't understand the negative comments here.

 
Song really resonates with me. Surprised to hear it onRP.
Posted 10 years ago by Jim_E    [ Reply ]
So glad to see that leprechauns are finally making inroads into popular music. They've been under-represented for far too long.
Posted 10 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
I don't listen to commercial radio (it's very very bad in NZ) so I quite like this.

The comments are great, I'm guessing the cons have heard it on 'Infinite Repeat FM' and the pros (like me) haven't.

I only 'quite like it; because it sounds suspiciously James Blunt which may be the UK's Passenger and I quite liked his first hit until it was killed by 'Infinite repeat' and his subsequent songs which were all exactly the same, so had the same affect as infinite repeat.
Posted 10 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
The charm of RP is all of the great undiscovered, or nearly forgotten awesome music that Bill plays. Just because we're oversaturated on this tune now doesn't make it any less great.
Posted 10 years ago by JaySea    [ Reply ]
...i like older passenger much, much better: to be honest i was really disappointed to hear them break up, rebrand, and descend into pabulum...
Posted 10 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 OHMish wrote:
{#Doh}{#Rolleyes}
Just no

What's next.. this song on RP? > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0

 
So OHMish, that is just a cruel trick to send somebody off to that song.  

As far as this song, I like it but it is really overplayed on the airwaves, so that detracts from it.  After it doesn't show up in thrice a day rotation on the FM I'll enjoy it more here.
Posted 10 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]

 hugogdt wrote:
I used to like this song, just the first 20 times I listened to it on the local radio stations. Then I got REALLY FED UP, I am not ready to listen to this on RP, it does not deserv it!

 

Indeed.
Posted 10 years ago by eroz    [ Reply ]
A really excellent song. I absolutely don't understand the negative comments here.
Posted 10 years ago by rgabriel    [ Reply ]
A big hype around him here. For me he is doing nothing special. Can stand a song sometimes, more is boring.
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
{#Doh}{#Rolleyes}
Just no

What's next.. this song on RP? > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0
Posted 10 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
I used to like this song, just the first 20 times I listened to it on the local radio stations. Then I got REALLY FED UP, I am not ready to listen to this on RP, it does not deserv it!
Posted 10 years ago by hugogdt    [ Reply ]
{#No}
Posted 10 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
The logical continuation to this would be Christina Aguilera and Rihanna?!?
Posted 10 years ago by ciolca    [ Reply ]

Posted 10 years ago by aristoteles    [ Reply ]
Found the lyrics to be sort of... true
Posted 10 years ago by izycrzy    [ Reply ]
No, Bill, no!!  Send it to the cornfield, send it to the cornfield!!!!
Posted 10 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
Years ago I bought Wicked Man's Rest after hearing one of the songs on RP.  I listened to the Album once, maybe twice, then forgot about it for a year or so.  Then I took it with me on a trip and found it to be very poetic and subtle.  Maybe I wanted it to be something it wasn't when I first listened to it, but after hearing it again, it was like it was brand new to me.  I have since followed his career and downloaded every album of his, my favorite being Flight of the Crow.  I find him to be one of best singer songwriters out today and am eagerly waiting for his next album.  He and his photography friend have been putting out videos of songs he has been working on since All The Pretty Lights.  They are beautiful, intimate films very much worth watching if you are a fan.  Which I am.
Posted 10 years ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
 Hogtownmike wrote:
Paolo Nuttini and Tracey Chapman's love child

 
Exactly!
Posted 10 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Agree with the "bad vocal" comments.
Posted 10 years ago by eroz    [ Reply ]
I saw this guy perform on the Today show-- in that setting, this song and his style seemed super silly and pretentious.
Posted 10 years ago by jameyp    [ Reply ]
Funny thing about music.......my wife says i listen to the weirdest stuff on RP.....then this morning as i am getting ready for work, this song comes on the radio in the kitchen, which is tuned to the local "pop" station.....i hear my wife singing along...she says, "Dontchya just love this song?"....i say, "Yeah, that's why i downloaded it a while back......"  I guess RP is truly ahead of the curve here......
Posted 10 years ago by BLADERUNNER    [ Reply ]
one of the most unbearable singer´s voices ever. to compare this with kermit the frog is insulting kermit!
Posted 10 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
Paolo Nuttini and Tracey Chapman's love child
Posted 10 years ago by Hogtownmike    [ Reply ]
Sounds like he's just sucked on some helium, no?  That's not right.
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Budweiser commercial -- nuff said
Posted 10 years ago by esacconcia    [ Reply ]
Interesting vocals in need of a less plodding background. Never really goes anywhere.
Posted 10 years ago by SummitPlot    [ Reply ]
 ptooey wrote:
cue "overplayed" in 3...2...

 
Having gotten that out of the way, I really took the air out of my teenage daughter's sails when she first played this song for me.  "Sounds like the guy from Passenger", says I.  'cause I'd heard that creeper song.    It's not bad.
Posted 10 years ago by ptooey    [ Reply ]
got to confirm something... i like it {#War}

wonder if that bimodal distribution of votes can be explained by low number of "n" or by some people being prejudice against this song
Posted 10 years ago by Alleggs    [ Reply ]
Jack Johnson and Kermit The Frog had a baby.....
Posted 10 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
I have to admit that I'm surprised to hear this on RP.  Pleasantly surprised, though. 
Posted 10 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
{#Stop}
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Oh No ! No No NO!!!
Posted 10 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
meh {#Eh}
Posted 10 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
cue "overplayed" in 3...2...
Posted 10 years ago by ptooey    [ Reply ]


Love, "Night Vision Binoculars".

Hey, wasn't this in a stuperbowl ad? 
Posted 10 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]