![]() ![]() It may be that his ideals of love are actually unrealistic ("Hoping one day you'll make a dream last"), and he keeps choosing to let love go because he doesn't understand that love can be a messy and difficult thing worth fighting for. The line, "Maybe one day you'll understand why everything you touch, surely dies" speaks to this guy's chronic inability to return love and form a deep bond with someone else. So he lets her go, because he feels incapable of giving himself over to what has actually become real love. I like to think of the backstory like this - it's about a guy who breaks up with his lover because he doesn't have the ability to recognize that he has something special with her, and he doesn't have the courage to stay in the relationship when she starts asking for a commitment from him. I heard this song on the radio for the first time today. And of course, by the time he realises this, it will have been too late to get her back - she will have moved on to someone who can reciprocate her love. But ultimately, this song is about the regret of only realising after breaking things off that he truly loved her. 'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low, ![]() Well you only need the light when it's burning low, ![]() 'Cause you loved her too much and you dive too deep. 'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast, Only know you love her when you let her go. Only hate the road when you're missing home, Only know you've been high when you're feeling low, Only know you love her when you let her go, Only miss the sun when it starts to snow, Only hate the road when you're missing homeīut you only need the light when it's burning low, Only know you've been high when you're feeling low Only know you love her when you let her go Well you only need the light when it's burning low ![]()
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