Everything you touch surely dies，這句歌詞說「人所觸及的每件事物終將寂滅｣。因此這首歌有以下的解讀。
Let Her Go 是一種境界。
這首歌詞中每個
Only帶出事物的【本質】，這是該凝視、體會的，是脫離困境的途徑方法。
when 則是帶出【情境】：某個當下的遭遇，常隨境而遷，只是【表象】。通常過了就會好了
因為Everything you touch surely dies，人所觸及的每件事物(表象)終將寂滅。
你所需要及時把握、所應期待、衷心追求修煉的是那些 only 的本質。而在 when 當下的情境表象，不妨可任由它去。頗有辨別【本質】和【表象】的啟發。
let her go 於是成為愛情的一種境界。
歌詞第一句，Well you only need the light when it's burning low，
火焰漸晦，你需要的正是光明。
火(表象)終究會熄滅，而你要追求的是essence(本質)，光明。
火就讓他滅吧，這是必然，光明才是你的追求。
Only know you love her (本質) when you let her go (情境) ，戀人究竟會分離，但記得有愛。
Only hate the road (本質) when you're missin' home (情境)；一旦(終究會)思鄉時，唯有(走完)可恨的未竟之途。
人無法永遠執著一處，你可以怪路途遙遠漫漫，你可以埋怨驅使你離開舒適圈的每個原因。但 hate the road，回歸的渴望，無可奈何必然存在，是(人生)旅途的本質。無論人身處某個時空(就已都在路上了)，這個 road 本是必然，是離家，也是返家的過程。想回歸，把路走完吧！
這首動聽的歌曲，我傾向簡單呈現字面原文，保留更多意境和想像空間。
每個人都有自己的遭遇和歲月，年少的你，老成的你，暮年的你，觀點也有所不同。
山是山水是水，山不是山水不是水，各自解讀。
Let Her Go
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
火焰漸晦，你需要的只是光明
飄雪時，暖陽是你唯一期待
當你讓她離去時，記得你是愛她的
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
當你低落時，記得你曾經精彩
思鄉時，但恨路途漫漫
當你讓她離去時，記得你是愛她的
而你(還是)讓她走了
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
凝視杯底
盼望有朝一日你能讓夢境永恆
但夢來得慢消逝得快
You see her when you close your eyes
Maybe one day you'll understand why
Everything you touch surely dies
你閉上眼就能見著她
也許有一天你能明瞭為甚麼
人所觸及的每件事物終將寂滅
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
黑暗中凝視著天花板
心中感受到一般古老的空虛
因愛來得慢消逝得快
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
寤寐之間你也見到了她
但你從不親近也不挽留
因你深愛著她
也深陷其中
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
And you let her go
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 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
