Singer: Passenger

    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

    ...

    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

    ...

    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

    ...

    Background

    Mike Rosenberg formed a band called Passenger in 2003. The group broke up late in the decade, and Mike Rosenberg chose to keep the name Passenger as his recording name. When listening to this song, older pop fans are likely to feel an echo of early 1970s Cat Stevens. For younger pop fans, it will feel like an intimate surprise sandwiched between heavily produced uptempo dance pop on the radio. The track is a slice of gentle folk-pop whose joy lies in its simplicity and the warm sound will charm most listeners.