在當(dāng)今繁星璀璨的歐美娛樂(lè)天空，Passenger樂(lè)隊(duì)并不算一顆非常明亮的星。直到2012年作品《讓她走》（Let Her Go）問(wèn)世，樂(lè)隊(duì)才從舞臺(tái)邊緣走向了舞臺(tái)中央，并憑借此歌在各國(guó)的音樂(lè)排行榜中攻城拔寨，真正地火了一把。

能在歌迷中引起共鳴的歌曲往往都是走心之作。而很多走心的作品也是創(chuàng)作者欲將心事付瑤琴的心血之作，能讓聽(tīng)者在歌中讀到作者的故事，又看到聽(tīng)者自己的影子，于是心有戚戚焉。同屬療傷系的Let Her Go的創(chuàng)作過(guò)程也大致屬于這一類(lèi)。

主創(chuàng)兼主唱Michael David Rosenberg是一名英國(guó)獨(dú)立音樂(lè)人，這首歌的創(chuàng)作背景也是他本人的親身經(jīng)歷。創(chuàng)作這首歌曲之前，他和戀人剛分手不久。一日他在澳大利亞為另一支樂(lè)隊(duì)助演，他的演出未贏(yíng)得觀(guān)眾的好感，反響寥寥。在失望、失落、失意中，往日和前女友花前月下的回憶忽然如潮水般洶涌，讓他無(wú)比眷戀，仿佛風(fēng)雨中的異鄉(xiāng)人忽然想回家一般?；貞泿?dòng)藝術(shù)的靈感，推動(dòng)創(chuàng)作的欲望，在很短的時(shí)間內(nèi)他一氣呵成，將對(duì)前女友的思念譜入樂(lè)譜，創(chuàng)作出這首估計(jì)他自己也沒(méi)想到后來(lái)會(huì)大紅大紫的作品。用他自己的話(huà)說(shuō)，歌曲的靈感pouring out of him。

縱觀(guān)歌曲的副歌部分“You only need the light when its burning low， only miss the sun when it starts to snow”“Only know youve been high when youre feeling low， only hate the road when youre missing home”，所有類(lèi)比其實(shí)都是為“Only know you love her when you let her go”作鋪陳，這句才是歌曲真正的落腳點(diǎn)和歸宿。

一般的歌曲都是先主歌，后副歌。而這首歌在前奏之后，先進(jìn)入由吉他和鍵盤(pán)輕盈伴奏的副歌，然后引入鼓點(diǎn)、貝斯等樂(lè)器，節(jié)奏變強(qiáng)，進(jìn)入主歌，之后進(jìn)入副歌，再主歌，再副歌，最后引入阿卡貝拉無(wú)伴奏模式，在歌手的清唱中收尾。整首歌曲優(yōu)美婉轉(zhuǎn)，歌詞押韻工整，節(jié)奏層次分明，帶動(dòng)力強(qiáng)，情感隨歌曲的演進(jìn)層層遞進(jìn)，由淺入深，由輕漸濃，最后在高潮時(shí)突然中止，在歌手憂(yōu)郁的清唱聲中留下無(wú)限惋惜和遺憾，也讓聽(tīng)眾深深沉湎于舊情難舍的無(wú)限感慨中。

據(jù)說(shuō)歌手的前女友后來(lái)也知道這首歌為她而作。但可惜生活不是肥皂劇，最后并未出現(xiàn)兩人因一首情歌就重歸于好的橋段。在2014年接受《滾石》（Rolling Stone）采訪(fǎng)時(shí)，Rosenberg告訴記者：“Were good friends now … I think shes still kind of got mixed feelings about it. Shes happy for me， but it is pretty weird.”

Passenger這支樂(lè)隊(duì)最早由Rosenberg和Andrew Phillips組建于2003年，但四年之后才出第一張也是最后一張專(zhuān)輯。很快Phillips選擇離開(kāi)，樂(lè)隊(duì)在2009年正式解散。但Rosenberg選擇扛起Passenger的大旗，之后一直以Passenger的名義繼續(xù)他的演藝事業(yè)。

Well you only need the light when its burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know youve been high when youre feeling low

Only hate the road when youre 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 youll make a dream last

But dreams come slow and they go so fast

You see her when you close your eyes

Maybe one day youll understand why

Everything you touch surely dies

But you only need the light when its burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know youve been high when youre feeling low

Only hate the road when youre 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 its burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know youve been high when youre feeling low

Only hate the road when youre missing 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 its burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know youve been high when youre feeling low

Only hate the road when youre missing home

Only know you love her when you let her go

Cause you only need the light when its burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know youve been high when youre feeling low

Only hate the road when youre missing home

Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go