Well you only need the light when it's burning lowOnly miss the sun when it starts to snowOnly know you love her when you let her goOnly know you've been high when you're feeling lowOnly hate the road when you're missing homeOnly know you love her when you let her goAnd you let her goStaring at the bottom of your glassHoping one day you'll make a dream lastBut dreams come slow and they go so fastYou see her when you close your eyesMaybe one day you'll understand whyEverything you touch surely dies'Cause you only need the light when it's burning lowOnly miss the sun when it starts to snowOnly know you love her when you let her goOnly know you've been high when you're feeling lowOnly hate the road when you're missing homeOnly know you love her when you let her goStaring at the ceiling in the darkSame old empty feeling in your heartLove comes slow and it goes so fastWell you see her when you fall asleepBut never to touch and never to keep'Cause you loved her too much and you dive too deep'Cause you only need the light when it's burning lowOnly miss the sun when it starts to snowOnly know you love her when you let her goOnly know you've been high when you're feeling lowOnly hate the road when you're missing homeOnly know you love her when you let her goAnd you let her goOh oh oh noAnd you let her goOh oh oh noAnd you let her goWell, you only need the light when it's burning lowOnly miss the sun when it starts to snowOnly know you love her when you let her goOnly know you've been high when you're feeling lowOnly hate the road when you're missing homeOnly know you love her when you let her go'Cause you only need the light when it's burning lowOnly miss the sun when it starts to snowOnly know you love her when you let her goOnly know you've been high when you're feeling lowOnly hate the road when you're missing homeOnly know you love her when you let her goAnd you let her go