Passenger: Let her go

I actually don't follow the music industry nowadays. I barely know about the artist nor the current hits. Does Lady Gaga still have number one hit? I don't know, or has she ever been in the top position? I don't know either. Hahaha. Talking about music, I love the 90s. I was raised during that period. It was a very enjoyable time to enjoy music since at that moment we still had MTV. Ah, I remember VJ Donita Rose. Gorgeous. 

Then couple of days ago, I looked for a song that I love so much from David Bowie, it's not from the 90s, it's a quite old song, from 69. But then I found a cover from a band (at first I thought it was a band) that sounds so unique. The song I looked for was Space Oddity, and it-in my opinion-was brilliantly covered by Passenger. You can watch the video on YouTube here. What attracted me the most was the band itself. I had no idea about them. Who is Passenger?

Of course asking Google was the solution, and what I found was that Passenger indeed was a band but they were dissolved in 2009. Then how come Passenger still exists? The vocalist, Michael David Rosenberg, opted to keep the band's name to be his stage name for his solo career. It's unique thing though to do such thing. Commonly, the vocalist name becomes the band's name.

That is not just the thing I wonder. He has a big single that is viewed by billions people on YouTube. It is also one of the most viewed video on YouTube. Wow. I didn't know it. The single is Let Her Go, and it reached top position in several charts in many countries. The song is poetic telling about the end of a relationship. Telling that you will really feel the love when someone you love has gone. Ok, here is the lyric.

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

'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 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
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 dive too deep
'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 missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go
Oh oh oh no
And you let her go
Oh oh oh no
And you 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
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
'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 missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go

and here is the music video.

what do you think?