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Mikaila – The Art Of Letting Go lyrics
Put away the pictures, put away the memories
I put over and over through my tears
I've held them 'til I'm blind, they kept my hope alive
As if somehow that I'd keep you here
Once you believe in a love forevermore
How do you leave it in a drawer

Now here it comes, the hardest part of all
Unchain my heart that's holding on
How do I start to live my life alone
Guess I'm just learning, learning the art of letting go

Try to say it's over, say the word good bye
But each time it catches in my throat
You're still here in me and I can't set you free
So I hold on to what I wanted most
Maybe someday we'll be friends forevermore
Wish I could open up that door

Now here it comes the hardest part of all
Unchain my heart that's holding on
How do I start to live my life alone
Guess I'm just learning, learning the art of letting go

Watching us fade, what can I do
But try to make it through the pain
Of one more day without you

Where do I start to live my life alone
I guess I'm learning, only learning
Learning the art of letting go
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Songwriters: ANDY GOLDMARK, J.D. MARTIN
The Art Of Letting Go lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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    There was a time that we need to choose between two important things in our lives. To choose the man who give meaning to our lives or to let him/her go just to save our future? It is very hard to let someone out of life especially there was already moments that we shared to the one we loved. Sometimes our mind tells us not to be so stupid, but our heart did not listen. But time will come that although we really love that person, we always fight for that relationship, and sometimes we forget our friends just to be with the man we loved. It will come to the point that we need to give time to ourselves. Moving on is the very painful process that needs longer time. Some of our friends can share there concerns/advise but the only thing that can help the process is we ourselves to be strong and always think positive that everything happens has reason.
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    princessmie23
    This song reminds me of the time that I really begged him not to give up on our relationship for I thought I can never go on and move on if he leaves me. Love, really, is a painful thing. It was the most beautiful thing that ever haapened in my life and I know even if I find another love in this lifetime, ill never find the same happiness I've had with my 1st boyfriend. That's why when I learned bout this song and listened to it, I cried coz I see myself as the persona of this song.
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    wildgurlz
    This song is one of my favorite. From the time my boyfriend left me. Hehehe. Mahirap talaga sa una mag let go. Lalo na pag andon pa ung feelings. Di naman ibig sabihin na pag naglet go kakalimutan mo na lahat kumbaga need mo nalang talaga mag move-on lalo nat alam mong wala na talagang magagawa para magwork ang isang relasyon. Hehehe. It takes a long time bago mo magawa mong maglet go. It takes time. Letting go. The hardest thing to do. But you need to.
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    Sometimes the only way to show the person that you love him is to let him go... because it is the only thing that would make him happy. And loving someone means only wishing him the happiness that he truly deserves. Letting go is just another way of saying that you will always love him and you wish him happiness. And that leaves you how to handle the loss of that person who you want to spend your life with. Acceptance is a way to move on with your life. You may feel the hurt from time to time, but always remember, God empties your hand so that you will have space to accept the gift He will give you.
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    Change only happens when the pain of holding on is greater than the fear of letting go. And our trials make us stronger in mind, heart and soul and with this strength we learn to make better choices, to love with more depth and see beyond our own pain. Dats life :( even though it hurts a lot. We need to let them go especially if they don't want us to be there partner. It is so painful. T. T
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    I really love this song. It really touches my heart. Hmm I found myself in every piece of lyrics in this song. Because until now I'm just trying to move on and I can't let go from now. Even I wanted to. I always keep the memories that we had shared and it really hurts me. I still recall those broken promises that he spoke to me. When I heard this song. I have seen myself and then I started to cry. And I realise that no one can taught you how to let go but yourself. Its depends on you, it depends on you how to handle your pain. And to over come it all though its hard not just really hard. Especially when you don't have no rights to be mad at him coz there's nothing relationship between the two ofyou. Instead of asking that 'why he keeps hurting me' ask yourself if why you letting them to hurt you. But for now I just need to accept that those things that we had before don't have it anymore and until now the word "friends" I could not open that door coz I can't be just a friend of someone that I love the most. But I will be back when I'm ready to be hes friends and I hope this pain would be fade soon.
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    The concept of letting go is a part of one's growth process. It means to leave the things the way they are and move forward. In life, you need to let go of many things, at different points of time. You need to realise that life never stops and comes to a halt. It is extremely difficult to do so, but one has to do it repeatedly at different levels, since life calls upon us to do so. You cannot think about the future or the new happenings in life, if you continue clinging to the old. Ron taffel had once remarked, -even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride. " when relationships or friendship turns sour or any one amongst one's near and dear ones passes away, we face extreme difficult in letting go such things. Fond memories that leave an indelible impression on our minds are difficult to let go.
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    monster-loko
    I've been playing this song many times and feel the hurt she felt when we broke-up. Its been 3 years now since we parted ways. We've been lovers for 6 years. Started from 2nd year high school until we graduated in college. We were once very happy sharing memories and love to each other. I hope she's happy now with her Bf, and me. Still finding what I really wanted in my life.
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    zayh
    Nasaktan nga ako nung minahal kita, pero I still want to thank you for everything that you have done for me, for the effort you've shown, and for making me feel so perfect everytime we meet^_^ naranasan ko kung paano magmahal ng totoo. I don't wanna go bitter anymore, wala naman akong mapapala eh, may magagawa ba ako kung iba na mahal mo? Haay! Sa pamamagitan mo nalaman kong hindi pala lahat ng bagay ay dapat madaliin, may mga bagay na akala mo totoo, yun pala ikaw lang nag-iisip ng ganun. Hm. Kung sabagay, tao lang naman tayo eh, hindi natin maiiwasan ang magkamali, nagiging tanga tayo kapag tinatamaan ng pana ni kupido. Hihi! Nakakainis. Kahit paulit-ulit tayong nasasaktan ay nagagawa pa rin natin magmahal ulit o_0 learning the art of letting go.
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    sjmuegs
    Letting go is the hardest thing to do. But if it's for his/her own happiness and you really love him/her, I guess you can do it no matter how painful it is for you. Someone say "Nothing lasts forever. Forever is a lie. Everything is transitory". Hard to believed and to accept but it's true same as "Nothing permanent but changes" oh I remember these words again. And believe it or not there are things in life that you can't hold on forever no matter how much you fight for it!
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    zhelditah_0906
    Hai nakakasad. I have a short story for d person who likes to read this. My friends really like this song. I'm very curios why she likes it a lot. So I search it on the net and I found the lyrics, when tyhe times nah nabasa koh nah at napanood ang video, naku muntikan nah aq0ng maluha. Nakakasad talaga xia. Now I know why my friend really loves it. After I hear the song. I downloaded it to my phone at that night,. Its too late nah nagda-download pah q0h para Lang isurprize xia. Hahaha. On the another day. Pagpasok koh ng room. Nandon xia ngre2view,. So I put the earphone on her. Alam nio cinabi nia. Hai naku nakakainiz kah talaga. I Love you friend. Touch akoh don grabe. The whole day xia Lang ang my hawak ng phone koh. Paulit-ulit niang pinapakinggan. Tuwa naman aq0h kc happy. Pag happy xia happy nadin aq0h. Hmhmh. Zalamat zah mga nagbaza. Hehehe. Wala Lang guz2 q0h Lang xiang i-kwento.!?
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    rejected_always
    I wanna cry whenever I hear this song. The lyrics. The melody. This just gives the people the strength of moving on. I had a best friend for 3 years. She have done a thing that I never ever did to her. She left me to be with another best friend. Few days past I thought she'll come back. A message from her occurred in my inbox, my ex that also left me that time was already her suitor. The pain doubled and I don't know what to do. It's my birthday tomorrow and I'm just thinking that it's a surprise for my birthday, that they'll use it to victim me. As a surprise gift to see if I'm strong. I'm really sad and I think I wanna Die!
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    jessatude
    The art and the power of letting go of people and things that are not good in our lives, which can be hurtful and difficult, but extremely necessary. This song means a lot regarding of your past relationship that really hurt you most in your entire life. For Instance, you still love him but he just take you for granted in others word he can't fight your relationship until forever. Loving someone who doesn't love you back take a long time for you to forget and move on. So sad but it's true just bare in your mind that God will give you someone who can really love you unconditionally.
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    Letting go of someone we love is the hardest thing to do. Though you really love each but you need to have separate lives and hoping that the pain will be gone someday. People say, time heals. But you don't need to wait for that time. You have to help yourselves now by accepting that it is really over for the two of you. And think that it is for the better.
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    It's called "art" of letting go because when people look at it, they have different interpretation of it. There's not one perfect explanation but it's there. Only your heart can ever tell you if you have already moved on or if you won't ever choose to. It's an 'art' because no one can ever tell you how to do the letting go. Every person has a unique way of doing it. And time is the only witness that can tell how long would be the waiting.
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    This song reminds me of all the sacrifices I've done for my ex. But then I realize that he's gone forever. So all I can do is to set him nor myself free and try to move-on, it's really hard to know that the one you love left you but still you keep on holding on. Everytime I hear this song, I keep on telling myself that I can live my life without him and I can be happy. Soon.
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    Minsan khit subra na tayong nasasaktan hndi prin ntin kya I let go yung taong mahal natin. Ko nka move on na ako pero nung marinig ko yung theme song nmin hindi ko nmalayan tumutulo na pla luha ko. Kung kailan handa na akong mag move on at hindi ko na sya naiisip saka sya biglang nagparamdam, lagi nya akong tintwagan tpos bigla din sya nawala. Naisip ko kalimotan ko nalang sya siguro hindi talaga sya para sakin.
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    Love is the best thing I have ever feel in my life, but when I feel the pain my world started to fall. I have been wishing not to wake up everyday. I was too much hurt, I was hurt coz I love him so much. To let him go is not easy, but my friends help me copes up with it. I give my love but he never give me the love I have shared with him.
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    vans_pinkish
    One of the reasons why people get so sentimental, it's because memories are the only things that don't change when everything else does. There are things in life that you can't hold on 4ever, no matter how much you fight for it. Nothing Lasts forever. Forever is a lie. Everything is transitory. So while you have sumthing in your hand never close your hand instead remain it wide and open coz' you never own it but It's just borrowed. Never miss any single time to show how much you love ur special sum1. But if destiny wudn't mke you stay just bear in mind that he's meant for anoder and you too and you deserve a better one.
    Signing off,
    'Pink. Princess\'.
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    racer13
    Every bit of the song's lyrics I have experienced. Literally. So its like I was the one who write it and sang it. But I was not the one, but I can relate very well.
    6 years in a relationship, almost got married. Then we broke apart. I died. My spirit, my will, my well being. Died. How I moved on from that point?. 1st I need to get angry, that was a very powerful emotion to take away all the good memories and pushed me to moved on. After a while I learned to accept what happened between us, and no matter what we do, we cannot be together again, so I accepted that I have no control of what happned between us. Then I focused on living one day at the time, surviving though struggling, still it helped me go through the day. With the help of those people who really cared about me and time. I learned to heal my self. Getting busy, focus on things apart from the pain. Some days I cried, but I made sure that it will only for that day, tomorrow should be a better day for me. So it goes. Until I finally moved on. Letting go. Is very painful. Speacially if the love you felt is true. Its very difficult process you need to undergo, but still nobody can help you but yourself.
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    khayen
    I so love this song! For the reason I don't know, it keeps the pain away everytime I listen to it. It really hurt to lose someone you thought would be there at your side forever because of the things less important than you. Up to this moment, still I can't let go but I have to, coz I don't have a choice, but sumday, somehow i'll be able to let this feeling go away.
    Every pictures, every mem'ries and every corner of this room just remind me of him that made moving on so hard. Every details just breaks my heart even more into pieces. Theres nothing I can do but to watch us fade. I guess i'll just have to move on coz as much as I wanted to save our relationship, the chances keeps on getting smaller and smaller evrytime I tried.
    Can someone tell me how to leave my life alone? Coz I don't know how to start. I'm still stucked and I wanna let go.
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    bloodberry
    Hah. This song just drives me crazy. Pushes me to the point of breaking down. Listening to this song opens a lot of wounds. It's just so painful. How can you let go of your great love? A love you know that even a thousand years would pass you know it wont fade. How can you let go of that one person who gives meaning to your existence? The one person whom you gave everything. You feel so hollow. So empty. Feeling so lost. The pain just cuts through your soul. It's takes your every strength to fight back your tears. Coz you know that once they drop from your eyes there's no stopping and the pain would be so real you could almost touch it. It drags you to your knees. It tear your heart until you hear your own voice in the silence of your room. Then you realize. The pain is not even half of your love for him.
    Hahaha. Emo. But really I'm crying now. So hard to let go.
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    jamron
    This song is really painful. Kinakanta mo lang sia para makamove on ka. Pero yung wounds and pain sa heart mo, nahihirapan ka. Pero sa totoo ayaw mo mawala sia sa iyo. Pero wala ka ng magawa kundi you have to move nga. Even if you feel so alone and lonely. Na sana marinig nia yung knta mo para sa knya at ng malamn nia na your not going to be okay without him. Na how could you move on if only the one you want is with him. If hes your evrything, your life and your happiness. Lakas mo siya ng loob mo. Siya ang naparamdam sau ng pagmamahal na hinihinge mo pero suddenly nawla sia. Hay ang lungkot ng buhay ang mawala ang mahal mo lalo na kung buong buhay mo ay siya ang inukulan mo. Para ka narin namatayan. Sobrang sakit pero need to move on.
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    lady_blue
    I really love this song. I can't sleep @ nyt if I cn't hear this song it's just I rily love 8.
    To momoy23.--->>>this song means dat letting go the releationship you have dat it's not worth kepin' 4. It's easy to say but hard to do. Yet it had to be end up not 4 worst but for gud. Dat instead of believing yourself dat it will work it out just let go coz it's you dat will suffered d pain. Just be you. Coz martyr pipol nver exist any longer. Hmmm.
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    kynchjean07
    Its a sad relief and a stupid thing to let go that someone whom you love most, whom who completed your life. But what else can you do if you already did ur best, you have already break ur pride juz to save the relationship you have. Still he kipz his silence. I know its hard to pretend that we're fine while its not. But learning of letting go is the best way we can. And the hardest part of it is the acceptance that your no longer with him.
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    chin-o8
    Sometimes, when a change of heart comes, let it be. Though how much you don't like it, you better like it. Loving is not impulsive nor an obligation. You love because you love the feeling of being in love and be loved. But if one fall out of love, you don't grab his/her shirt to stay coz it will just put much pain-staying with someone who doesn't love you anymore. It's not the same. Everything has a purpose. I believe. Time heals all wounds but it takes a little push in your part. Just to take you mile saway from the memories you thought would linger forever. It's not that easy, but it's possible, anyway.
    Chin-o8.
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    I can't really say what's the exact meaning behind this song for the composers. But for my own understanding. It is about someone who can't move on but still trying/learning to move on. She didn't become bitter or angry to that person causing her pain now. Instead she kept holding on those memories and pictures they had. She just absorbing everything happening to her. Yes, it really hurts but what could she do? They're over. What she is feeling is keeping her alive. She's not losing hope that someday they'll be good friends. Being together again doesn't seem to be clear but all that she wanted was to be with him again. She had many questions about herself. She really can't get over with. But the good thing is she's learning. She's learning to let go. (some relationship is not ending up happy but don't ever think that it's the end. Because the end is the start of something new. Some can't handle pain, some does but I believe that letting these negative feelings cross us even once make us feel that we are still alive).
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    ladypurple
    Everyone has his/her unique love story but ang ending mn ntn mdlas ay pare-pareho. Frozenheart is ryt dat dz song is reaaly meaningful, true but painful. Everytym I'm going to listen to dz song, nsasaktan aq pero it also gives me an inspiration to move on and to let go. Alam m ung feeling n ur trying to hold on and hoping dat there wil a happy ending but still in the end u'l gonna wake up alone and you don't know wer to start but to let him go nlng. Ang sakit na pinarmdm nia anjan lng cia but in reality he's invisible. Now, I already made a decision, I must let him go and start to live my life alone. Dpat pb aq magbgay ng love ulit?
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