2013 (80th) Best Song: “Let It Go”


2013 (86th Annual Awards, 80th Best Song)
Best Song Lyric


Let It Go
Let it go, let it go;
Can’t hold it back anymore.
Let it go, let it go;
Turn my back and slam the door.

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight,
Not a footprint to be seen.
A kingdom of isolation,
And it looks like I’m the Queen.

The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside.
Couldn’t keep it in; heaven knows I tried.

Don’t let them in, don’t let them see;
Be the good girl you always have to be.
Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know . . .
Well, now they know.

Let it go, let it go;
Can’t hold it back anymore.
Let it go, let it go;
Turn my back and slam the door.

And here I stand, and here I’ll stay.
Let it go, let it go;
The cold never bothered me anyway.

It’s funny how some distance
Makes ev’rything seem small;
And the fears that once controlled me
Can’t get to me at all.

Up here in the cold thin air,
I finally can breathe.
I know I left a life behind,
but I’m too relieved to grieve.

Standing frozen, in the life I’ve chosen.
You won’t find me;
The past is so behind me,
Buried in the snow.

Let it go, let it go;
Can’t hold it back anymore.
Let it go, let it go;
Turn my back and slam the door.

And here I stand, and here I’ll stay.
Let it go, let it go;
The cold never bothered me anyway.