A Modern Way of Letting Go

If I know, what I know, then no one will watch over you So someone shouldn't really tell me what I want to know I know, I owe, and I know that matters don't matter as much As you think they do  You will only be yourself When you can never be yourself  And you will only be yourself When you understand what you know  How long, will we go on with a modern way of letting go,  tell me how long will we go on with the modern way of letting you go?  If I know, what I know, losing isn't learning to be lost It's learning to know when you're lost If I know, what I know,  I'll want to make the most of what it seems like  You will only be yourself You can never be yourself And you will only be yourself When you understand what you know  How long, will we go on with a modern way of letting you go,  tell me how long will we go on with the modern way of letting you go? --- A Modern Way of Letting Go - Idlewild