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



'Cause 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 the 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

And I know what I know

I want to make the most of what it seems like



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 the modern way of letting go?

Tell me how long will we go on

With the modern way of letting you go