We got style and we got grace
We run wild and never dance alone
♪
In this town she's fucking famous
But this town will never be her home
♪
The sun sets on a promise kept
And I try but I don't need
This modern love, this modern love
Oh, it always lets me down
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
This modern love, this modern love
Oh, it always lets me down
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
♪
The popularity trap strikes again
You don't need this fools 'cause you're incroyable
(Which is French for incredible)
We found solace at the star and garter
No malice, I can feel you coming alive
Ignore the warning signs
And we try but I don't need this
This modern love, this modern love
Oh, it always lets me down
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
This modern love, this modern love
Oh, it always lets me down
It lets me down, alright
A bare mattress
A lockless door, two Whittington hearts on pique assiette floor
Give me back those awkward exchanges
The fumbles on bathtubs, when we were just strangers
We talk about your graduation and the realization that we might not be together forever and ever
Amen
♪
Wide eyed and up all night
This could be good but I don't want to shy away I hear them say
"Romance is dead" and I don't need
This modern love, this modern love
Oh, it always lets me down (it lets me down)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) (it lets me down)
This modern love, this modern love
Oh, it always lets me down (it lets me down, it lets me down)
♪
It lets me down, it lets me down
Alright, alright
♪
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)