[Verse 1: Liam Fray]
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

[Chorus: Liam Fray & Michael Campbell]
I try but I don’t need this modern love
This modern love
Oh, it always lets me down
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
This modern love
This modern love
Oh, it always lets me down
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

[Verse 2]
The popularity trap strikes again
You don’t need these 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

[Chorus: Liam Fray & Michael Campbell]
And we try but I don’t need this modern love
This modern love
Oh, it always lets me down
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
This modern love
This modern love
Oh, it always lets me down
It lets me down
[Bridge: Liam Fray (Spoken)]
(Alright) a bare mattress, a lockless door
Two Withington hearts on a pique assiette floor
Give me back those awkward exchanges
The fumbles In bathtubs when we were just strangers
We talk about your graduation
And the realisation that we might not be together forever and ever, amen

[Pre-Chorus]
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

[Chorus: Liam Fray & Michael Campbell]
Modern love
This modern love
Oh, it always (It lets me down)
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
(Oh, it lets me down)
This modern love
This modern love
Oh, it always, it lets me down
(It lets me down)
It lets me down, alright
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)