Modern Love

By David Bowie.

LYRICS
I know when to go out I know when to stay in Get things done I catch the paper boy But things don't really change I'm standing in the wind But I never wave bye bye But I try, I try There's no sign of life It's just the power to charm I'm lyin' in the rain But I never wave bye bye But I try, I try Never gonna fall for Modern love, walks beside me Modern love, walks on by <span class="line line-s" id="line_17" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Modern love, gets me to <span class="line line-s" id="line_18" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">The church on time <span class="line line-s" id="line_19" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Church on time, terrifies me <span class="line line-s" id="line_20" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Church on time, makes me party <span class="line line-s" id="line_21" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Church on time, puts my trust <span class="line line-s" id="line_22" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">In God and man <span class="line line-s" id="line_23" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">God and man, no confessions <span class="line line-s" id="line_24" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">God and man, no religion <span class="line line-s" id="line_25" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">God and man, don't believe <span class="line line-s" id="line_26" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">In modern love <span class="line line-s" id="line_27" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);"> <span class="line line-s" id="line_45" style="padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;display:block;color:rgb(0,0,0);">

LYRIC CRITICS TIME
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">I know when to go out <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">,  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">And when to stay in  

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">'''Wow! That's good! That's like, an extremely rare talent. Like, I'm pretty sure you're lying. It's like 1 in 1,000,000,000 humans know when to go outside or stay inside. I'm going to google this and ask mythbusters to cover this in an entire episode because this, Bowie, this is just so mind blowing. Not even joking! Hell, even I don't know when to go outside. That's like, wow. So talented.'''

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">I catch a paper boy,  '<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">But things don't really change 

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">Well actually, the paper changes about every day with no news, such as the bombing in Boston that happened not even a week ago.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">There's no sign of life, It's just the power of charm 

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">I'm pretty sure when you're in the hospital room and when your girlfriend or wife's private looks like it's blowing a bubble, pretty sure that is a sign of life.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">I'm lying in the rain 

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">But...I thought you said you knew when to go outside or not.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">Never gonna fall for,  '<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">Modern Love walks beside me 

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">'''That's good, I guess. But you never really define what modern love is. If you're referring to the loveless marriages? They've been around since marriage has been, but it's more common now.'''

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">Modern Love gets me to the Church on Time 

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">'''So, modern love gets you to the church on time? Since it's capitalized I can't help but think Church on Time is actually a group and not an actual church.'''

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">Church on Time terrifies me <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;"> ,  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">Church on Time makes me party,  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">Church on Time puts my trust in God and Man  

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">'''You know, "makes" is used as a forceful word, meaning like the Church on Time tied you to the ground and made you party. And Church on Time terrifies you, yet you trust it? That's very very very very very and I stress the word very uncommon. Usually if something terrifies you, you don't trust it.'''

SONG MEANING (from the Lyric Critics pov)
Okay, I personally think this song is about a woman (Modern Love) being a stuck up person and trying to convert David Bowie to become a born again Christian.