Said you'd stick around 'till the shadows disappear There's a New York in your mind but there's nothing like that here I'm trying to recall our rise and our fall And I'm choking on history and nothing at all
This Modern Love It's got nothing to do with anything that we're made of This Modern Love It's not in our bones it's not in our blood
I never put your name in silver or gold I left my fingerprints in dust You said "it's so cold in these cities we've known" It's just steel and glass breathing Skin and bone
Modern Love It's got nothing to do with anything that we're made of This Modern Love It's not in our bones it's not in our blood
You can walk the mile to the train See her silhouette On the platform in the rain She's not a memory yet You can make the clouds disappear, the train pull away You can dream you stopped the rain But you couldn't make her stay