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She said "this talking just kind of wears me out
And all these salesmen, baby, make me tired"
"They're no good, to tell you the truth", she said
"I've been getting used to liars"
"They sing me love songs, with store bought words
They make me promises, like politicians"
And so we stumble and disconnect
Over and over again
This modern love is not enough
She said, "watch your back
I'm nobody's girlfriend"
This modern love is not enough
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
She said "one big exhale never did me no good"
I let 'em in, I
Oh man, I let 'em win
I'd burn my house down just to hear them scream my name
"I've carried hopes and heavy daydreams", she said
"But I'm done with sleeping"
Take the phone calls
Take this circus
Take the drama, 'cause baby it's worthless
This modern love is not enough
She said, "watch your back
I'm nobody's girlfriend"
This modern love is not enough
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
She said "one big exhale never did me no good.
One big exhale never did me no good"
And the bright lights shine
And we ache and we break and we try
Stage lights shine and they blind our eyes to it all
Still we ache and we break and we just can't get it right
This modern love is not enough
She said, "watch your back
I'm nobody's girlfriend"
This modern love is not enough
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh this modern love is just a taco truck
Come on take the phone calls, I'll take the silence
This modern love is not enough
Oh oh oh oh oh
One big exhale never did me no good
One exhale
One big exhale
Yeah one exhale never did me no good
Never did me no good
And all these salesmen, baby, make me tired"
"I've been getting used to liars"
They make me promises, like politicians"
Over and over again
She said, "watch your back
I'm nobody's girlfriend"
This modern love is not enough
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
She said "one big exhale never did me no good"
Oh man, I let 'em win
I'd burn my house down just to hear them scream my name
"I've carried hopes and heavy daydreams", she said
"But I'm done with sleeping"
Take this circus
Take the drama, 'cause baby it's worthless
She said, "watch your back
I'm nobody's girlfriend"
This modern love is not enough
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
She said "one big exhale never did me no good.
One big exhale never did me no good"
And we ache and we break and we try
Stage lights shine and they blind our eyes to it all
Still we ache and we break and we just can't get it right
She said, "watch your back
I'm nobody's girlfriend"
This modern love is not enough
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Come on take the phone calls, I'll take the silence
Oh oh oh oh oh
One big exhale never did me no good
One exhale
One big exhale
Yeah one exhale never did me no good
Never did me no good
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How has no one commented on this? To me its about a girl who is tired of the texting and facebooking and updating, its not enough
Keltie Colleen, a dancer and friend of Matt's, said this was about her. Oddly enough, I had suspected this even from the first time I heard it. It just makes sense. Keltie broke up with guitarist Ryan Ross (ex-Panic at the Disco, The Young Veins).
"They sing me love songs with store-bought words. = Ryan had written a plethora of songs about Keltie.
"Take the phone calls." = Keltie used to make Ryan call her when he got home every night so he would instead hide in a quiet place and call her and tell her he was home.
"Take this circus." =Panic's live show used to be a circus. Ryan was obsessed with vaudeville.
Keltie said this on her Twitter on October 31, 2011 if you want to verify it.
Yea, last night Matt said that this song was written for a friend who said the whole "all the good guys are either taken or gay."
Yea, last night Matt said that this song was written for a friend who said the whole "all the good guys are either taken or gay."
"They sing me love songs" not "They send me love songs".
"This song is about a friend of mine who said to me 'there are no good men left'." -Matt Nathanson at his show in Seattle last summer. So amazing! Matt sings some of the most real songs ever!