Lyric discussion by devilchild8389 

Cover art for Modern Love lyrics by David Bowie

It's about trying to put your faith in something and it not working. His relationships all fail, so he goes to church for guidance. He doesn't find it, so he goes back out and gets his heart broken again. It's a vicious cycle of him trying to find something meaningful and never being able to. Modern love fails him. God fails him. Yet he still succumbs to both, hoping things will change.