Lyric discussion by reknub84 

Cover art for Modern Love lyrics by David Bowie

I CATCH A PAPER, BOY! BUT THINGS DONT REALLY CHANGE

  • modern love, making a reference to reading the paper and there really is no news to read about. thinking modern love is lame and uninteresting.

NEVER WAVE BYE BYE - i guess this means he cant bring himself to end the relationship, BUT I TRY

THERES NO SIGN OF LIFE, ITS JUST THE POWER TO CHARM - exactly how it sounds, theres no more liking somone for who they are its all about how you look and act, putting on a show just to pick-up

IM LYING IN THE RAIN - making refference to the earlier comment about standing in the wind, now lying in the rain, almost completly giving up.

as for the religious comments i think it means having no faith in modern love.

of course you can interpret it differently, thats just how i see it.