Modernity has failed us/
And I’d love it if we made it.

“Love it if We Made it” by The 1975 comes in hot with some powerful lyrics about drugs, communication and survival. There aren’t many songs that hit you like this one does. It demands that you listen.

The message is mostly disturbing, but also hopeful. It is disturbing in that it paints a realistic picture of life in the 2010s. There aren’t many happy images. In fact, it seems like humanity and our sanity are at risk of extinction.

But The 1975 have hope, they’d love it if we survived this. But how? That’s for other people to figure out.

There is something to be said for stating the problem clearly and melodically. This is a variation of the protest song. It is a song that is socially conscious–like some of the great songs from the 60s and 70s. The melody is perfect for the message and unique. Matty Healy sings the vocals as if they matter. His tone is biting.

The intro provides a disorienting, dream-like sound that creates a great environment for the song. I’d Love it If We Made It is very well produced. The rhythm section is strong. They plow ahead relentlessly, and you begin to feel the weight of the song. Will this list of shitty problems ever end? You are almost exhausted by the end. Can we make it? Will we?

I can’t think of a better song to describe 2020 than “Love It If We Made It”.

Love It If We Made It Lyrics

We’re fucking in a car, shooting heroin,
Saying controversial things just for the hell of it.
Selling melanin and then suffocate the black men,
Start with misdemeanors and we’ll make a business out of them.
And we can find out the information,
Access all the applications,
That are hardening positions based on miscommunication.
Oh, fuck your feelings,
Truth is only hearsay;
We’re just left to decay,
Modernity has failed us.

And I’d love it if we made it.
Yes, I’d love it if we made it.
Yes, I’d love it if we made it.
Yes, I’d love it if we made it.

And poison me, daddy.
I’ve got the Jones right through my bones,
Write it on a piece of stone.
A beach of drowning three-year olds,
Rest in peace Lil Peep,
The poetry is in the streets.
Jesus save us,
Modernity has failed us.

And I’d love it if we made it.
Yes, I’d love it if we made it.
Yes, I’d love it if we made it.
Yes, I’d love it if we made it.
And I’d love it if we made it.
And I’d love it if we made it.
And I’d love it if we made it.
I’d love it if we made it.

Tell me something I didn’t know,
Consultation,
Degradation,
Fossil fueling,
Masturbation,
Immigration,
Liberal kitsch,
Kneeling on a pitch.

“I moved on her like a bitch”,
Excited to be indicted,
Unrequited house with seven pools,
“Thank you Kanye, very cool”.
The war has been incited and guess what?
You’re all invited,
And you’re famous,
Modernity has failed us.

And I’d love it if we made it.
And I’d love it if we made it.
And I’d love it if we made it.
Tell me something I didn’t know.
And I’d love it if we made it.
And I’d love it if we made it.
And I’d love it if we made it.
And I’d love it if we made it.

Written by The 1975: Adam Brian Thomas Hann / George Bedford Daniel / Matthew Timothy Healy / Ross Stewart MacDonald