"Modern Guilt" adalah sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh penyanyi Beck. Lagu ini memiliki lirik yang bercerita tentang perasaan bersalah dan terasing di tengah dunia modern. Perasaan tersebut digambarkan melalui berbagai situasi, seperti merasa tidak nyaman saat berjalan di kota, merasa dingin saat berada di rumah, dan merasa tersesat dalam percakapan. Beck juga menggambarkan perasaan bersalah tersebut sebagai "penjara" yang membuatnya merasa terkurung.
Modern Guilt Lyrics
Beck
I feel uptight when I walk in the city
I feel so cold when I'm at home
Feels like everything's starting to hit me
I lost my bearings ten minutes ago
Modern guilt, I'm stranded with nothing
Modern guilt, I'm under lock and key
Misapprehension
Is turning into convention
Don't know what I've done but I feel ashamed
Standing outside the glass on the sidewalk
These people talk about impossible things
And I'm falling out of the conversation
And I'm a pawn piece in a human shield
Modern guilt is all in our hands
Modern guilt won't get me to bed
Say what you will
Smoke your last cigarette
Don't know what I've done but I feel afraid
I feel so cold when I'm at home
Feels like everything's starting to hit me
I lost my bearings ten minutes ago
Modern guilt, I'm stranded with nothing
Modern guilt, I'm under lock and key
Misapprehension
Is turning into convention
Don't know what I've done but I feel ashamed
Standing outside the glass on the sidewalk
These people talk about impossible things
And I'm falling out of the conversation
And I'm a pawn piece in a human shield
Modern guilt is all in our hands
Modern guilt won't get me to bed
Say what you will
Smoke your last cigarette
Don't know what I've done but I feel afraid
