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Lyrics

Vulnerable

You may think I'm strong
and I can do no wrong
but I'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you
I may be hard to take
but you can't call me fake
'cause I'm vulnerable
so vulnerable
without you

I know the assumption is that I'm tough
and with all my anger that's fair enough
Even with friends I have to compete
and try being me when you walk down the street
It's not easy
by the by
Just surviving
in the public eye

You may think I'm strong
and I can do no wrong
but I'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you
I may be hard to take
but you can't call me fake
'cause I'm vulnerable
so vulnerable
without you

You know I can't ever bear to seem weak
or have any doubts. That's just my technique
I put in the hours, at least I don't shirk
A little bravado does much of the work
I am no one's
stepping stone
but I couldn't live life
in private alone

You may think I'm strong
and I can do no wrong
but I'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you
I may be hard to take
but you can't call me fake
'cause I'm vulnerable
so vulnerable
without you

At night
I am lying awake
Through the hours trying
to calculate
Am I good enough?
Can I contrive
to keep this show on the road?
Will I survive?

I know you must sometimes think I don't care
or even appreciate what we share
Though I'm no one's
stepping stone
the truth is I love you
and I'd go crazy alone

You may think I'm strong
and I can do no wrong
but I'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you
I may be hard to take
but you can't call me fake
'cause I'm vulnerable
so vulnerable
without you

From

Yes

Video

On this day

1988: After the Boys help pay for an anti-Clause 28 newspaper ad, a spokesman tells the Daily Mirror that 'they support a variety of causes.'

2000: The Boys perform in Berlin.

2005: Neil finishes recording vocals for 'Fugitive.'

2007: The Pet Shop Boys had been nominated for two Grammy Awards—Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Dance Single—but lose out to Madonna and Justin Timberlake, respectively.

2008: Chris appears as a witness at St. Pancras Coroner's Court in London during the inquest into the death of PSB friend and assistant Dainton Connell in a automobile accident the previous October in Moscow. He testifies how he'd seen Dainton only shortly before the accident at a dinner celebrating his (Chris's) birthday.

2009: Despite the fact that he's suffering from a nasty bout of either food poisoning or stomach flu, Neil is interviewed via telephone for a radio show on various subjects, including the upcoming new album Yes, the Brits Awards, and submitting a song shortly before Christmas to Shirley Bassey, who's in the process of recording a new album of her own.

Photographs

Facts courtesy of geowayne.com