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PET SHOP BOYS | Vulnerable | |
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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 call me fake 'Cause I'm vulnerable So vulnerable without you I know the assumption is that I'm tough 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 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 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 call me fake 'Cause I'm vulnerable So vulnerable without you So vulnerable without you |
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Vulnerable is classic Pets and is one of the strongest tracks on the album. This harks back to Actually and Behaviour in its construction and melodic flavour. It's beautiful with a very hooky chorus and a sad lyric about living in the public eye and loving in private. Neil's concerns about the fine line between how we conduct ourselves in private and public surface here. Pulsing electronics, acoustic guitar and tinkling percussion capture the melancholic sweep of this perfectly. Cathode Ray Tube
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Vulnerable lets a familiar, bittersweet shade of dancefloor dejection seep through. That, coupled with one of the most hummable hooks, makes it the low-key highlight of the album. BBC
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Those of you who admired 'Umbrella' for its overwhelming exhibition of cognitive dissonance - really, has such open-hearted sweetness ever been delivered in such a compellingly offhand manner? - will find much to admire here, as Neil spends a lot of time bemoaning the difficulties of living in the public eye while actually appearing oblivious to its consequences, remarking on how strong he appears when in fact he's barely exercising the emotional range he's repeatedly proved capable of, and, bizarrely, noting what an angry individual he can be although he really only seems to connect as a performer and, maybe, a character when musing fearfully on the possible loss of a loved one. Intriguing. The Quietus
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