He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
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?
Could I contrive?
To keep this sham around
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
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?
Could I contrive?
To keep this sham around
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
Lyrics submitted by young_jables
Vulnerable Lyrics as written by Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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