Released: October 8, 1999
Featuring: Kylie Minogue
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys Craig Armstrong
[Verse 1: Neil Tennant]
In denial: no, my life's a trial
I'm not denying that every little bit hurts
It's a problem, that I'm not solving
Don't mind admitting I feel like quitting this job
For a while
Getting away before it gets any worse today
[Verse 2: Kylie Minogue]
You're in denial, and that is final
You're not admitting, you should be quitting
All these queens and fairies and muscle Marys
The rough trade boyfriend
Who in his pathetic own way denies he's gay
Why can't he see this is a fantasy?
[Bridge: Neil Tennant and Kylie Minogue]
I think I'm going mad
How'd you know if your going mad?
Look at me, I'm lonely
Look at me I'm sad
[Verse 3: Neil Tennant, Kylie Minogue, Both]
I'm not denying, I could be trying, a little harder
To deal with some of this stuff
Know what I'm thinking, less drugs and drinking
No cigarettes, and you'll feel a little less worth
Is that enough? My life is absurd
I'm living it upside down
Like a vampire working at night, sleeping all day
A dad with a girl who knows he's gay
Can you love me anyway?
In denial: no, my life's a trial
I'm not denying that every little bit hurts
It's a problem, that I'm not solving
Don't mind admitting I feel like quitting this job
For a while
Getting away before it gets any worse today
[Verse 2: Kylie Minogue]
You're in denial, and that is final
You're not admitting, you should be quitting
All these queens and fairies and muscle Marys
The rough trade boyfriend
Who in his pathetic own way denies he's gay
Why can't he see this is a fantasy?
[Bridge: Neil Tennant and Kylie Minogue]
I think I'm going mad
How'd you know if your going mad?
Look at me, I'm lonely
Look at me I'm sad
[Verse 3: Neil Tennant, Kylie Minogue, Both]
I'm not denying, I could be trying, a little harder
To deal with some of this stuff
Know what I'm thinking, less drugs and drinking
No cigarettes, and you'll feel a little less worth
Is that enough? My life is absurd
I'm living it upside down
Like a vampire working at night, sleeping all day
A dad with a girl who knows he's gay
Can you love me anyway?
more tracks from the album
Nightlife: Further Listening 1996 – 2000
- In Denial
- Closer to Heaven
- It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas (Fan Club Mix)
- Nightlife
- Positive Role Model
- For All of Us (Demo)
- Casting a Shadow
- Paris City Boy (Full French)
- Believe / Song for Guy
- Vampires (Demo)
- For All of Us
- Somebody Else’s Business (Extended Mix)
- I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any More (The PSB Extension)
- Call Me Old-Fashioned (Demo)
- Playing in the Streets
- Tall Thin Man
- Radiophonic
- You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
- New York City Boy
- Boy Strange
- Somebody Else’s Business
- Friendly Fire
- The Ghost of Myself
- Footsteps
- Sail Away
- Silver Age
- Screaming
- For Your Own Good
- The Only One
- Happiness is an Option
- Lies
- I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Anymore
- Vampires
- Radiophonic (Demo)
From the albums
- Nightlife (1999)
- Nightlife: Further Listening 1996 – 2000 (2017)
Pet Shop Boys popular songs
- West End Girls
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Go West
- Always On My Mind
- Being Boring
- Suburbia
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Domino Dancing
- The Pop Kids
- Left to My Own Devices
- Rent
- New York City Boy
- Love etc.
- Love is a Bourgeois Construct
- Burning the heather
- Dreamland
- Closer to Heaven 3
- Footsteps
- Closer To Heaven / Left To My Own Devices
- Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Coconut 1 12" Mix) [Disco 2 Version]
- In His Imagination
- Sail Away