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Strong by One Direction

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One Direction

Strong

Release date: 25th November 2013

From Midnight Memories
Track 7
3:04
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About This Track

'Strong' appeared as a promotional release ahead of One Direction's third album 'Midnight Memories', which became the best-selling album of 2013 globally with four million copies sold. The track sits seventh in the album's running order, positioned between the official singles and deeper album material. The song frames romantic dependency through paired images of hands and hearts, the lyric 'You make me strong' anchoring a chorus that refuses to apologise for need. Where much pop rhetoric treats vulnerability as weakness, the track inverts the formula: separation becomes the site of fragility, connection the source of resilience. The verses acknowledge the difficulty of articulating attachment, the bridge a plea to prevent collapse. The production stays mid-tempo and relatively spare, letting the vocal arrangement carry the emotional weight. It's a ballad that trusts its central metaphor without overworking it, the kind of album track that finds its audience through streaming rather than radio rotation.

"Strong" is a track by One Direction, from the album Midnight Memories, released 25th November 2013. The track is 3:04 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about One Direction.

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One Direction

One Direction

Lyrics

Strong

My hands, your hands
Tied up like two ships
Drifting, weightless
Waves try to break it
I'd do anything to save it
Why is it so hard to save it?

My heart, your heart
Sit tight like bookends
Pages between us
Written with no end
So many words we're not saying
Don't wanna wait 'til it's gone
You make me strong

I'm sorry if I say, "I need you"
But I don't care, I'm not scared of love
'Cause when I'm not with you, I'm weaker
Is that so wrong? Is it so wrong
That you make me strong?

Think of how much
Love that's been wasted
People always
Trying to escape it
Move on to stop their heart breaking
But there's nothing I'm running from
You make me strong

I'm sorry if I say, "I need you"
But I don't care, I'm not scared of love
'Cause when I'm not with you, I'm weaker
Is that so wrong? Is it so wrong?

So, baby, hold on to my heart, oh
Need you to keep me from falling apart
I'll always hold on
'Cause you make me strong

I'm sorry if I say, "I need you"
But I don't care, I'm not scared of love
'Cause when I'm not with you, I'm weaker
Is that so wrong? Is it so wrong?

I'm sorry if I say, "I need you"
But I don't care, I'm not scared of love
'Cause when I'm not with you, I'm weaker
Is that so wrong? Is it so wrong?
That you make me...

I'm sorry if I say, "I need you"
But I don't care, I'm not scared of love
'Cause when I'm not with you, I'm weaker
Is that so wrong? Is it so wrong
That you make me strong?

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Track details

From Midnight Memories

3:042013
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Midnight Memories
Midnight Memories
One Direction
25th November 2013
Track number
7
Release year
2013
  1. 1Best Song Ever
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  2. 2Story Of My Life
    4:05
  3. 3Diana
    3:05
  4. 4Midnight Memories
    2:56

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