Shy - Local Natives

Sometimes I don’t understand

What you want me to

Sometimes it takes the right plan

To get this confused

Waiting for the moment but it’s never right

You lean over and whisper, «Baby, don’t be shy»

Take another minute, Cara, are you sure?

Maybe I could be a mirror for your pleasure

Shy under the weight of desire

Afraid and able

Shy under the weight of desire

Afraid and able

Diving under the sheets

Under rainbow lights

It was more like a cage

We were forced to fight

Remember when you gave me a vial of your blood?

I hid it in my closet until I gave you up

Sitting on a roof above our flooded city

I know I shouldn’t stare, but Cara, you’re so pretty

Shy under the weight of desire

Tame turning into wild

I see but don’t recognize

Afraid and able

Shy

Shy

What would you have me say?

God, it’s a perfect save

It took me thirty years and now I feel right

How did we get this way?

How did we get this way?

How did we get this way?

(Shy under the weight of design)

(Tame turning into the wild)

(I see but don’t recognize)

(Afraid and able)