Shy

How can it be you've loved me this long When I've watched your eyes roll in a deep sleep? And I can't help but think That line you always repeat how "How you can't wait forever." And I know I'm shy My act is strong When you push the hair away from my neck I can't go on It's a funny thing the way you look at me Like I'm some sort of treasure of the past and of what could be I've seen the signs long ago that you think I've stopped believing It's a terrible crime The tablets broke Commandments we carved out of stone turned to rubble And I know I'm shy My act is strong When you read the words off the back of my hand I can't go on It's a funny thing the way you look at me Like I'm some sort of treasure of the past and of what could be