This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
You know you're stunning
You're absolutely stunning
And I'm running always running
And now I'm crying
It's only cause I'm caring
And if you were more daring
Maybe you'd stop staring
And come over and talk to me
Tell me bout how you've been waiting so patiently
And how you tried but I just turned away
And I'll say yeah well you know,
I'm shy that way
Shy that way
Maybe I'm shy that way
Ohh you know you're stunning
You're absolutely stunning
But you're always runnin'
But I'll catch up to you
The way you keep your distance is
Keeping my interest
So I'll keep it persistent
Ohh maybe someday
Someway, somehow in some town
We'll get together and
We'll break it down
And I'll ask why you've been
So shy, gotta be that way
Maybe baby, oh love, I like it that way
Shy that way
You know I love you so shy,
Shy that way
So keep it comin' comin' comin' comin'
Shy that way
There's always too much talking
And I wanna just keep walking
But I keep staring baby
Keep staring
Though I may not know the right things to say
I'll get it out to you one day
I'm shy that way
You're shy that way
Do you like it
Do you like it?
When I'm shy this way?
Yes I like it
Yes I like it
When you're shy
Shy that way
I like it
I like it shy
You know it's alright, it's ok
'Cause we're
Shy that wayâ?¦
You're absolutely stunning
And I'm running always running
And now I'm crying
It's only cause I'm caring
And if you were more daring
Maybe you'd stop staring
And come over and talk to me
Tell me bout how you've been waiting so patiently
And how you tried but I just turned away
And I'll say yeah well you know,
I'm shy that way
Shy that way
Maybe I'm shy that way
Ohh you know you're stunning
You're absolutely stunning
But you're always runnin'
But I'll catch up to you
The way you keep your distance is
Keeping my interest
So I'll keep it persistent
Ohh maybe someday
Someway, somehow in some town
We'll get together and
We'll break it down
And I'll ask why you've been
So shy, gotta be that way
Maybe baby, oh love, I like it that way
Shy that way
You know I love you so shy,
Shy that way
So keep it comin' comin' comin' comin'
Shy that way
There's always too much talking
And I wanna just keep walking
But I keep staring baby
Keep staring
Though I may not know the right things to say
I'll get it out to you one day
I'm shy that way
You're shy that way
Do you like it
Do you like it?
When I'm shy this way?
Yes I like it
Yes I like it
When you're shy
Shy that way
I like it
I like it shy
You know it's alright, it's ok
'Cause we're
Shy that wayâ?¦
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oh i love this song...jason mraz and tristan prettyman are beautiful
this song is really friggin cute. needs no explanation. i love it.
I believe that Jason Mraz and Tristan Prettyman are engaged.
oh wow this song is awesome! i heard it on her website and loved it instantly...still love Love Love Love but this i think most people can relate to in some way or another...i'm shy so yeah i love it!! Jason Mraz has an awesome voice that complements hers so well too!! ahh!
I think they broke up
I heard that it;s about how they were always touring together all the time but he never spoke to her
Haha they broke up nine days before that dude posted that they were engaged.
before they became a couple, jason and tristan were touring together but they never really spoke to each other ever then they had to make a song together so they wrote about how they were just shy to speak to each other
So glad she and Jason are back together, they're so cute together (: This song definitely showcases their individual talents as well as how good they can sing together. Loveeee ittt