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Shy
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Sep 13, 2026 updated
What Are We Waiting For? + album
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Song Meaning
For King & Country write "Shy" as a confrontation with hesitation, not shame — "something's been missing... I tried not to listen" describes someone who's heard the call and stalled anyway. "I feel the fire in me rising up, I'm not gonna be shy" reworks 2 Timothy 1:7's claim that God gave a spirit not of fear but of power, treating boldness as something given rather than something you talk yourself into.
"When the world is tryna cut me out... you won't see me backing down" turns the song from private resolve into public stance, and "in the name of Love" functions almost as a title being claimed rather than a vague sentiment — love as the reason for refusing to shrink. The repeated "(Shy)" in the outro reads like the temptation still knocking, answered each time with the same flat refusal.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team
Something's been missing
Whoa, I
I tried not to listen
Whoa, I
I heard you calling
From across the line
I kept you at a distance
Whoa, I
[Pre-Chorus]
It's a long way around to the other side
Yeah I feel that pull, yeah I can't deny
It's a long way around to the other side
But I wanna be free wanna give my life
[Verse 2]
You've been waiting on me long enough
And there's no going back this time
I feel the fire in me rising up
I'm not gonna be shy
When the world is tryna cut me out
And the fear is running through my mind
You won't see me backing down
I'm not gonna be shy
[Chorus]
In the name, in the name
In the name of Love
I'm not gonna be shy
[Verse 3]
I'll be the difference
Whoa, I
I'll go the distance
Whoa, I
[Pre-Chorus]
It's a long way around to the other side
Yeah I feel that pull, yeah I can't deny
It's a long way around to the other side
But I wanna be free wanna give my life
[Verse 2]
You've been waiting on me long enough
And there's no going back this time
I feel the fire in me rising up
I'm not gonna be shy
When the world is tryna cut me out
And the fear is running through my mind
You won't see me backing down
I'm not gonna be shy
[Chorus]
In the name, in the name
In the name of Love
I'm not gonna be shy
[Chorus]
In the name, in the name
In the name of Love
I'm not gonna be shy
[Chorus]
In the name, in the name
In the name of Love
You won't see me backing down
In the name, in the name
In the name of Love
I'm not gonna be shy
[Outro]
(Shy)
I'm not gonna be
(Shy)