A Tender Curiosity

Both eyes locking on mine I almost cower and hide But I can't move, I'm stuck in place Like a creature in your lights I'm feeling awkward again (I'm feeling, feeling, I'm feeling) Speech-impaired and thoughtless But I'm your fool until the end Oh, I'm the motorhome careening 'round the bend I used to think that love was bounded A precious metal bound to starve But you open up quarries every time you come around (around, around) Now I wish, I wish That tender curiosity Was nothing like I thought it would be You fell asleep in my arms The skin-to-skin was much too far apart (I used to think that love was bounded) Now I wish (A precious metal bound to starve) I wish (But you open up quarries every time you come around) Now I wish, I wish