Time Doesn't Heal

They say it's been two years, I should be doing fine New haircut, new address, they think I've left it all behind "She's back on her feet now," that's what they love to say But they don't see me sitting here when night steals the day Time doesn't heal all wounds It just teaches you to carry them Under your smile, behind closed doors Where no one else can see them They say the pain will fade away But that's not how it feels Everybody's wrong—time doesn't heal Got his jacket in the closet, still can't give it away His cologne lingers there like he might come back someday I've tried new company, new love, new everything But memories have shadows that no light can chase away Time doesn't heal all wounds It just teaches you to carry them Under your smile, behind closed doors Where no one else can see them They say the pain will fade away But that's not how it feels Everybody's wrong—time doesn't heal Some nights are better than others Some days I barely feel the pain Then one song plays on the radio And I'm right back there again It's not bitter, it's just honest Some things stay broken for good And maybe healing isn't forgetting It's just learning to live with the bruise So I wake up each morning and I put on my brave face I laugh at all the right times, I move at the right pace But deep beneath my surface where no one ever sees There's a piece of me still waiting where you left it to bleed Time doesn't heal all wounds It just teaches you to carry them Under your smile, behind closed doors Where no one else can see them They say the pain will fade away But that's just what they believe The truth is hard—time doesn't heal No, time doesn't heal