IT JUST TAKES SOME TIME [VERSE 1 | Restrained, conversational delivery] The plates were stacked for days beside the sink. I knew each crack across the kitchen tile. I'd stand there long enough to overthink, Then tell my friends I'd been okay a while. I took the trash outside at half past three. The porch light caught the rain against my face. No revelation ever came to me, But I went in and cleaned a little space. [PRE-CHORUS | Gradually building] I still rehearse the answers in my head, When someone asks me where the hell I've been. But now I tell the truth of it instead, "I'm not okay; I'm letting someone in." [CHORUS | Open, emotional, sustained endings] I'm healing now, it just takes some time. Some nights, the TV stays on till five. I laughed at something stupid last night, Didn't hate myself for feeling fine. I'm healing now, learning not to lie. You see the bags beneath my tired eyes. Can't reclaim the days I left behind. I'm healing now, it just takes some time. [VERSE 2 | More conviction, retain vulnerability] A friend came by; I almost played asleep, But opened up and met them at the door. They asked me if I'd had enough to eat, Then set two paper bags down on the floor. We talked about the shit I couldn't name. They didn't need a reason to stay near. The room looked almost painfully the same, But I was glad that someone else was here. [PRE-CHORUS 2 | Building into final chorus] There wasn't any speech to pull me through. No phrase that made it all feel right tonight. Just someone asking me, "What can I do?" And me admitting, "Can you stay tonight?" [FINAL CHORUS | Full intensity] I'm healing now, it just takes some time. Some nights, the TV stays on till five. I laughed at something stupid last night, Didn't hate myself for feeling fine. I'm healing now, learning not to lie. You see the bags beneath my tired eyes. Can't reclaim the days I left behind. I'm healing now, it just takes some time. [OUTRO | Instrumentation gradually strips away] I'll wash one plate, then maybe wash the rest. I'll open up the curtains, let 'em stay. I won't pretend that now I'm at my best, Just better than I was the other day. I'm healing now... It just takes some time.
