[Intro]
Verse 1
I’ve been counting every second just to get by
Wearing all these faces just to look alright
Days pile up like weight on my chest
I learned how to smile through the worst of it
I show up, I laugh, say I’m okay
Say it enough times maybe it’ll stay
They don’t see the cracks, don’t hear the screams
I’m wide awake but I barely breathe
Pre-Chorus
They say it gets easier if I just wait
But waiting only taught me how to fake
Chorus
Time doesn’t heal — that’s a damn lie
It just teaches you how to smile while you’re dying inside
Yeah, time doesn’t heal, it just teaches you how
To fake a laugh, say “I’m fine,” don’t break down
Time doesn’t heal, it just makes it worse
Makes the pain familiar, makes it hurt less at first
Time doesn’t heal — that’s a damn lie
It just teaches you how to survive
Verse 2
They say I’m strong, say I’ve come so far
But strength just means hiding the scars
I still reach for you without thinking twice
Still hear your voice in the dead of night
I walk through rooms like nothing’s wrong
But every memory proves me wrong
I’m not healed, I’m just numb
Just learning how to hold it all in
Pre-Chorus
They see progress, I see pain
I just learned how to hide it better every day
Chorus
Time doesn’t heal — that’s a damn lie
It just teaches you how to smile while you’re dying inside
Yeah, time doesn’t heal, it just teaches you how
To fake a laugh, say “I’m fine,” don’t break down
Time doesn’t heal, it just makes it worse
Makes the pain familiar, makes it hurt less at first
Time doesn’t heal — that’s a damn lie
It just teaches you how to survive
Bridge
If time was the answer, I’d be okay
But it just stretches the hurt day after day
I didn’t heal, I just learned control
How to lock up the grief, how to swallow it whole
Final Chorus
Time doesn’t heal — that’s a damn lie
I’m still standing here barely alive
Yeah, time doesn’t heal, it just teaches you how
To keep breathing somehow
Time doesn’t heal, it just makes it worse
Turns love into loss, turns living into hurt
Time doesn’t heal — that’s a damn lie
It just teaches you how to surviveSo don’t tell me time heals
Don’t sell me that lie
Time doesn’t heal
We just learn how to survive
PrinceShawn
