I thought that time was healing All the hurt you left behind That empty spaces could be filled My arms, my heart, my mind And though my body looks the same As it did when you were here The emptiness is growing Even bigger with each year I thought that time was healing All the agonising pain That as the tears were fading Soon I wouldn't feel the same And though I can be smiling And you think that I'll survive The pain is in my blood now I have nowhere else to hide I thought that time was healing All the loss a mother feels That now you live within my heart I had you near me still But I need so much to touch you To see you smile again And those memories I'm told are mine Can never feel the same I thought that time was healing All the while the mask was worn That underneath a new me Was waiting to be born But now I find I am the mask It helps to keep me safe And though my heart is breaking You won't see it in my face I thought that time was healing All those tears my eyes have seen That aching arms that miss you Could be satisfied with dreams But here I am, in pain again And healing stands alone And mother weeps, the world can see For a son who can't come home <3