Scars Don’t Say Sorry by Hell Calls Me
Scars Don’t Say Sorry
[Intro] (slow, detuned, feedback swelling)
You say the words
Like they still matter
Like sound can stitch
What you shattered
[Verse 1]
You learned my name like a weakness
Said it soft when you needed in
Every promise came with a fracture
Every touch just pulled it deeper in
You drew blood and called it human
Said we heal if we believe
But you never felt the damage
You just watched it crawl through me
[Pre-Chorus]
You swear regret like it’s a cure
But I’m living proof it’s not a sutured wound
[Chorus]
Scars don’t say sorry
They don’t forgive
They don’t forget
How deep you went in
You can beg, you can break, you can fall to your knees
But scars don’t say sorry
They remember me
[Verse 2]
You hid the knife inside confession
Called it growth, called it change
But every “I didn’t mean it”
Just engraved another name
I tried to be your absolution
Tried to carry all the blame
But mercy turns to self-destruction
When it’s fed to keep you sane
[Pre-Chorus]
You want closure like a clean escape
But damage doesn’t vanish when you pray
[Chorus]
Scars don’t say sorry
They don’t forgive
They don’t forget
How deep you went in
You can cry, you can crawl, you can swear you’ve changed
But scars don’t say sorry
They remember the pain
[Interlude] (instrumental, slow chug → rising lead)
[Verse 3]
You call it “learning from mistakes”
I call it surviving your hands
You found peace in explanations
I found bones that wouldn’t mend
You speak like time is holy water
Like years erase the crime
But I still feel it in the silence
When your shadow crosses mine
[Pre-Chorus]
Say my name like I still belong
You don’t get to heal where you went wrong
[Chorus]
Scars don’t say sorry
They don’t comply
They don’t let go
When you justify
You can rewrite the past, but the body knows
Scars don’t say sorry
They just show
[Breakdown] (half-time, brutal)
Say it again
Say you’re changed
Say it wasn’t
What it became
But flesh remembers
What words deny
You don’t heal wounds
By asking why
[Bridge] (spoken / low growl)
I don’t owe you forgiveness
I don’t owe you peace
You don’t get redemption
From what you did to me
(pause)
I survived you
That’s the truth you can’t undo
[Build-Up] (drums climb, guitars stack)
Every scar is a record
Every mark is a voice
And they’re screaming your name
Even now, even now
[Final Chorus] (massive, layered vocals)
Scars don’t say sorry
They don’t absolve
They don’t disappear
When you dissolve
You can swear on your life, on your god, on your breath
But scars don’t say sorry
They outlive regret
Scars don’t say sorry
They don’t erase
They don’t forget
Your familiar face
You can change who you are
But you can’t change the cost
Scars don’t say sorry
For what you lost
[Outro] (slow, crushing, final)
You said “I’m sorry”
Like it was enough
But scars don’t speak
They just stay
And they stay
And they stay