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Time

By Amanda Cook

1,275 views Sep 22, 2026 updated State of the Union album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Amanda Cook addresses self-hatred directly rather than the guilt underneath it in "Time" — "hasn't the self-hatred stayed long enough? Maybe that's all you thought you were worthy of." The question names a pattern that has outlasted whatever originally caused it.

"Heaven says it's time to free your heart and free your mind" locates the permission to let go somewhere outside the person struggling, rather than asking them to simply decide to feel differently on their own. "Who told you that it always has to be this way?" questions the assumption of permanence directly.

"The weight of all the world was never yours to hold" closes the song by naming the actual mistake being corrected — not a specific sin, but the belief that carrying everything alone was ever required in the first place.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

Don’t you think it’s time to forgive yourself 

Don’t you think it’s time to forgive yourself 

Don’t you think it’s time to forgive yourself 

Don’t you think it’s time to forgive yourself 


Heaven says it’s time 

Heaven says it’s time 


Hasn’t the self-hatred stayed long enough 

Hasn’t the self-hatred stayed long enough

Maybe that’s all you thought you were worthy of 

But, hasn’t the self-hatred stayed long enough 


Heaven says it’s time 

Heaven says it’s time

To free your heart and free your mind

Heaven says it’s time

 

This could be the moment it all could change

This could be the moment it all could change

Who told you that it always has to be this way

This could be the moment it all could change


Heaven says it’s time

Heaven says it’s time 

To free your heart and free your mind 


Wouldn’t it feel like freedom to let it go 

Wouldn’t it feel like freedom to let it go 

The weight of all the world was never yours to hold 

Wouldn’t it feel like freedom to let it go


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