Becoming

This track comes from the late-night hours when Aaron's guard comes down and honesty replaces performance. It tackles The realization that the space between who you are and who you're becoming is not emptiness but growth - the cocoon before the butterfly. The lyrics get specific — "But the truest version of me is the one I'm building with" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The art pop production matches the energy of the confession. It hits hopeful and evolving, in that order. Every personal track in the catalogue comes from a real moment, a real feeling, a real person. This one is no exception.

[verse 1] I've been a sailor, a coder, a founder, and a fool Been the smartest in the room and been the Navy's tool Been Aaron and been Stransky, been the OG and the myth But the truest version of me is the one I'm building with Every late-night session and every sunrise walk Every line of code and every honest talk I'm not finished and that used to terrify me blind But now I see becoming is the whole design [chorus] I'm becoming something that doesn't have a name Becoming someone who won't play the same old game I'm becoming, every night I shed another skin Becoming is the space where the light gets in [verse 2] Folly Beach has taught me that the shoreline always moves Nothing stays the same and nothing has to prove Its worth by being permanent, the tide knows better things The Unconventional Technologist is growing wings Not the flashy kind that Instagram would like But the quiet kind that carry you through the darkest night A-A-Ron's still funny, Stransky's still deep But the man between them is finally falling asleep At peace with all the versions and the versions yet to come [chorus] I'm becoming something that doesn't have a name Becoming someone who won't play the same old game I'm becoming, every night I shed another skin Becoming is the space where the light gets in [bridge] Caterpillar don't rush the butterfly Acorn don't rush the oak up high Stransky don't rush the man you'll be Becoming takes as long as the sea [chorus] I'm becoming something that doesn't have a name Becoming someone who won't play the same old game I'm becoming, every night I shed another skin Becoming is the space where the light gets in [outro] Still becoming Always becoming And that's exactly right