This track comes from Aaron Stransky's core identity — Folly Beach roots, 843 area code, the raw unfiltered version. It tackles COVID-19 response on Folly Beach — closing the beach, the empty streets, the tech response, keeping a small town connected during a pandemic. The lyrics get specific — "Folly went quiet like I'd never heard" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The americana production matches the energy of the confession. It hits reflective and somber, 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]
March came in like any other spring
Tourists booking rooms for everything
Then the governor called and said shut it down
Close the beach, close the bars, close the town
Folly went quiet like I'd never heard
No flip-flops on the boardwalk, not a single word
Just the sound of the waves on an empty shore
And a feeling like we'd never felt before
[chorus]
COVID on the coast, empty parking lots
Sunrise for nobody, connecting dots
I kept the systems running, kept the people close
COVID on the coast, we needed tech the most
[verse 2]
Set up remote access from my kitchen table
City council on a Zoom call, barely stable
Webcams on the beach to keep the people out
Public safety systems, that's what it's about
A-A-Ron at the keyboard fighting with a screen
Keeping Folly running like a quiet machine
No parades, no festivals, no summer crowd
Just a CTO alone and oddly proud
[chorus]
COVID on the coast, empty parking lots
Sunrise for nobody, connecting dots
I kept the systems running, kept the people close
COVID on the coast, we needed tech the most
[bridge]
Funny how a crisis shows you what you've built
Every shortcut, every patch, every system's tilt
But the bones were strong, the backbone held
Unconventional solutions, and the story tells
Of a little beach town that didn't fall apart
Because somebody kept the technology at heart
[verse 3]
When the beach reopened and the people came
Folly felt the same but nothing was the same
We learned that sand and servers both need care
And the CTO was always standing there
[chorus]
COVID on the coast, empty parking lots
Sunrise for nobody, connecting dots
I kept the systems running, kept the people close
COVID on the coast, we needed tech the most
[outro]
We made it through
Folly always does