Postcard from Right Now

This track comes from the Lowcountry marshes where Aaron found wisdom knee-deep in pluff mud. It tackles A postcard from the current chapter — standing at the intersection of everything he's been and everything he's becoming. Not there yet, but further than he's ever been.. The lyrics get specific — "Folly Beach is doing what it always does, it holds" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The indie electronic production matches the energy of the confession. It hits present and alive, 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] Dear whoever needs to hear this, I'm alive and I'm right here Standing on the corner of accomplishment and fear Folly Beach is doing what it always does, it holds The space between the stories and the chapters left untold I'm not the kid from boot camp anymore, not the sailor, not the suit I'm the composite of every postcard, every pursuit CTO, founder, veteran, the unconventional brand But right now I'm just Aaron with a coffee in his hand [chorus] A postcard from right now, no filter, no edit I'm standing in the middle of the life I always said it Would be, and it's messier and louder and more real Than any postcard picture could reveal A postcard from right now, I'm not at the ending I'm somewhere in the middle, still pretending and still mending Still building, still falling, still getting up again A postcard from right now, I'm right here in the when [verse 2] The platform's humming, the music is alive Five weeks of nothing turned to something I'd describe As the most me thing I've ever built, a mirror made of code That reflects the journey from the Navy to this road I've sent postcards from the past, from the ship and from the break But this one matters most because it's now and now is great Not perfect, never perfect, but present and awake And that's the postcard that I'm choosing to make [chorus] A postcard from right now, no filter, no edit I'm standing in the middle of the life I always said it Would be, and it's messier and louder and more real Than any postcard picture could reveal [bridge] All the postcards led to here Every boot camp push up, every ocean year Every first try, every heartbreak tear Was just the postage paid to get me here Right now, this moment, this breath, this beat Standing on the corner of my own street In a life I built from postcards and from grit And right now, I'm in love with every bit [verse 3] So stamp this one special, put it on the fridge A postcard from right now, standing on the bridge Between everything I was and everything I'll be Signed, Aaron Stransky, OG Unicorn, finally free [outro] P.S. — The best postcard hasn't been written yet But I'm writing it right now Right now Wish you were here Actually, come on down Folly Beach is beautiful today