Toxic Positivity

This track comes from Aaron's playful side — the one who finds humor in chaos and turns everyday absurdity into art. It tackles Calling out the culture of forced positivity that silences real pain. It's okay to not be okay. Stop telling struggling people to just think positive.. The lyrics get specific — "While I'm drowning on the inside, smiling from the floor" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The grunge production matches the energy of the confession. It hits angry and honest, 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] Good vibes only says the sign above the door While I'm drowning on the inside, smiling from the floor Just be grateful, just be positive, just choose to see the light Cool, I'll just un-feel the darkness in the middle of the night I built companies and platforms with a hurricane inside And every time I showed a crack, somebody tried to hide It with a quote from Instagram, some sunset, some cliche Like you can meme your way through what the real world sends your way [chorus] Stop telling me to smile through the bleeding Stop telling me that everything's a lesson worth repeating Some things just hurt, some nights just burn And toxic positivity is poison that you learn To swallow with a grin until you can't taste anything Stop telling me to find the silver lining Some clouds are just dark and that's okay [verse 2] I've been a veteran who couldn't sleep for years And someone told me gratitude would cure the fears I've been an entrepreneur who lost it all at once And someone sent a thumbs-up emoji, like that was the response I don't need your highlight reel when I'm in my lowlight I need someone to sit with me and say, yeah, this is a fight Not everything resolves in thirty minutes like a show Sometimes healing takes the scenic route and moves painfully slow [chorus] Stop telling me to smile through the bleeding Stop telling me that everything's a lesson worth repeating Some things just hurt, some nights just burn And toxic positivity is poison that you learn To swallow with a grin until you can't taste anything [bridge] I'm not saying burn the gratitude journal down I'm saying sometimes you need permission to frown To scream, to break, to say this isn't fine Before you can rebuild along the dotted line The strongest thing I've ever done wasn't pushing through It was stopping, saying I'm not okay, and meaning it too [verse 3] So here's my unfiltered truth, the kind they won't put on a mug Sometimes the bravest thing is asking for a hug Not a hashtag, not a mantra, not a vision board Just a human being present, no inspirational reward [outro] It's okay to not be okay Say it again It's okay to not be okay Now believe it