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