Okay To Not Be Okay

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Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Woke up heavy
Heart like bricks
Timeline talking
Everybody “fixed”
Perfect teeth
Perfect skin
Perfect lie
That they living in
Scroll, scroll
I’m sinking slow
Why they smiling?
I don’t know
Delete the app
Still feel strange
Guess you can’t
Outrun your brain
[Pre-Chorus]
I been trying to patch these holes
Acting like I’m in control
But the mask don’t fit my face
So I throw it on the floor and say—
[Chorus]
It’s okay to not be okay
I don’t gotta fake a smile today (hey!)
I’m a work in progress anyway
Building my own laugh, my own way
It’s okay to not be okay
Your opinion doesn’t set my fate
I’m the only one inside this skin
I decide the way my story spins
[Verse 2]
Therapist asked
“What you feel?”
I said “nothing”
That was real
Taught to swallow
Every tear
Turn my volume
Down from fear
But I’m tired
Playing strong
Calling weakness
Being wrong
Truth is shaking
In my hands
But I’ll hold it
Where I stand
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been learning slow and rough
Healing isn’t pretty stuff
Every scar I used to hate
Now it’s proof I made it through the days
[Chorus]
It’s okay to not be okay
I don’t gotta fake a smile today (yeah!)
I’m a work in progress anyway
Building my own laugh, my own way
It’s okay to not be okay
Your opinion doesn’t set my fate
I’m the only one inside this skin
I decide the way my story spins
[Bridge]
You don’t know my nights
You don’t know my fights
You just see the highlight reel
Never what I really feel
So I’ll chase my quiet peace
Dreams that let my demons breathe
Happiness ain’t handed free
I’m still betting back on me (back on me, hey!)
[Chorus]
It’s okay to not be okay
I don’t gotta fake a smile today
I’m a work in progress anyway
Building my own laugh, my own way
It’s okay if I bend, if I break
Every step is still a step I take
I’m the only one inside this skin
I decide the way my story ends (yeah)
I decide the way my story ends (hey!)