It's OK (not to be Okay)

from Where We're At by Abby K

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BEING VULNERABLE
The past five to eight years have truly tested our mental resolve. While touring the West Coast in January 2019, I witnessed our country dividing itself along racial and political lines. Already reaching a fever-pitch, the pandemic hadn’t even started. Would that be the breaking point? We all looked for relief and permission to hurt. This song reminds us that It’s okay, not to be okay.

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Everything feels blurry, can’t discern the lines
Minutes turn to hours, lost meaning of the time
Time is just a folder, for memories to find
Helping to unwind

One is just a number, everyone you know is one
Ice can melt to water, waterfalling lone
Lonely days are numbered, but your numbers musn’t grow
Warring undertows

So it’s okay, not to be ok
It’s okay, it’s just another day
You can be not okay as long as you’d like
Wipe away the tears in your eyes

Weight you feel will crush you, deep and heavy sighs
Views you see are foggy, muting distant cries
Crying out the sadness, good to let it go
Living with the hard times, going with the flow

So it’s okay, not to be ok
It’s okay, it’s just another day
You can be not okay as long as you’d like
So wipe away the tears in your eyes

You can’t imagine things getting better
That black you’re in will turn itself to light
Change is not an object you can measure
It only starts when you decide to fight the fight

So it’s okay, not to be ok
It’s okay, it’s just another day
You can be not okay as long as you’d like
So wipe away the tears in your eyes

So it’s okay, not to be ok
It’s okay, not to be ok
You can be not okay as long as you’d like
Not okay as long as you’d like

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from Where We're At, track released March 31, 2023
Written by Abby Karp
Recorded and produced by Jonathan Plum @London Bridge Studios

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Abby K Seattle, Washington

Between 2020 and present, the pandemic presented Abby with some “found” time to reflect on the relationship between all of her worlds on her new album, Where We’re At. Where We’re At a unique endeavor as she explores a moment in time no less complicated or captivating than the bookends of a story. ... more

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