“ok ok?” describes a state of being okay with oneself, despite the pressures of destiny and other people.
half•alive originally played “ok ok?” on June 22, 2019 at Firefly Music Festival. A couple weeks later, they reproduced the studio version of this during the Q&A with fans on July 17, 2019...
[Verse 1]
Far too great a toll it's played on me
The animal of destiny
I have seen it from afar
Saw its teeth and felt its claws
Felt it ripping me apart
To find my place among the stars
[Verse 2]
Far too great a toll it's played on me
The pull of popularity
Trying to squeeze into a mold
Just an actor in a role
But I'm through with being you
I know it's okay to be me
[Chorus]
It's okay
Is it okay?
It's okay
Is it okay?
(Through with being you)
(I know it's okay being me)
(Through with being you)
(I know it's okay being me)
(Through with being you)
(I know it's okay being me)
(Through with being you)
(I know it's okay being me)
[Verse 3]
(Through with being you)
(I know it's okay being me)
How great a joy it is to see
This hidden gold in dried up streams
(Through with being you)
(I know it's okay being me)
I'll grow in this discovery
And rest in what it'll bring
[Chorus]
It's okay
Is it okay?
It's okay
Is it okay?
[Bridge]
(Far too great a toll it's played on me)
Far too great a toll it's played on me
(Far too great a toll it's played on me)
At first I was too blind to see
Far too great a toll it's played on me
The animal of destiny
I have seen it from afar
Saw its teeth and felt its claws
Felt it ripping me apart
To find my place among the stars
[Chorus]
It's okay
Is it okay?
It's okay
Is it okay?
It's okay
Is it okay?
It's okay
Is it okay?
[Outro]
Far too great a toll it's played on me
Far too great a toll it's played on me
ok ok? was written by J. Tyler Johnson & Brett Kramer & Josh Taylor.
ok ok? was produced by Mike Crossey.
half•alive released ok ok? on Wed Jul 31 2019.
“ok ok?” is a song that we put first because it starts with the heaviest guitars you’ll ever hear, and then you don’t hear them forever so it’s it’s a
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