Alright Alright from Transitions by Sockpuppet

I wrote this song in response to a well-meaning but clueless friend who saw I was suffering and would tell me I should "just cheer up."

"Just cheer up" won't make me less depressed.

"Just cheer up" won't solve my anxiety.

"Just cheer up" won't fix my chronic pain.

"Just cheer up" won't take away my stressors.

"Just cheer up" won't stop the world from hating me just for being me.

Fuck toxic positivity.

Anyway I think it was pretty bold of me to rhyme "up" with "up." Those are the kinds of innovative lyrical ideas that normally only come with decades of experience.

Tracklist

6.	Alright Alright	3:12

Lyrics

I know what you're gonna say
Today just must not be my day
I get your point already,
Alright, alright?

Things aren't always gonna go my way
But tomorrow is another day
You're not helping me to feel very steady, though,
Alright, alright?

I get your point already
No need to fight
I'm just not feeling so steady
Alright, alright?

Please don't try to cheer me up
Yes I know I have enough coffee in my cup
I get your point already
Alright, alright?

Your voice is getting me twisted up
If you don't stop talking, I am hanging up
Your cheer isn't helping me feel any more
All right, alright?

I get your point already
No need to fight
I'm just not feeling so steady
Alright, alright?

Don't you even try
To think that I
Just need to have it pointed out that
It'll be alright

Metaphorically I
I just wanna die
Or at least have the world go away
Until I am alright

I know what you're gonna say
Today just must not be my day
I get your point already,
Alright, alright!

I know what you're gonna say
Today just must not be my day
I get your point already,
Alright, alright

Credits

from Transitions, released November 20, 2024

License

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.