Marshmello & Demi Lovato - OK Not To Be OK Lyrics

Marshmello & Demi Lovato Lyrics

"OK Not To Be OK"

Feeling like a drop in the ocean
But don't nobody notice
Maybe it's all just in your head
Feeling like you're trapped in your own skin
And now your body's frozen
Broken down, you've got nothing left

When you're high on emotion
And you're losing your focus
And you feel too exhausted to pray
Don't get lost in the moment
Or give up when you're closest
All you need is somebody to say

It's okay not to be okay
It's okay not to be okay
When you're down and you feel ashamed
It's okay not to be okay

Feeling like you're lost in illusion
And lately you're secluded
Thinking you'll never get your chance
Feeling like you've got no solution
It's only 'cause you're human
No control, it's out of your hands

When you're high on emotion
And you're losing your focus
And you feel too exhausted to pray
Don't get lost in the moment
Or give up when you're closest
All you need is somebody to say

It's okay not to be okay
It's okay not to be okay
When you're down and you feel ashamed
It's okay not to be okay

When you're high on emotion
And you're losing your focus
And you feel too exhausted to pray (Aah)
Don't get lost in the moment
Or give up when you're closest
All you need is somebody to say

It's okay not to be okay (Ooh)
It's okay not to be okay (No, no, no)
When you're down and you feel ashamed
(When you feel ashamed)
It's okay not to be okay (No, no, no, no)
It's okay not to be okay

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"OK Not To Be OK" was released on the 10th of September 2020, during Suicide Prevention Week. The description of the official music video for it states, "Suicide Prevention starts with a conversation we're not having with our mental health due to Stigma. The first step to breaking that silence is dispelling stigmas of fear, judgement, and shame about our internal experiences. We achieve that by proclaiming It's Ok Not To Be Ok!" The video was directed by Hannah Lux Davis.

An interactive website was created to promote this song. The website was located at http://oknottobeok.com and had the nineties style.

Speaking with Zane Lowe of Apple Music, Marshmello explained how he worked with Demi Lovato on this track, "She did the song and then I got it and it was just kind of piano and that's about it. And so then I was like, 'How can I create an instrumental? Instruments that complement the emotion of the song?' So in the beginning it's very slow and stuff, so I made the instrumental very slow. And then during the hook, which is the resolve of the song, I kind of picked it up with the energy and it's kind of like a little dance tune."

"OK Not To Be OK" lyrics

Marshmello & Demi Lovato Lyrics