My Chemical Romance – I'm Not Okay(I Promise)

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Well if you wanted honesty, that's all you had to say.
I never want to let you down or have you go, it's better off this way.
For all the dirty looks, the photographs your boyfriend took,
Remember when you broke your foot from jumping out the second floor?

I'm not okay
I'm not okay
I'm not okay
You wear me out

What will it take to show you that it's not the life it seems?
(I'm not okay)
I've told you time and time again you sing the words but don't know what it means
(I'm not okay)
To be a joke and look, another line without a hook
I held you close as we both shook for the last time take a good hard look!

I'm not okay
I'm not okay
I'm not okay
You wear me out

Forget about the dirty looks
The photographs your boyfriend took
You said you read me like a book, but the pages all are torn and frayed

I'm okay
I'm okay!
I'm okay, now
(I'm okay, now)

But you really need to listen to me
Because I'm telling you the truth
I mean this, I'm okay!
(Trust Me)

I'm not okay
I'm not okay
Well, I'm not okay
I'm not o-fucking-kay
I'm not okay
I'm not okay
(Okay)

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  • +1
    Song Meaning:"When I was writing it, I was remembering how hard it was to be a 16-year-old in high school. I always wanted to be an artist, so I was this loner kid who just got drunk all the time. I only had one real friend. There was a girl I really liked, and she ended up taking really sleazy photographs with her boyfriend, and that really crushed me, I was just swimming in this pit of despair, jealousy and alcoholism." - Gerard Way
    Flag Hykezon February 11, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Wow. I never understood what this song was talking about until just recently and oddly enough im going through the same thing.
    Flag x9x9x9x9x9on December 22, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I looooove this song. Its the ultimate song that gets you in the mood to just not care about anything/anyone. Whatever problem I have I can just listen to this and know I'm not alone and realize that really, it's not that big a deal. The music video ROCKS and I love all the "if you ever felt wrong", "if you ever felt used", "if you ever felt dirty" stuff because anybody who watches that video has felt one of those things (i know ive felt more than one). to me, this song makes it ok to scream IM NOT OK AND I WANT TO F**K THE WORLD CAUSE I JUST DONT CARE!!!!! :)
    Flag bright1eyeon March 09, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Absolutely my favorite. I felt horrible last night cuz I've been going through a hard time with one of my friends. I listened to this song again and again. I feel so much better now.
    Flag Lucylou1065on January 19, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song is about how he only had one friend through high school and it was the girl he liked, and then how she betrayed him by taking pictures of him with her boyfriend. and how it hurt him. it's a very hateful, he was betrayed by someone he really cared about that didn't feel the same way back.
    Flag hollyleexon December 15, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this is one of the best songs of all time, ever written, and the second best music video ever, next to tear you apart by she wants revenge, or is it these things, idk one of those songs, but this is an amazing song, the way it describs life and love. it is so awesome when ever i am down i listen to MCR and they bring me up.


    MCR SAVED MY LIFE
    Flag mcrdiscoon November 17, 2010   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:How could anyone NOT possible comment on this??
    This is one of the best songs of MCR if not THE best by them.
    To me honestly, i think its about a guy who's given everything for the person they love and all the while, she hasn't loved them back the way he had hope.
    "Remember when you broke your foot from jumping out the second floor"
    - That person remember all the time something bad or serious has happened to their love and they have been for them. However, the she has not been loved back, their relationship has just been one of friendship while for her it has been so much for for him.
    So she asks him -are you okay?- and he finally tells her the truth -
    - "Take a good hard look, I'm not okay!-
    Flag maddaraon October 19, 2010   Link

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