MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)”

[Intro]


[Pre-Verse]
   

[Verse 1]

     
Well if you wa

nted honesty, 

that's all you

 had to say.
     
I never want t

o let you down

 or have you g

o, it's better

 off this way.
     
For all the di

rty looks, the

 photographs y

our boyfriend 

took,
     
Remember when 

you broke your

 foot from jum

ping out the s

econd floor?

[Chorus]

    
I'm not okay.
           
I'm not okay.
           
I'm not okay.
              
You wear me ou


t.

[Verse 2]

      
What will it t

ake to show yo

u that it's no

t the life it 

seems? (I'm no

t okay)
    
I told you tim

e and time aga

in you sing th

e words but do

n't know what 

they mean (I'm

 not okay)
    
So be a joke a

nd look, anoth

er line withou

t a hook
    
I held you clo

se as we both 

shook for the 

last time take

 a good hard l

ook!

[Chorus]


I'm not okay.
           
I'm not okay.
           
I'm not okay.
             
You wear me ou

t.

[Solo]
       
 

[Verse 3]

   
Forget about t

he dirty looks
    
The photograph

s your boyfrie

nd took?
     
You said you r

ead me like a 

book,
     
but the pages 

are all torn a

nd frayed

[Chorus]


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)

[Outro]

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)