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've told you time and time again
You sing the words but don't know what it means
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 now!
I'm okay
I'm okay
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! 
Lie to 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!

The Black Parade Is Dead! B-Sides

I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - Live in Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ

~Lyrics~
Well it rains and it pours when you're out on your own
If I crash on the couch, can I sleep in my clothes?
Cus I spent the night dancing, I'm drunk I suppose
If it looks like I'm laughing
I'm really just asking to leave this alone
You're in time for the show
You're the one that I need
I'm the one that you loathe
You can watch me corrode
Like a beast in repose
Cus I love all the poison away with the boys in the band
I've really been on a bender and it shows
So why don't you blow me
Everybody out your ass!

Give me a shot to remember
And you can take all the pain away from me
Your kiss and I will surrender
The sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead
A light to burn all the empires
So bright the sun is ashamed to rise and be
In love with all of these vampires
So you can leave like the sane, abandon me!

Sing out loud!

There's a place in the dark where the animals go
You can take off your skin in the cannibal glow
Juliet loves the beat and the lust it commands
Drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands, Romeo
I've really been on a bender and it shows
So why don't you blow me
Everydoby, one, two, three, four!

Give me a shot to remember
And you can take all the pain away from me
Your kiss and I will surrender
The sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead
A light to burn all the empires
So bright the sun is ashamed to rise and be
In love with all of these vampires
So you can leave like the sane, abandon me!

Hands!
Down!
Up!
Let's scream!
Let's scream!
Let's scream!
Let's scream!

Give me a shot to remember
And you can take all the pain away from me
Your kiss and I will surrender
The sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead
A light to burn all the empires
So bright the sun is ashamed to rise and be
In love with all of these vampires
So you can leave like the sane, abandon me!

Two, three. four, five, six
Oh!
I actually can't remember the time... the last time, like we always have fun but...
It's been a while since we had this kind of fun
We played here, uh, five and half years ago
With a band called "The Lawn Darts"
It was a fucking awesome show
And, um, it was actually the only show
The only time me and Mickey's grandma ever got to see us play and she was like
Standing around by the speaker 
So, I don't know how she didn't go deaf
But, we had a great time that night and we're having a better fucking time right now so
Get fuckin' grimy... just get grimy on there, I don't care
It's get- Let's get fucking hot, man
Wow! Hot! Time!
In the ol' town...
I don't know
Hm... tunning, tunning ,tunning, tunning, tunning, tunning, tunning...
Tunning, tunning... Ole!
Ole!

The Sharpest Lives - Live in Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ

mcr's reading festival perfomance from 2011

The Sharpest Lives - Live in Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ

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