anonymous July 19th, 2005 01:46PM  

This song was writen about high school. When Gerard was in high school, he was in love with this girl and she took dirty pics with her boyfriend. It's just about how high school can be hard and other stuff like that.

anonymous August 8th, 2005 08:10AM  

The first interpretation is 100% correct, the second one is a joke. Gerard was not a drug addict in highschool, his drug addiction as well as drinking problems started into his college years, and more so when his got involved with the band (when he attended a school which foucused mainly on art which is what his major was) but not in highschool. The song is in fact about the dificulties of being a teenager, yes highschool is the main focus of the song but being a teenager in general as for the "photgrapahs your boyfriend took" part it is about a girl but not one he was "in love" with per say he did have a crush on her and thought she was a "good girl" but then all these photographs that she had taken with her ex-boyfriend had floated around in school and online. It was more like a dissapointment if anything. This is all true all information is taken from interveiws as far back as last summer, so the description is coming directly from Gerard Way.. all I did was read about it and put it into simpler context.

awesomeandy2 August 9th, 2005 12:00AM  

The first interpretation is right like the third said. I'm going to show the meaning of the lyrics he missed. First of all the he is a geek and the girl he liked was popular.

"You sing the words but you dont know what it means to be a joke and look annother line without a hook" The singer is talking to other bands about how they sing about being a nerd but they dont really understand how it feels.

"What will it take to show you that its not the life it seems?" he's telling her that everything in the world isnt always happy like she acts.

"You said you read me like a book, but the pages are all torn and frayed" the singer is saying that he is more complicated than she thinks.

anonymous September 28th, 2005 09:17AM  

I agree with the statement about high school in general. Teenagers have so many situations where they say they are ok and they're fine but in reality they aren't ok. There definitely is a relationship but it's more about his feelings and any song can have a true meaning but its how u take it and interperate them. That's what makes a good song.

anonymous October 24th, 2005 05:08PM  

It is about them as teenagers and Gerard had a major crush on this girl named Barbara and he really liked her. She took sleazy pictures with her boyfriend. (he said it in an interview)

cherryxbliss November 1st, 2005 04:18AM  

Yet another possible meaning (I'd be more confident about saying this if it was on their third, upcoming album, and not Three Cheers)

The verses could also be an attack at the Hollywood fame game. "If you wanted honesty that's all you had to say" seems like the publis wanting to know the truth about everything (such as song menaings), when they would probably be better left alone. "Photographs your boyfriend took" made me think Paric Hilton sex tape scandal, "You said you read me like a book, but the pages are torn and frayed" reminds me of the fact that fans (this one included) feel like they know the band personally becasue of hwo their music speaks to them and what they read in the media, but all you is a garbled image of what the guys are actually like. "You don't know what it's to be a joke" The fans act like they know exactly what it's like to be publicly attacked and ridculed, but they really don't. "Look, another line without a hook" There is a large amount of pressure on these bands to sucessed, and one of the most common ways to do that is to get mainstream, which you need hooks for. That line is sort of a cry of frustration, like 'Damn, we still suck at this!'

StarFish November 16th, 2005 07:50PM  

Excuse me, a DECLINE into homosexuality? How is that a DECLINE?

Oh, and in case you forgot: THE GAYER THE BETTER, ya jerk!

Who really cares, Oh, he's gay, he's straight (or God forbid bi!) and blah blah blah. Good music is good music, damnit!

anonymous November 23rd, 2005 08:41PM  

It just seems like a teen's emotions. I don't see how its gay. Why would it really matter if it was gay, anyway?

anonymous November 26th, 2005 06:29PM  

As everyone has said, this song is definitely about high school, hence why the video was recorded that way! This is not about an ex-girlfriend, it's about a girl he knew, a friend who is now popular and doesn't want to have anything to do with Gerard because he was a geek.

"Remember when you broke your foot from jumping out the second floor" is a memory of when she jumped out of a building or something like that. "You sing the words but don't know what they mean to be a joke and look" is about him being teased and bullied because he was different. "For the last time take a good hard look" is him telling her that life isn't so happy after all, it has real problems and ups and downs and that she should get that into her head. "The photorgaphs your boy friend took" is about him saying, what the hell I thought you would never do that, I thought you would never do that! He is shocked! "I'm not okay! I'm ok now! But you need to listen to me, because I'm telling you the truth I mean this I'm okay, trust me. I'm not okay..." is just basic teenage hormones kicking in, he is ok one minute and the next everything has gone down the drain. "You wear me out" is him saying I'm tired of backing you up, while I get nothing except being made fun of.

So as you can see, this is about teenage issues and hormones.

anonymous December 1st, 2005 01:52PM  

This song is about high school and commiting suicide. I don't see how it could it deal with being gay, it doesn't matter if he is, but it says nothing like that in the song.

anonymous December 14th, 2005 09:04PM  

Dispite what the band says, the real meaning comes out in all the forms of the lyrics, and the video. It's about being Bi-polar, I'm assuming the drummer has it. The offical website has a thing where it lists their "injuries", most likely they are actually true to nature. The Drummer lists as, broken foot, broken heart, and brain damage(No Comment). Assuming that, examining the video, one has to look at the words. Ie. Ever feel..Alone, Reject, Confused, Lost, Anxious, Wrong, Wronged, unclean, angry, ashamed, curious, used....Then to prepare to feel revenge, feel the romance, brutal, beautiful, miserable, x-rated, harlequin, innocent, watercooler, chemical. All of these relate to bi-polar disorder. It generally effects your life making friends and school become overbearring etc.
I'm not okay You wear me out <-> I'm okay!I'm okay, now switching between energenic happiness to a depressive fatique.
I told you time and time again you sing the words but don't know what it means <-> Compare to Nirava's In Bloom. Where for thoses who are not fimilar, Kurt was bi-polar.
He's the one
Who likes all the pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
And I say aahh

IloveGERARDway December 19th, 2005 09:32PM  

Babra was Gerard's girlfriend then she went to Greese so they broke up. I'm Not Ok is not about drug addictions, it's about a girl who he liked to look at slutty pictures with her boyfriend.

anonymous January 7th, 2006 05:08PM  

Dudes. He said it from his own mouth that it's about high school, and about a girl who took slutty pictures with her boyfriend. I'm not going to go into defining all these, because tons of people already have. Geez. You all have to take a big deep breathe and get over your theories. I know your creative..but keep it in the Fiction section, ok? Okay.

Whatshername January 31st, 2006 05:01PM  

anonymous
Added: 2005-11-26 18:29:22 I think this person is really close to the true meaning in my perspective.. also the person that said something about Kurt Cobain's lyrics for in bloom I think you are on the right track as well! Anyway, just thought I'd share my thoughts.. I love MCR!!
out.. -xx-

anonymous March 3rd, 2006 01:50PM  

It's about suicide, idiots. Gerard even said it himself!

He's saying how screwed up his life was in high school and thought about suicide! When Gerard says 'I'm okay now' he wants to get over this and tell people he's okay, but he is really hurting and depressed in the inside!

Yes, it might have to do with a relationship, maybe that contributes to this song.

'What will it take to show you that it's not the life it seems'
He's saying that his life isn't as easy as he tries to make it look, making him look happy on the outside but hurting on the inside.

'From jumping out the second floor'
Yes, he says 'Remember when you broke you foot'
But maybe he also is meaning hiself, maybe he could be saying that's the way this suicide would take place, jumping out the second floor.

'Take a good hard look'
Sorta what I said before, he likes to act happy cheery around other people but if you take a good hard look, he's not okay...

Mmkay?

Hey, I could be completely wrong, I could be completely right, if not, oh well. I know there's at least something true I said in this.

anonymous March 12th, 2006 10:42AM  

Actually, relating to what someone said earlier, Kurt Cobain was not bi-polar. but yeah, I think your right with the whole song meaning.

lyric_guy43 March 19th, 2006 10:23AM  

This is song about saying you are feeling fine but really deep inside you are hurting and feeling like ending your life. Also about people saying they know you but they don't because you are hiding your feelings deep inside.

anonymous March 31st, 2006 10:03PM  

It's about a girl Gerard liked in highschool, as he said, she took sleazy pictures with her boyfriend, and it crushed him.

No one in My Chemical Romance is bisexual or homosexual, just for the record. They've all got girlfriends.
=]

anonymous May 1st, 2006 08:27PM  

OMFG!! What the hell is wrong with some of you people!! How could you hate Gerard?? He is like sooo awesome!! I swear I am in love with him. I am way overly obsessed with him. So for all you people who think he's fucked up or gay or whatever: just shut the hell up, you don't even know!! You could be completely wrong for all you know! He could be one of the nicest people in the world, but no...you all have to be assholes. God DAMN! JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!

anonymous May 5th, 2006 01:33AM  

Don't forget...

Not all songs are interpreted by their video clips..