The Kids Aren't Alright

Album: American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)
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  • Stuck in the jet wash
    Bad trip I couldn't get off
    And maybe I bit off more than I could chew
    And overhead of the aqua blue
    Fall to your knees, bring on the rapture
    Blessed be the boys time can't capture
    On film or between the sheets
    I always fall from your window
    To the pitch black streets
    And with the black banners raised as the crooked smiles fade
    Former heroes who quit too late
    Who just wanna fill up the trophy case again

    And in the end
    I'd do it all again
    I think you're my best friend
    Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright
    I'll be yours
    When it rains it pours
    Stay thirsty like before
    Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright

    I'm not passive but aggressive
    Take note, it's not impressive
    Empty your sadness like you're dumping your purse
    On my bedroom floor
    We put your curse in reverse
    And it's our time now if you want it to be
    Maul the world like the carnival bears set free
    And your love is anemic and I can't believe
    That you couldn't see it coming for me
    And I still feel that rush in my veins
    It twists my head just a bit to think
    All those people in those old photographs I've seen are dead

    And in the end
    I'd do it all again
    I think you're my best friend
    Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright
    I'll be yours
    When it rains it pours
    Stay thirsty like before
    Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright

    Oh, and sometimes I just wanna sit around and gaze at my shoes, yeah
    And let your dirty sadness fill me up just like a balloon

    And in the end
    I'll do it all again
    I think you're my best friend
    Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright
    And I'll be yours
    When it rains it pours
    Stay thirsty like before
    Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright Writer/s: Andrew Hurley, Joseph Trohman, Patrick Stump, Peter Wentz
    Publisher: Payday Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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