I Am Not Okay

Not just a song by Jelly Roll

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I am not okay
I'm barely getting by
I'm losing track of days
And losing sleep at night
I am not okay
I'm hanging on the rails
So if I say I'm fine
Just know I learned to hide it well

I know, I can't be the only one
Who's holding on for dear life
But God knows, I know
When it's all said and done
I'm not okay
But it's all gonna be alright
It's not okay
But we're all gonna be alright

Sometimes, when I’m driving around, I don’t have the mental bandwidth to listen to books or podcasts but don’t want to be alone with my thoughts.

So I turn on the radio.

A song that keeps coming on lately that catches my ear, even though I don’t even particularly like it, is “I Am Not Okay” by a guy who, for some reason I’ll never understand, goes by the stage name of “Jelly Roll.”

The only part of the song that rings false is the line that says, “It’s all gonna be alright.”

If we’re being honest, that line is the “So if I say I’m fine, just know I learned to hide it well” part.