Everything is Alright

Tell me that you’re alright

Yeah everything is alright.

Reassurance. This song, to me, says that everything is going to end up being okay in the end. Although the speaker has flaws, he believes if he keeps telling himself everything is fine, he’ll start believing it- and everything will end up okay.

Oh, please tell me that you're alright

That everything is alright.

This song helps me to remember that everything will turn out in the end, if I just keep my mind set positively. If you constantly tell yourself something, you’ll believe it.
“Tell me that you’re alright,  yeah everything is alright”.  Things aren’t as bad as they seem.

The purpose of this song is to entertain, perhaps to inspire people to keep their heads up, to think positively until it becomes a part of your life and you believe it.
The audience is any neurotic person… or simply any person with issues.
The genre is considered alternative punk.
My stance on “Everything is Alright” by Motion City Soundtrack is that it’s a bittersweet song. The speaker has flaws and problems, but by pushing through it with an optimistic attitude, he looks forward to life getting easier.