In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, guitarist Jerry Cantrell said of the song:
"That's about a girl I was dating in between one of the times I broke up with my true love. A lot of times you'll tell someone how you don't want to be in a relationship and why, and what kind of person you are, and they hear all that but think that they can change you. That's what the song's about, getting me wrong and the different ways that men and women see each other."
I also see the song as a conversation between a man who doesn't want to commit, and a woman who has strong feelings for him and thinks that he'll change for her when he sees how strong she feels about a potential relationship.
For example:
Man: As of now I bet you got me wrong. (I don't want to commit)
So unsure we reach for something strong.
Woman: I haven't felt like this in so long...
Man: Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love. (I don't love you, it was all about lust)
In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, guitarist Jerry Cantrell said of the song:
"That's about a girl I was dating in between one of the times I broke up with my true love. A lot of times you'll tell someone how you don't want to be in a relationship and why, and what kind of person you are, and they hear all that but think that they can change you. That's what the song's about, getting me wrong and the different ways that men and women see each other."
I also see the song as a conversation between a man who doesn't want to commit, and a woman who has strong feelings for him and thinks that he'll change for her when he sees how strong she feels about a potential relationship.
For example:
Man: As of now I bet you got me wrong. (I don't want to commit) So unsure we reach for something strong.
Woman: I haven't felt like this in so long...
Man: Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love. (I don't love you, it was all about lust)
You can also apply that to the verses as well.