Got Me Wrong

Alice in Chains

Yeah, it goes away
All of this and more of nothing in my life
No color clay
Individuality not safe

As of now I bet you got me wrong
So unsure you run from something strong

I can't let go
Threadbare tapestry unwinding slow
Feel a tortured brain
Show your belly like you want me to

As of now, I bet you got me wrong
So unsure, we reach for something strong

I haven't felt like this in so long
Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love
That don't last forever
Something's gotta turn out right

You, sugar taste
Sweetness doesn't often touch my face
Stay if you please
You may not be here when I leave

As of now, I bet you got me wrong
So unsure, we reach for something strong

I haven't felt like this in so long
Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love
Strong, I haven't felt like this in so long
Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love
That don't last forever
Something's gotta turn out right


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Got Me Wrong Lyrics as written by Jerry Cantrell

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  • +4
    General CommentI remember something that Lionel Ritchie said about songwriting. He said that love songs would never go out of style. It seems to me there are three categories of love songs: I love you, I hate you, and I am sorry. They all deal with love and this one is in the second category. It's a great tune and it haunts. That's why I like it.
    OpinionHeadon January 10, 2005   Link
  • +3
    General CommentI don't care 'bout the lyrics, I just totally fell in love with the guitar on this track!!
    Agerlundon September 26, 2002   Link
  • +3
    General CommentIn 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.
    $p$on September 16, 2009   Link
  • +3
    My OpinionHere comes Randal.

    He's a berserker.
    O Sliggity Sliceon January 15, 2011   Link
  • +2
    General CommentJerry wrote this song and I read a long time ago how he had a long time girlfriend he he loved back home. However he could never be faithful to her due to his "needs" and touring...and what not. I think this song is about how his girlfriend had enough with him and his behavior. She breaks up with him because she cant take it anymore. He feels bad and he thinks that she "got him wrong". Who knows? Maybe he didnt do anything with another woman and she got him wrong or maybe he did. However, he does feel heartbroken because he truly loves this girl but he cant help himself. Thats just my interpretion... we will never know the true story. Awesome song, love AIC. Like if you cant tell already with my s/n lol.
    Got Me Wrongon December 28, 2005   Link
  • +2
    General CommentMan, it makes total sense to me now. No wonder I absolutely can't stop playing this song on repeat right now. I am especially drawn to the lines:

    "You, sugar taste
    Sweetness doesn't often touch my face
    Stay, if you please
    You may not be here when I leave"

    ...
    I'm leaving my first love (I'm 21). We've been together for 2 years. I'm leaving him so that I won't hurt him in the future, as I don't know what I want in life right now and I can't commit to anything. He is the only innocence and good that I know right now (and may EVER know), but we can't become further attached b/c of the potential hurt that's involved. It's SO hard to leave him, and the only way we can go about it (we agree) is to not be in each other's lives anymore. I feel like I'm mourning a dead person, it hurts SO much. I know one day we'll get over it though, and that it's probably for the best. I think this might be (if not exactly) close to what this song is about now that I think of it.
    Eze3on May 16, 2011   Link
  • +2
    General CommentI can really relate to this song because to me it seems like the song is all about miscommunication in a realtionship and failue to understand one another. The person says strong, because they are ready to move on and "wrong in a sense to far gone from love" because they feel removed from the relationship.
    Twitt1494on January 26, 2013   Link
  • +1
    General CommentI would guess it is about a woman that lost their love for him and he stil wants her back, but she is gone.
    Snatch518on April 28, 2002   Link
  • +1
    General Commentnot to mention the sexiness of the song. especially the groove that contrasts layne's voice.
    heart of darknesson January 19, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment"Thank you. We've got a friend of ours helping us out today, Mr. Scott Olsen on guitar."
    ---- Jerry Cantrell after playing 'Got Me Wrong' on the Unplugged album.
    samwaltonon August 24, 2007   Link

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