"Oh, Me" as written by and Curt Kirkwood....
If I had to lose a mile
If I had to touch feelings
I would lose my soul
The way I do
I don't have to think
I only have to do it
The results are always perfect
And that's old news
Would you like to hear my voice
Sprinkled with emotion
Invented at your birth?
I can't see the end of me
My whole expanse I cannot see
I formulate infinity
Stored deep inside me
If I had to lose a mile
If I had to touch feelings
I would lose my soul
The way I do
I don't have to think
I only have to do it
The results are always perfect
And that's old news
Would you like to hear my voice
Sprinkled with emotion
Invented at your birth?
I can't see the end of me
My whole expanse I cannot see
I formulate infinity
Stored deep inside me
Infinity inside me
If I had to touch feelings
I would lose my soul
The way I do
I don't have to think
I only have to do it
The results are always perfect
And that's old news
Would you like to hear my voice
Sprinkled with emotion
Invented at your birth?
I can't see the end of me
My whole expanse I cannot see
I formulate infinity
Stored deep inside me
If I had to lose a mile
If I had to touch feelings
I would lose my soul
The way I do
I don't have to think
I only have to do it
The results are always perfect
And that's old news
Would you like to hear my voice
Sprinkled with emotion
Invented at your birth?
I can't see the end of me
My whole expanse I cannot see
I formulate infinity
Stored deep inside me
Infinity inside me
Lyrics submitted by bonj, edited by Mellow_Harsher
"Oh, Me" as written by Curtis Kirkwood
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I think the chorus , i cant see etc, is talking about the illusion of separateness that we all feel from the rest of the world
Its like eastern religion stuff, he cant see the end of himself because he feels like he is continuous with the world around him, ego death from taking lsd or from religious awakening or both
infinity is stored deep inside him because he realized that the entire world that he knows exists as a perception in his own mind
since feelings are not rational and cant be pinned down exactly, if he were to touch feelings, it would mean that he would have to had lost his earthly soul and his earthly perception of feelings, again ego death
i dont have to think etc hes just saying that he feels connected to the point where meaning just flows from him into the song, and he doesnt have to try anymore, hes in the zone
emotion invented at your birth, hes actually talking to the person listening to the song and without the listeners birth his emotion would have no meaning accept to him,
so it takes connection of two minds/souls to experience emotion
The first stanza indicates that interaction outside those laws, as in a panentheistic ideology where the Creator is a separate entity from the Universe. This type of supernatural Creator and that interacts with the elements of His creation on a personnel level, would detract from the flawlessness and interfere with the natural progress of the Universe.
The third stanza is reference to man’s invention of the panentheistic ideology. The Universe just is but the birth (evolution) of Homo sapiens sapiens a species that invoked the need for interaction with a personnel God. Surely we would like to hear God’s voice with sweet emotion in answer to our questions and prayers.
The last stanza “I can’t see the end of me … My Whole Expanse I cannot see…. I formulate infinity… Stored deep inside me” placement at the end is significant. The Universe will not become flawed and lose progress to placate a perhaps significant lifeform that is needy since in the grand scheme of things it is actually insignificant… lost in the infinite expanse.
A nice touch is the inherent paradox of the composition. Although it lyrics proffer an impersonal pantheistic Universe, it is done so through the personification of the Universe.
Do you remember, when you were still a kid? When you used to be happy? When you didn't actually have to think? You just "did". Well, now that is all gone, you are getting depressed because your thoughts are too strong. God, how I wish I was a child again. Or reincarneted as an animal. Or I just want to fucking kill myself. Yeah, that's probably how Kurt felt when he killed himself.
there`s no right answer to say what some lyric is about.
but i think the closest meaning i can get of this song is the theory of being a child again or a animal(when everything yu do is right)
1 paragraph- if i had lose a mile(all the life he has been through, the knowledge he acquire)
if i had to touch feeling(touch the intangible)
i would lose my soul the way i do(he loses his soul while he`s growing up. getting away from all the innocence of childhood)
2-paragraph- (the results are always perfect cuz he`s being a child or an animal again.moved by insticts.)
3-paragraph- (his voice is more emotional now that he has already invented a child inside him)
4-paragraph-i cant see the end of me(childs can see the end ,remeber "neverland" lol)
my whole expanse i cannot see(child also never think they gonna die)
i formulate infinity and stored deep inside me(he is free as a child or animal, everything he does is perfect, he is fucking free!!!)
thats my theory.(sorry for the bad english)
thank you again!