forgive me

“I know I was mentally ill, but I wish I could say how sorry I was and that she could forgive me. I hope she understands how much I regret it.”

“Please forgive me. I am so, so sorry,” it said.

Lines about preserving sanity in the glare of fame were jarring but considered — “We was screamin’, ‘Mental health,’ and now we wanna kill ‘em all / Lord, please forgive me for the day I finally fall apart.”

“Forgive me, son, I should have known.”

So forgive me if I clocked but didn’t appreciate the irony of Reed’s “I did this because you let me” lecture in “Heretic,” or its depiction of women in cages.