Somebody That I Used to Know
100% NL | Gotye ft. Kimbra Lyrics

Now and then I think of when we were together
Occasionally, I reminisce about the time when we were romantically involved

Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
I recall a moment when you expressed intense happiness, enough to possibly die of contentment

Told myself that you were right for me
I convinced myself that you were the perfect match for me

But felt so lonely in your company
However, being around you made me feel incredibly isolated and alone

But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
Despite the loneliness, I acknowledge that it was indeed love and the pain of the breakup is still present in my memory

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
There is a specific type of melancholy that one can become hooked on

Like resignation to the end, always the end
It's a feeling reminiscent of accepting that something will inevitably come to an end

So when we found that we could not make sense
When we discovered that our relationship was beyond repair

Well you said that we would still be friends
You proposed we remain cordial and maintain our friendship despite the breakup

But I'll admit that I was glad it was over
I must acknowledge that I was relieved when it ended

But you didn't have to cut me off
You didn't need to sever all contact with me

Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
Pretend that our relationship never existed and meant nothing to you

And I don't even need your love
I do not require your love

But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
However, treating me like a complete stranger feels cold and unpleasant

No, you didn't have to stoop so low
You didn't have to act so poorly

Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
Send your friends to collect your belongings from me and then change your phone number to avoid any further communication

I guess that I don't need that though
Although hurtful, I realize I do not need that sort of negativity in my life

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
You are now just a person from my past that I have let go of emotionally

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
Every now and then, I think about all the hurtful things you did to me

But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
You manipulated me into thinking that I was always to blame for our problems

But I don't wanna live that way
But I do not want to continue living in that state of mind

Reading into every word you say
Analyzing every word you say, looking for hidden meanings

You said that you could let it go
You claimed that you were able to move on from our relationship

And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
And I believed that you wouldn't be still emotionally attached to someone from your past

Somebody (I used to know)
Someone (I used to have a connection with)

(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
However, now you are just someone I used to know and have no emotional connection to anymore

I used to know, that I used to know, I used to know somebody
I had a past relationship with someone but that connection is gone now