Somebody That I Used to Know
GOTYE/KIMBRA/BODYBANGERS/SLIDER/MAGNIT Lyrics

Now and then I think of when we were together
Reflecting upon the past, recollecting our time together

Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
I remember the times you expressed joy beyond measure

Told myself that you were right for me
Convinced myself that you were the perfect match for me

But felt so lonely in your company
Despite being around you, I felt an unbearable sense of isolation

But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
I realize now that was how love can feel, and that pain still lingers

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
It's possible to become fixated on a particular type of sorrow

Like resignation to the end, always the end
It's a depressing acceptance of inevitable defeat and demise

So when we found that we could not make sense
When we couldn't understand each other

Well you said that we would still be friends
You said we could still be friends

But I'll admit that I was glad it was over
I'll confess that I was relieved our relationship ended

But you didn't have to cut me off
You didn't need to completely sever our ties

Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
Act like our relationship never existed and we meant nothing to each other

And I don't even need your love
I don't require your affection

But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
You act as if you don't know me anymore and that's painful

No, you didn't have to stoop so low
You shouldn't have acted in such a degrading manner

Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
Telling your friends to gather your possessions and changing your phone number is unnecessary

I guess that I don't need that though
Ultimately, I don't require those things

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now all you are to me is just someone I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
Occasionally, I remember all the times you wronged me

But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But convinced me that all the fault lay with me

But I don't wanna live that way
But I don't want to live in that manner

Reading into every word you say
Analyzing each sentence you utter for hidden meaning

You said that you could let it go
You claimed that you can move on from it

And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
You maintained that I wouldn't see you regretting someone from your past

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now all you are to me is just someone I used to know

Somebody (I used to know)
Someone from my past

(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now all you are to me is just someone I used to know

Somebody (I used to know)
Someone from my past

(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now all you are to me is just someone I used to know

I used to know, that I used to know, I used to know somebody
I used to know you, but now you're just a memory