Somebody That I Used To Know
Gotye Kimbra Lyrics

Now and then I think of when we were together
Occasionally, I reminisce on the times when we were a couple

Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
I remember when you told me you were extremely happy to the point of euphoria

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

But felt so lonely in your company
However, I still couldn't shake the feeling of loneliness even when we were together

But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
Despite the pain, that's what love is and I still feel its pangs to this day

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
One can become reliant on a specific type of sorrow

Like resignation to the end, always the end
Like accepting that the relationship will inevitably end

So when we found that we could not make sense
When we realized that we couldn't make things work

Well you said that we would still be friends
You proposed we stay friends despite the break-up

But I'll admit that I was glad it was over
However, I must confess that I was relieved it was finished

But you didn't have to cut me off
However, there was no need for you to completely isolate me

Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
No need to pretend that our relationship never was, and that our time together wasn't important

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

But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
But it hurts to have you treat me as if we've never met before

No, you didn't have to stoop so low
You didn't have to hit me so hard

Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
Have your acquaintances pick up your belongings and change your contact information

I guess that I don't need that though
I suppose I don't need you or your things anymore

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
You're now just a person that I used to have a relationship with

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

But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But you led me to believe that it was always my fault

But I don't wanna live that way
But I don't want to live under those assumptions anymore

Reading into every word you say
Overanalyzing every word you utter

You said that you could let it go
You claimed that you were over it

And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
And I wouldn't catch you still dwelling on an old romantic partner

Somebody (I used to know)
An individual that I had feelings for in the past

(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
But now, you're just an old flame

I used to know, that I used to know, I used to know somebody
I used to have feelings for someone who I now no longer know