Somebody That I Used to Know
Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye Lyrics

Now and then I think of when we were together
Occasionally, I reminisce about our past relationship

Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
I remember when you expressed overwhelming happiness and contentment

Told myself that you were right for me
I convinced myself that we were compatible

But felt so lonely in your company
Despite being with you, I experienced a sense of isolation and disconnection

But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
Despite the pain of the relationship, it was still love and the ache remains

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
It's possible to become attached to a particular form of emotional pain

Like resignation to the end, always the end
The acceptance that all endings are final and inevitable can become habitual

So when we found that we could not make sense
When we realized our relationship wasn't making sense

Well you said that we would still be friends
You suggested that we could still maintain a friendship

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 stopped communicating with me abruptly

Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
You acted like our relationship never existed and we were insignificant

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

But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
You're treating me like an unknown person, and it's causing distress

No, you didn't have to stoop so low
You didn't have to resort to such a low level of behavior

Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
You instructed your friends to retrieve your belongings and change your contact details

I guess that I don't need that though
Although you did that, I don't require it

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Currently, you're just a person from my past

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

But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But made me think that I was always at fault

But I don't wanna live that way
But I refuse to continue living with that mindset

Reading into every word you say
Analyzing and seeking hidden meaning in every word you utter

You said that you could let it go
You claimed that you could move past the issues in 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 fixated on someone from your past

Somebody (I used to know)
Someone whom I knew in the past

(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
But now, you're just a person from my past

I used to know, that I used to know, I used to know somebody
I previously knew someone, and that's all