Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know lyrics

A girl who feel deeply in love with a guy that was not ready to make a committment due to conflicting feelings and bad timing. She is thinking about when they first met and how happy he seemed. But this quick love burned out as fast as it came together because of the lack of sincerity on his part as well as the abscence of a strong foundation of friendship. He needed a rebound to make himself feel good again and she was lonely. She had always dreamed of someone like him so she convinced herself the relationship was right even though she knew in her heart it was wrong. He began to loose interest in the relationship and grew moody because of her expectations. He also drank heavily which contributed to his increasing depression and moods. The lack of love on his part made her sad along with his addictions. They both realized the relationship was going bad so she told him to find someplace else, but she still loved him and wanted to try. He broke her heart by breaking up with her, but made it worse by cutting off communication and by sleeping with someone he used to be with only days after the break. He continued to blame her for his cheating and she didn't need that because that wasn't the reason. It was his way of shoving her worst fear in her face and getting even for her suggesting distance to improve the relationship. With his rough treatment in the breakup she realized that she deserved to be treated better and was happy that everything was over. She gets stronger by stating that he didn't have to be so low in the way he went about the breakup and now he is only looked at as an aquaintance. Almost a stranger she met breifly. She still thinks about him from time to time because after you are that intimate you can't just completely forget. He continues to make it worse by having a friend retrieve his things from her house because of the guilt. He knows he was wrong and can't face his mistakes and regrets. So he walks aways in shame. He is just merely someone she once knew and that is how it ends.

Its about either a guy or girl that once their relationship started he already knew it wasnt going to work out, but they he ended up loving the way they would get along. So once they both found out they didn't want to be together he felt happy because he didn't want to be with her anyway but she says she still wants to be friends and he is cool with that. But once he sees that's she is ignoring him and acts like they never knew eachother he gets upset and tells himself he doesn't need that but inside he truly is hurt. And she feels like he always would make her feel like she was the reason why their relationship doesn't work. I feel like he has found out he loves her and misses once they have broken up. "you never know what you have until its all gone"

This song is about a man who has decided to change his cell phone carrier. One part of the song is written from the man's perspective, wherein he describes how lonely he felt with the company he bought service from. The man is so intent on separating himself from the bad relationship with the business that he doesn't even retain the phone number he used with them and sends his friends to get his phone records to verify his final bill, implying a lack of trust despite their long relationship. The other portion is written and performed from the point of view of the spurned provider, pointing out to the customer how hard it is to be left behind and reminding all of us that corporations are people too.

Reflects what I deeply feel & intensely desire I could do with the father of my 2 children-for him to be just somebody I use to know, but cannot. The lyrics and overall composure of the song and the way the artists sing it makes it so real and truely felt by them. Emotions of the lyrics are so fantasticly expressed by gotye and kimbra-it creates for me a sense of release and escape just by listening.

After all you've gone through with that person, the next thing you know you know you break-up and its all over! And well the real them comes out and not the person you thought they were. And it could even get to the point where you don't even talk to that person. You pass by them and their like a stranger to you. You thought you knew that person real good but in the end you nvr did!