Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye

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"Somebody That I Used to Know" is a song by Belgian-Australian singer and songwriter Gotye ( Wouter "Wally" De Backer )  from his third studio album Making Mirrors  and features New Zealand singer Kimbra. The song was written by Gotye himself, lyrically about the experiences he has had with relationships. The song was released on 6 July 2011 as the second and lead single off the album.

The song was released with success in Australia, peaking at #1 in the country for eight weeks, becoming the longest running Australian song , while Kimbra was voted best female artist and Gotye was named best male artist and producer of the year.
Wouter "Wally" De Backer, known professionally by his stage name Gotye (pronounced / goti.et/  or "GOH-tee-yay"), is a  multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter.

"Somebody That I Used to Know"


Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
I told myself that you were right for me,
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's to make us still remember


You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we felt that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over


But you didn't have to cut me out
Think that love could never happen and that we were nothing
But I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger
And I feel so rough


No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect you records
And then change your number
Guess that I don't need that thou
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know


Now and then I think of moments that you screwed me over
But I may believe that it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna' live that way,
reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go,
and I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know-oh-oh


but you didn't have cut me out
think that love could never happen and that we were nothing (oh)
but I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger
and I feel so rough
(oh)
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect you records
And then change your number (oh)
Guess that I don't need that thou
Now you're just somebody that I used to know


somebody that I used to know
somebody (now your just somebody that I used to know)
that I used to know
somebody that I used to know
somebody (somebody)
that I used to know


I used to know
That I used to know
I used to know
Somebody