Lyrics
Somebody that I used to know
Reflecting on someone from the past
Now and then I think of when we were together
Recalling moments when they were in a relationship
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Remembering a time when the person expressed extreme happiness
Told myself that you were right for me
Believing the person was right for them
But felt so lonely in your company
Feeling lonely despite being together
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
Acknowledging the pain of past love
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Describing the addiction to a specific type of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
Accepting an inevitable end, a resignation
So when we found that we could not make sense
Realizing the relationship's lack of coherence
Well you said that we would still be friends
Being told they would remain friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over
Secretly relieved when the relationship ended
But you didn't have to cut me off
Expressing surprise at being completely cut off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
Feeling like the relationship meant nothing
And I don't even need your love
Asserting independence, claiming not to need love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
Being treated as a stranger, causing emotional distress
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Disapproval of the extreme actions taken
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
Describing the ex's drastic measures to cut ties
I guess that I don't need that though
Realizing they don't need those actions
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Reiteration of the ex becoming someone from the past
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 all the times you screwed me over
Recalling times when the ex betrayed them
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
Being deceived into thinking they were at fault
But I don't wanna live that way
Rejecting a negative way of living
Reading into every word you say
Being cautious about the ex's words
You said that you could let it go
Being told the ex can move on
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
Discovering the ex still holds on to past relationships
But you didn't have to cut me off
Expressing surprise at being completely cut off (repeated)
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
Feeling like the relationship meant nothing (repeated)
And I don't even need your love
Asserting independence, claiming not to need love (repeated)
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
Being treated as a stranger, causing emotional distress (repeated)
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Disapproval of the extreme actions taken (repeated)
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
Describing the ex's drastic measures to cut ties (repeated)
I guess that I don't need that though
Realizing they don't need those actions (repeated)
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Final acknowledgment of the ex becoming someone from the past
Somebody (I used to know)
Repetition emphasizing the transformation of the ex
(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
-Somebody (I used to know)
-(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
-I used to know, that I used to know, I used to know somebody
Reflecting on the past, acknowledging the change
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