MONDAY MUSICAL MOTIVATION: SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW

Fully-written and produced by Wouter "Wally"
De Backer, aka Gotye, "Somebody That I Used To Know" is the most
sucessful single from the Belgian-Australian musician's third album
"Making Mirrors" released in mid-2011 on Eleven Records. In
"Somebody That I Used To Know", Gotye sings about a past lover, and
the nature of love. The single got to #1 in over 16 countries across the world,
including the US, where it was certified platinum.

"Somebody That I Used To
Know" by Gotye Featuring Kimbra is currently (week 16, 2012) in the HOT100
Billboard charts at position 2. The Somebody That I Used To Know
lyrics by Gotye are displayed below.

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

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found 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 off
Make out like it never happened and that we were
nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so
rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then
change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
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 all the times you screwed
me over
But had me believing it was always something that
I'd done
And 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

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were
nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so
rough
And you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then
change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
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)

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