Song of the Day Encore - Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye, featuring Kimbra

When I first posted this as Song of the Day back in February, I had loved it enough after just a couple of listens to do so, but I had no idea how big it would get.  Gotye and Kimbra made an appearance on Saturday Night Live this past week and blew this one out of the water!  I would have loved to share it here, but NBC is preventing it from being shown anyplace else but its own site, which you can check out here.

Anyway, the tune apparently resonates with a lot of people and I thought it was worth another feature here today.  Awesome lyrics, awesome song!  Happy Tuesday!

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

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 now we were nothing

And 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 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

[Kimbra:]

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

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

[Gotye:]

But you didn't have to cut me off

Make out like it never happened and now we were nothing

And I don't even need your love

But you treat me like a stranger and I feel 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

[x2]

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

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