Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

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 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 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
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

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

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Somebody (now you're just somebody that I used to know)
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A Dor e a Indiferença: Uma Análise de Somebody That I Used To Know

A música 'Somebody That I Used To Know', interpretada por Gotye e com participação de Kimbra, tornou-se um fenômeno global ao retratar o fim de um relacionamento de maneira crua e emocionalmente carregada. A letra da canção descreve a complexidade dos sentimentos envolvidos quando duas pessoas que já foram próximas se tornam estranhas uma para a outra após o término de um relacionamento amoroso.

O início da música remete a lembranças de tempos felizes, mas rapidamente revela uma sensação de solidão mesmo na presença do parceiro, sugerindo que o amor, por vezes, pode ser acompanhado de dor e desconforto. A expressão 'certo tipo de tristeza' à qual se pode viciar sugere que a melancolia do fim pode se tornar um estado emocional familiar, quase confortável, apesar de sua natureza negativa. A decisão de permanecerem amigos após o término é posta em dúvida, revelando a dificuldade de manter uma conexão quando o amor se transforma em ressentimento.

O refrão da música é particularmente poderoso, expressando a sensação de rejeição e abandono ao ser tratado como um estranho por alguém que já foi íntimo. A indiferença do ex-parceiro é sentida como uma traição, e a mudança de número e o distanciamento social são vistos como atos de desprezo. A repetição da frase 'now you're just somebody that I used to know' ressalta a transformação do relacionamento, de algo significativo para uma memória distante. A música captura, assim, a universalidade da dor do término e a estranheza que surge quando o amor se desfaz.