The song "somebody i used to know" was originally written by Gotye. Gotye is a Belgian man from Australia. When i first listened to this song my first thought was " wow he really misses her!". When reading the lyrics though my thoughts changed. the man in question misses his ex but to a point of perversness. One of the lines in the song is " Have your friends collect your records and then change your number". This lead me to think that after she ended the relationship that he followed her. To put it bluntly he stalked her. This song is all about his heartache over her, describing how she "hurt him". The version of the song that i have decided to present above is by a group called the Pentatonix. The Pentatonix are a group made up of 5 people. The blonde man in the centre is the main singer. Then to his left and right are a man and a women. The women has a high alto voice and the male is a high tenor/ alto. The last 2 members of the group are 2 men. The Pentatonix made the desiscion of being an acapella group. The final two men of the group make up the instrumentation part of the group. The sounds that the 2 men make (with there voices) are the sounds of a drum and maracas. The sound of the group and the different timings make a pleasent but very intense melody. The Pentatonix cover of the song i find isnt as deep as the original. In Gotye's version he shows the hate in his voice and body and facial expressions during the song. Pentatonix
i find has done an beautiful and breathtaking cover to the song " Somebody i used to know".
The song lyrics:
"Somebody That I Used To Know"(feat. Kimbra)
[Gotye:]
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
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
