Somebody That I Used To Know

Somebody That I Used To Know es una canción del cantante y compositor australiano Gotye que fue lanzado como segundo sencillo de su álbum de 2011 que llevó por título Making Mirrors y que fue un exitazo en diferentes países del mundo tanto a nivel de crítica como de público.

Gotye fue demandado por plagio después de que algunos expertos señalaran el gran parecido con la canción Seville del compositor brasileño Luiz Bonfá. En 2013 el cantante australiano admitió haber plagiado parte de la canción de Bonfá, llegando a un acuerdo con los herederos del músico brasileño para cederles el 45% de los beneficios de la canción, además de tener que pagarles cerca de 1 millón de dólares.

Ha tenido diversas versiones y entre las que más me gustan está la que en 2021 ha hecho con motivo del décimo aniversario de la canción, la cantante neozelandesa BENEE para Amazon Music, en la que ralentiza la melodía y le da su sello tan personal.

Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Alright, 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

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

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