{"id":979,"date":"2012-03-21T16:24:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T20:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=979"},"modified":"2012-03-22T06:55:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T10:55:44","slug":"somebody-that-i-used-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/somebody-that-i-used-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Somebody That I Used to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know this song?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) [Official Music Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8UVNT4wvIGY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It seems like everywhere I go, this song is playing at some point. Music can be a great way to practice your English. With that in mind, here are the song lyrics in English.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>&#8220;Somebody That I Used To Know&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n(feat. Kimbra)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[Gotye:]<br \/>\nNow and then I think of when we were together<br \/>\nLike when you said you felt so happy you could die<br \/>\nTold myself that you were right for me<br \/>\nBut felt so lonely in your company<br \/>\nBut that was love and it&#8217;s an ache I still remember<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">You can be addicted to a certain kind of sadness<br \/>\nLike resignation to the end, always the end<br \/>\nSo when we found that we could not make sense<br \/>\nWell you said that we would still be friends<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;ll admit that I was glad that it was over<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">But you didn&#8217;t have to cut me off<br \/>\nMake out like it never happened and that we were nothing<br \/>\nAnd I don&#8217;t even need your love<br \/>\nBut you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough<br \/>\nNo you didn&#8217;t have to stoop so low<br \/>\nHave your friends collect your records and then change your number<br \/>\nI guess that I don&#8217;t need that though<br \/>\nNow you&#8217;re just somebody that I used to know<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Now you&#8217;re just somebody that I used to know<br \/>\nNow you&#8217;re just somebody that I used to know<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[Kimbra:]<br \/>\nNow and then I think of all the times you screwed me over<br \/>\nBut had me believing it was always something that I&#8217;d done<br \/>\nBut I don&#8217;t wanna live that way<br \/>\nReading into every word you say<br \/>\nYou said that you could let it go<br \/>\nAnd I wouldn&#8217;t catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[Gotye:]<br \/>\nBut you didn&#8217;t have to cut me off<br \/>\nMake out like it never happened and that we were nothing<br \/>\nAnd I don&#8217;t even need your love<br \/>\nBut you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough<br \/>\nAnd you didn&#8217;t have to stoop so low<br \/>\nHave your friends collect your records and then change your number<br \/>\nI guess that I don&#8217;t need that though<br \/>\nNow you&#8217;re just somebody that I used to know<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[x2]<br \/>\nSomebody<br \/>\n(I used to know)<br \/>\nSomebody<br \/>\n(Now you&#8217;re just somebody that I used to know)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">(I used to know)<br \/>\n(That I used to know)<br \/>\n(I used to know)<br \/>\nSomebody<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>*lyrics from www.azlyrics.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know this song? 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