| Lindsey Pavao – Somebody That I Used to Know (Gotye cover) Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I thnk this song has a very complex set of emotional reactions about the end of a relationship as he reflect upon it much later. it is subtle and sophisticated emotionally, and its not surprising so many comments ive read seem limited in their understanding of it. its also surprising that the music is not considered more in helping us to understand the meaning. the music is wistful, a bit melancholic and expresses hurt rather than anger, and longing for someone. The title too, gives clues to meaning. not a lover anymore, not a friend, just SWIUTK, into a relationship so deteriorated from what it was its heartbreaking to him. i think it helps interpreting the meaning by sticking to the lyrics and feelings expressed in them closely, and not speculating about what they did to eachother beyond whats there. A man is missing a woman he used to love very much, and although they werent a good match, he loved her nonetheless. As he reflects, he expresses how he's been hurt by the way she ended it, and has cut him off the way she has. Instead of finding a way to stay connected in some way, maybe as friends in some way, she hasnt even tried...he finds now much later, he still misses her, perhaps still loves her a little, seems sorry it what wrong and wishes he could be ibn some kind of contact with her. A woman sings the part from his past - not his current lover - the one who left him, and what she said to him... he's pondering the meaning of what she said....it may have not worked out because he was not ready for her, was still too connected to someone he used to know. and now he turns those words around that she is the someone he used to know. she didnt want him hung up on his ex, and now shes the one in his past that hes still caring about allthough he knew they werent right for eachother. |
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