This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
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 that'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
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 that we were nothing
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
(Somebody) That I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
(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 told me you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
You didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
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
(Somebody) That I used to know
(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I
That I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
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 that'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
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 that we were nothing
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
(Somebody) That I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
(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 told me you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
You didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
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
(Somebody) That I used to know
(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I
That I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Lyrics submitted by Taymay
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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.