Someone You Used to Know

Verse 1

I heard your name the other day

Didn't know what I was meant to say

It's strange how people come and go

And leave you with things you'll never know

I still remember how you spoke

The little things, the private jokes

Now if I saw you passing by

Would you even look me in the eye?

Pre-Chorus

And I don't think you understand

How much can change without a plan

We never said that it would end

We just stopped knowing where we'd been

Chorus

You're somebody I used to know

Someone I could call my own

Now we're standing in the same old places

With unfamiliar faces

And isn't it a strange thing

To lose someone who's still here?

To have a thousand memories

And feel like they disappeared

Verse 2

Your mother still asks how I've been

I tell her everything's alright again

She doesn't know we barely speak

Or how your name still catches me

I wonder if you ever do

Remember things the way I do

Or if it's easier for you

To act like none of it was true

Pre-Chorus

And I don't think you understand

We didn't have to end like that

There wasn't one particular night

Just less of you in my life

Chorus

You're somebody I used to know

Someone I could call my own

Now we're standing in the same old places

With unfamiliar faces

And isn't it a strange thing

To lose someone who's still here?

To have a thousand memories

And feel like they disappeared

Bridge

Maybe we were only passing through

Maybe I was more attached than you

I wish I knew it at the time

That growing up meant saying goodbye

And if we meet again someday

I hope there's something left to say

Not everything has to be repaired

I just hope you know that I was there

Outro

You're somebody I used to know

How that happens, though

We had a whole life in between

Now you're just somebody I've seen