《Somebody That I Used to Know》收录自澳大利亚独立流行歌手Gotye的第三张录音室专辑《Making Mirrors》，单曲邀请新西兰歌手Kimbra作为客座合唱歌手。该单曲在澳大利亚单曲榜上意外的取得了8周冠军的成绩，成为自1997年野人花园的"Truly Madly Deeply"后占领榜首最长的单曲，在欧洲多个国家的排行榜上登顶，在Kimbra的祖国新西兰，该单曲同样成功登顶。在波兰，该单曲占领榜首长达18周，成为波兰单曲榜史上夺得榜首位置时间最长的单曲。2013年（第55届）格莱美奖上获年度最佳制作和最佳流行乐队/组合两项大奖。

ow and then I think of when we were together
Somebody That I Used To Know

  Somebody That I Used To Know[2]
我时不时想起那些我们在一起的日子
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
例如 你说你快乐得随时可以死去也不觉得遗憾
Told myself that you were right for me
我告诉自己 你就是我的挚爱
But felt so lonely in your company
但你的陪伴却让我倍感孤单
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
但那就是爱 让我刻骨铭心难以忘怀
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
你会沉溺于某种独特的伤痛
Like resignation to the end，Always the end
比如其中一方听天由命 委曲求全，顺从到底
So when we found that we could not make sense
所以当我们发现两个人在一起毫无意义
Well you said that we would still be friends
你居然说我们还可以做朋友吧
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over
而我也承认自己很乐意结束这段感情
But you didn't have to cut me off
可你没必要这样和我一刀两断
Make out like it never happened
好像我们之间什么都没有发生过
And that we were nothing
我们之间从来什么也不是
And I don't even need your love
就算我不需要你的爱
But you treat me like a stranger
可你也不必与我形同陌路
And that feels so rough
这未免也太绝情
You didn't have to stoop so low
你不必如此屈从隐忍
Have your friends collect your records
让朋友来帮你打包行李
And then change your number
然后更换了电话号码
I guess that I don't need that though
我想我也不需要知道它们了
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
现在的你只是我生命中曾经熟悉的一个过客而已
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
偶尔想起 那些你把我骗得团团转的日子
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
居然让我相信这一切的错误都在于我
And I don't wanna live that way
我不想再过那样的生活
Reading into every word you say
时刻揣摩你话语中的意思
You said that you could let it go
你说你可以释怀放手
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know...
而我也不会让你一直纠缠于某个你曾经熟悉的过客（我）
But you didn't have to cut me off
可你没必要这样和我一刀两断
Make out like it never happened
好像我们之间什么都没有发生过
And that we were nothing
我们之间从来什么也不是
And I don't even need your love
就算我不需要你的爱
But you treat me like a stranger
可你也不必与我形同陌路
And that feels so rough
这未免也太绝情
You didn't have to stoop so low
你不必如此屈从隐忍
Have your friends collect your records
让朋友来帮你打包行李
And then change your number
然后更换了电话号码
I guess that I don't need that though
我想我也不需要知道它们了
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
现在的你只是我生命中曾经熟悉的一个过客而已
I used to know
我曾经熟悉的
That I used to know
那个我曾经熟悉的
Somebody...
生命中的过客

lonely [´ləunli]   a.孤独的；无人烟的   (初中英语单词)

resignation [,rezig´neiʃən]   n.辞职(书)；放弃；顺从   (高中英语单词)