SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW
Gotye
1. Complete the gaps.
Now and then I think of when we ________ _________________
Like when you _____________ you felt so happy you could _______________
I _____________ myself that you were ___________ for me
But felt so lonely in your _____________
But that was _______ and it's an ache I ____________ Glossary – Slangs
remember
1. Read the song and match the slangs below
to their meanings.
2. Number the sentences in the correct order. ( 1 ) Cut someone off
( 2 ) Stoop so low
( ) But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over ( 3 ) Let it go
( ) So when we found that we could not make sense
( 4 ) Hung up on
( ) Like resignation to the end, always the end
( 5 ) Reading into something
( ) But you said that we could still be friends
( 1 )You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
( ) Do the worst possible action
( ) Forget and forgive something/someone
( ) Looking for deeper meaning
3. Complete the spaces. ( ) End a relationship/stop communicating with
someone
But you didn't have to ____________ me off ( ) Obsessed with something/someone
Make it like it never happened and that we were
_____________
I don't ____________ need your love, but you treat me like a _____________
And that feels so rough
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your ______________ collect your rent
Conceal your ____________ of number
______________ that I don't need that though
______________ you're just somebody that I __________ to know
__________ you're just somebody that I _________ to know (Repeat )
Now and ______________ I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was ____________ something that I'd _______________
But I don't wanna ____________that way
________ into every word you say
You said that you could let it _______________
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know-oh-oh
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it'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
But 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
And 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
Now you're just 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 said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up
On somebody that you used to know...
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And 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...
I used to know
Somebody...
(Now you're just somebody that I used to know)
Somebody...
I used to know
Somebody...
(Now you're just somebody that I used to know)
I used to know
That I used to know
I used to know
Somebody
Answer key – Slangs
Cut someone off: End a relationship/stop communicating with someone
Stoop so low: Do the worst possible action (“hit below the belt”)
Screw someone over: Betray someone
Let it go: Forget and forgive something/someone
Hung up on: Obsessed with something/someone
Reading into something: Looking for deeper meaning
