Mix Tape Monday: Somebody That I Used to Know

My friend Ryan posted this on Facebook a few days ago. Let's mix it up this week. Watch the video first, then let's discuss.




I think the song is great. But what really keeps reeling me in is the video. Here's why:

Rumpelstiltskin (played by Robert Carlyle)

1. The geometry and colors is vivid and intoxicating.
2. I'm fascinated by his teeth.
3. I keep thinking he looks like Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold in Once Upon a Time. 
4. His mouth is really wide. Probably in order to fit those crazy teeth.
5. And yet, I'm still kind of attracted.
6. Kimbra is so pretty. Dang it.
7. Her green neck makes me think she's some type of amphibian. Is that weird? It's even enhanced when she sort of slithers over to him.
8. The whole thing is pretty awkward, but I can't look away. How does it do that?
9. Both of their voices make me super jealous.
10. You can totally tell he's checking out her boobs at the end. I just cheapened it, didn't I? Oh well. Saucy.
11. It opens up an interesting debate; is it wrong to cut yourself off from an ex? Or is it just part of the healing process? Changing your number might be a little extreme for a run-of-the-mill breakup, but I unfriended my ex on Facebook and have never gone out of my way to reconnect. Break-ups are hard, because you generally have shared a big part of your life with that person, and I don't see a problem with trying to head off the pain. Unless the union resulted in a child, there's no law that states you still have to talk to your ex.

Here's another video (a live version) and then the lyrics, if you want them.

Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye (Featuring Kimbra)

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
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 and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
And 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
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


I used to know
That I used to know