someone i used to know

oh even though i felt the mountains and the valleys

i think about the little life i've lived

and while i've seen the setting sun

i know my days have just begun

and now i see that i've but one life i can give

yes

i was thinking over what i do believe in

oh after love and god they came to mind

oh i wouldn't change a thing about the way she made me sing

although now she's just a song i've yet to write

so she's gone

she's gone away

and i held on to yesterday

now i see it bright and full

through the eyes within my soul

she's just someone i used to know

if is should see her in a year in new york city

i might wonder is she's still the one i knew

but i will have to hold my tongue

i guess my song just won't get sung

and i will act as if i'm only passing through

cause even though she took my heart and left it broken

a million times again i'd let it break

but then as funny as it seems

i thought it might have been a dream

and so i prayed and prayed the lord my soul to wake

but still she went

and left me here

and all my hope

had turned to fear

and now i see it bright and full

through the eyes within my soul

she's just someone i used to know

as we were packing up my things as i was leaving

you found her picture burried deep beneath my bed

and i could see it in your eyes

when your heart began to cry

i said she's just a memory lost inside my head

and now you've come

to set me free

and i am whole at last i see

and now i see it bright and full

through the eyes within my soul

she's just someone

i used to know

i used to know

i used to know

used to know