I heard, that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're, married now

I heard, that you're dreams came true
I guess she gave you things
I didn't give to you

Old friend, why are you so shy
Ain't like you to hold back
Or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited but I
Couldn't stay away I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face
And that you be reminded that for me it isn't over

Never mind I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best
For you too, don't forget me
I beg, I'll remember you say
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead yeah

You know how the time flies
Only yesterday it was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze bound by the surprise
Of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited but I
Couldn't stay away I couldn't fight it
I hoped you'd see my face
And that you'd be reminded that for me it isn't over

Never mind I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me I beg, I'll remember you say
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead

Nothing compares no worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes their memories made
Who would have known how bittersweet
This would taste

Never mind I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you
Don't forget me I beg, I'll remember you say
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead

Never mind I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me I beg, I'll remember you say
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead

Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead



Lyrics submitted by Gayborhood Gringo, edited by jodallas

Track duration: 04:45

"Someone Like You" as written by Adele Laurie Blue Adkins Daniel Dodd Wilson

Lyrics © CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP, Universal Music Publishing Group

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    Song Meaning:That inner struggle. I'm going to get her back. Wait, no, she was a b!tch. But I want her still. Hold on, it's no biggie, I hope she's happy. Wait, no I don't, I hope she sees me and hurts. No, stop it, don't think that, be mature. This sucks. But then again it's better than that crazy b!tch. It's bitter, but it's sweet. Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes it's great. Love is a paradox. and on and on the mind races in these directions.

    It's that internal conversation after the breakup.
    Flagged kanzeion May 04, 2013   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:"I had hoped you'd see my face
    And that you be REMINDED that for me it isn't over
    NEVER MIND I'll find someone like you
    I wish nothing but the best
    For you too"
    Beautiful Paradox !
    Flag Yazardshiron December 14, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:I love this song! I was learning to play it and in guitar class the guy sitting next to me spotted the chords in my guitar case and pulled them out and then the guitar teacher saw them and took them from him and he was trying to play it and he asked me how it went 'cause he couldn't remember and I started singing it and he played and I ended up singing the whole thing. The guy next to me told me that I have a lovely voice and he raved on and on about it. Then the whole class started learning the song!
    Flagged RosesAndRuffleson December 01, 2012   Link
  • +3
    My Interpretation:In my opinion, this song is all about love gone wrong, and not being able to let go.

    This is a story of two people who had been best friends, possibly had tried to engage in a romantic relationship, too, at some point, but as years passed they've strayed away from each other. A clue for their estrangement is that she finds out from a third person ("I heard...") that he has settled down and gotten married. She visits him after all those years, to remind him that they were once friends, and that her feelings for him aren't gone. He's hesitant and shy, and seeing how happy he is with his life, she realizes that it's too late for them now. The past is gone and she'd best move on, even find someone else, although someone like him, a nice guy to settle down with. She wants him to be happy, even though it hurts her to know that it's not her he's happy with.

    I think it's one of Adele's most passionate songs. You can feel it in her voice when she enters the chorus. "Nevermind, I'll find someone like you." It sounds like she's practically trying to keep herself from crying. I love how many emotions she can get through to the listener with her voice.

    In the end, I think this song is about how love can built you up, and about how it can break you down when you can't let yourself let go of your feelings for a person who's already out of your reach. It's a beautiful song and I think most people can relate to the meaning it's trying to pass.
    Flagged thespian-oon September 19, 2012   Link
  • +3
    General Comment:Never was a fan of this song to begin with. But now, after feeling like I've been thrown to the side by someone I loved madly (still love) and replaced with someone else...I get this song.
    Flagged lordresereion August 12, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:This song is currently helping me through the hardest part of my life, my best friend left me. the whole album is, especially this and one and only. one of the best songs ever, Adele is a goddess.
    Flag collette28on July 15, 2012   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning:I think you can kind of hear it in her voice during the chorus, it's like she's lying to herself. It's the denial. She's trying to convince herself that there's someone just as good for her.
    Flag sirshmexypantson May 01, 2012   Link
  • +4
    Song Meaning:I WAS ONCE A FOOL
    TO IGNORE YOU AT TIMES,
    FOR NOT APPRECIATING YOUR WHOLE
    WITHOUT ANY CLUE OR ANY SIGN--
    YOU FELT I DIDN'T LOVE YOU AT ALL.

    IT TAKES TIME TO REALIZE
    IT TAKES DISTANCE TO CONCEIVE
    THAT BEHIND ALL THE LIES
    IN YOU AND ME, I STILL BELIEVE--
    BUT TOO LATE TO BREAK THIS WALL.

    I NEVER GIVE UP ON YOU
    EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART,
    I NEVER STOP LOVING YOU UNTIL THE TIME YOU FORGET MY PART.--
    AND THE MOMENT THAT MY TEARS HAD FALL.

    I WISH YOU HAPPINESS
    SO I DECIDED TO SET YOU FREE,
    FOR YOU TWO TO HAVE THE BEST
    EVEN IT BRINGS PAIN IN ME.--
    I JUST HOPE SOMETIMES IN YOUR MIND I'D BE RECALL.

    AT THE TIME WE'LL BE SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN
    LET ME HOLD YOUR HAND FOR THE LAST TIME,
    WILL MAKE YOU KNOW AND UNDERSTAND
    YOU STAY HERE <3 FOR A LIFETIME.--
    IN MY HEART WHERE YOU ALWAYS STALL.

    BY TODAY I'LL START TO MEND THIS CRUSHED HEART OF MINE
    ACCEPT THE COLD HARSH TRUTH THAT WERE NOT MEANT FOR EACH OTHER,
    WILL WAIT FOR THE RIGHT TIME
    WAIT UNTIL MY HEART FIND THE ANSWER.--
    WHEN IM READY TO BE ATTACH AGAIN AND FALL.

    I'D ALWAYS BE A FRIEND, THAT'S A PROMISE
    ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU THOUGH YOU DONT NEED IT,
    CAUSE WITHOUT YOU MY WORLD WOULD CEASED
    I BEGGED YOU,REMEMBER ME EVEN A BIT.--
    YOU'D STILL BE THE HALF OF MY SOUL.

    : ILOVEYOU, I ALWAYS DO...
    Flag lenminhoon April 18, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:She described the song as something she would see happening in the future. She said she imagined being 40, never finding true love, and going back to her ex one day and seeing that he has children, a wife, and he's happy while she's still lonely and has no one. She still had feelings for him that never went away but then she realizes she'll never be with him again and mentions that she's happy for them and will find someone like him to make her happy like he is.

    And when it comes to her being shy and hiding from the light, that means she doesn't want to go up to him and tell him how she feels because he's happy and she doesn't want to ruin that or take that away from him so she moves on.

    It can also be interpreted many more ways as well. Such as seeing someone you love (not necessarily someone you dated previously) marry or fall in love with someone else instead of you and you realizing you have to move on and find someone else to love and make you happy.
    Flag mch101389on April 12, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:My ex's with someone else and it hurts me a lot. This song makes me cry.
    Flag swimmingPooleon March 18, 2012   Link

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