Somebody Somebody
It’s always been intriguing to me the random haphazard way some human relationships start. And then the way they develop and unfold. And sometimes enemies become friends...and friends become enemies...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTjVaIk2f3o
Somebody out there hates me
But they don’t know it yet
At first they’ll love yeah love what I got
But then in time they’ll want to hit me in the gut
Try to forget the day we ever met
And wonder why and fill with regret
But we haven’t met yet... no no not yet
Somebody out there loves me
But they don’t know it yet
Cuz first they’re gonna think me a fool
But in time they’re gonna see I’m a jewel
Yeah and need need the love that I got
But we haven’t met yet no no not yet
Is it a curse in my thinking
Or a blessing for my taking
Is it right or is it really all wrong
I know somebody somebody’s comin along
But we haven’t met yet no no not yet
Break
The further I run and the longer I crawl
The more I realize I just can’t please em all
The more I look the more lost souls I see
And I know somebody needs somebody like me
But we haven’t met yet no no not yet
Somebody’s got a finger on a trigger
Somebody needs to make somebody pay
And so without a warning
A rage is loose and a life gets taken
In the tension the tight tight tension
A crazy mind kills without question
But they haven’t met yet…… no no not yet
Hey somebody yeah somebody
Knows how to hang up on sad
And turn away and just let it be
That somebody that somebody is me
Walk away with me and see
Before it’s time for regret
na na na na na na na na na na na no...no not yet
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It's a really interesting premise. The idea that some relationships are predestined and just waiting to happen.
I think your "But we haven’t met yet" line lands really well in the song. You've explained it up front here in this post, but in the song it comes out of left field, and I think hits harder because of that.
"Try to forget the day we ever met" felt a touch crowded. Maybe "Forget the day we ever met"?
I don't know if you have the capability to add brass into the mix, but some trumpet or sax stabs at the end of some lines feel like they might work a treat! Or failing that some lead guitar phrases.
Not sure about the "Somebody’s got a finger on a trigger" verse, that felt different compared to the rest, not really relationship focused.
It's a really nice mix. Everything's clear and I like how your vocal sits in this mix.
Good song!
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Hey thanks for tuning in Owen and the in depth review. Yeah a sax would accentuate this tune for sure. I'm singing about life experience here, in particular, a nasty divorce. It just confuses the hell out of me how two people can be great friends, lovers, and then end up with a vengeful hatred that leads to jail...or worse. 😥
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I get your story Stone man , sounds good
Nope don't confuse me when it goes sideways , its gets nasty. I'm big on just find a new one lol. it's a pool of 5000 soul mates. Well thats the first thing we all say your my soul mate . by the time your on your 4th marriage , you don't say that much lol. its more can you cook . 6 billion women on the planet and you killed a ex wife and now in prison for life
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Gracias amigo, but nobody died...yet
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Not in your song , But people are dead all the time over relationships . its love one minute and your dead the next. Every divorce they all the say same thing , I should kill this person . 90 % that don't happen 10% it does . That brings a whole new meaning to death do you part . Some times its literal
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Hey there SF...
I really like the sound. Very Garage Band. Has a 70's / Talking Heads vibe to it.
Good vocals, as well. It's a good write and goes over very well.
Again, the band sounds really good.
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@ElvisNash yeah man and that's what the song is about. And of course these things happen in non marriage relationships as well. The proverbial nature of the human beast.
@IronKnee hey thanks for your comment my friend. There's only two other musicians playing besides myself, so yeah those guys rock it up. If I can hit the vocals sweet I'm a happy singing camper 😁
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Well we tend to like the people who like us, don't we?? That's probably why sex used to be saved for marriage because you had to actually truly LIKE that person before you introduce the physical act that scrambles your brain, makes you make bad decisions, and tricks your brain into thinking that sex is love. It's not! It never was. (sorry for the rant) lol
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I'm not sure what the rage killing has to do with the rest of the song, are you equating that to domestic violence.?
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There is a song "Somebody" from the Bob Welch era Fleetwood Mac (Mystery To Me)
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there is also a song called somebody by depeche mode and bryan adams. for that matter 🤣😂
Stone has an interesting take on the concept.
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Hey thanks for listening Marsha. The story line and life experience here is that friends and lovers can sometimes be nasty experience's. Take your time with new relationships, and even then, keep your eyes and brain open. Here's some interesting related stats:
In U.S. homicide data, “friends murdering friends” is usually counted inside the broader category “someone outside the family but known to the victim” (friends, acquaintances, neighbors, etc.). The government usually does not publish “friend” as a clean standalone national headline number every year, so the best available national statistic is the broader nonfamily-known offender category.
Here’s the clearest national picture:
- In 2023, the largest share of homicide victims (39%) were killed by someone outside the family but known to them — the category that includes friends, acquaintances, neighbors, and similar relationships.
- That means this category was more common than family killings and more common than stranger killings in the U.S. in 2023.
- In older FBI relationship tables, the pattern is similar: victims are more often killed by someone they know than by a stranger. One FBI summary cited in law-enforcement discussion of 2017 data found:
- 28.0% killed by someone known outside the family (acquaintance, neighbor, friend, boyfriend, etc.)
- 12.3% by family
- 9.7% by strangers
- (with many cases listed as unknown relationship).
What this means in plain terms
The typical U.S. homicide is not usually a stranger attack. It is more often:
- a conflict between people who know each other, or
- a domestic/intimate-partner killing.
- It is common enough to be the single biggest relationship category in U.S. homicides when grouped as “nonfamily but known to the victim.”
- But that 39% figure is not all literal close friends — it also includes acquaintances, neighbors, and other known non-relatives.
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Yeah man thanks for your post...see my note to Marsha
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Aww jeez thanks for taking me back to Bob Welch iteration of Fleetwood Mac. Jeez I loved that band. When Christine died I sulked for weeks.
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Thanks B
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