Released: 2016
Features: Selena Gomez
“We Don’t Talk Anymore” by Charlie Puth, featuring Selena Gomez, is your classic ‘we’ve moved on but I’m still aching’ pop song. The lyrics are all about romantic post-mortem, where the ex-lovers remembering their past relationship but can’t reconcile their feelings.
The line “We don’t talk anymore, like we used to do” captures the essence of the song. It’s about two people who once shared a deep connection but now are strangers to each other. The phrase “What was all of it for?” reflects regret and confusion about why the relationship ended.
The lyrics “I just heard you found the one you’ve been looking” and “I wish I would have known that wasn’t me” show the pain of seeing your past lover with someone new. Meanwhile, “I can’t move on just the way you did so easily” speaks to the struggle of letting go and moving on from a broken relationship.
One of the standouts here is “I overdosed, should’ve known your love was a game”. This line punches hard, revealing the intense, addictive love they shared, equating it to a game, hence demonstrating love’s power to be both thrilling and destructive.
Overall, this tune is a neat package of post-breakup feelings – the longing, the regret, the jealousy and, perhaps most of all, the inability to let go despite knowing that it’s over.
