We Don't Talk Anymore

Charlie Puth

Meaning

In a new interview with MTV News, Puth revealed that the song was written in Japan, and inspired by a conversation with a friend.

“I was in my hotel room, at the Mandarin Hotel, looking out at this wonderful city from the top floor, and I called my guitarist who was in the next room and I said, ‘Dude, can you come to my room really quickly and play this guitar line?’” said Puth. “I didn’t have a microphone, so I recorded his guitar with my iPhone, and I put t in the mix. Then, we went to the Philippines the next day and I put the kick drum in.”

And if you’re wondering about the lyrics, the “Marvin Gaye” singer said they were inspired by a phone call he had with a friend who had just gotten out of a relationship.

“I remember a conversation I had with my friend. He had just broken up with this girl, and I was like, ‘So, are you going to talk to her anymore?’ And he was like, ‘Nah, we don’t talk anymore.’”

Lyrics

We don't talk anymore!
We don't talk anymore!
We don't talk anymore!
Like we used to do

We don't love anymore
What was all of it for?
Ohh, we don't talk anymore
Like we used to do

I just heard you found the one you've been looking
You've been looking for
I wish I would've known that wasn't me
'Cause even after all this time I still wonder
Why I can't move on
Just the way you did so easily

Don't wanna know
What kind of dress you're wearing tonight
If he's holding onto you so tight
The way I did before
Should've known your love was a game
Now I can't get you out of my brain
Ohh, it's such a shame

That we don't talk anymore
We don't talk anymore
We don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
We don't laugh anymore
What was all of it for?
Ohh, we don't talk anymore
Like we used to do

I just hope you're lying next to somebody
Who knows how to love you like me
There must be a good reason that you're gone
Every now and then I think you
Might want me to come show up at your door
But I'm just too afraid that I'll be wrong

Don't wanna know
If you're looking into her eyes
If she's holding onto you so tight
the way I did before
I overdosed
Should've known your love was a game
Now I can't get you out of my brain
Oh, it's such a shame

That we don't talk anymore
(We don't we don't)
We don't talk anymore
(We don't we don't)
We don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
We don't laugh anymore
(We don't we don't)
What was all of it for?
(We don't we don't)
Oh, we don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
Like we used to do

Don't wanna know
What kind of dress you're wearing tonight
If he's giving it to you just right
The way I did before
I overdosed
Should've known your love was a game
Now I can't get you out of my brain
Oh, it's such a shame

That we don't talk anymore
(We don't we don't)
We don't talk anymore
(We don't we don't)
We don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
We don't laugh anymore
(We don't we don't)
What was all of it for?
(We don't we don't)
Oh, we don't talk anymore
Like we used to do

(We don't talk anymore)
Don't wanna know
What kind of dress you're wearing tonight (oh)
If he's holding onto you so tight (oh)
The way I did before
(We don't talk anymore)
I overdosed
Should've known your love was a game (oh)
Now I can't get you out of my brain (woah)
Oh, it's such a shame

That we don't talk anymore
Play with the song, fill the gaps
blackboard
Legend
  • The video player plays from the time specified
  • Chorus
  • People Talking

Vocabulary

tight

close-fitting

overdose

Too much of a drug
Juan was hospitalized from an overdose

Show Up

informal (arrive, be present)
If a guy who you know likes you and he shows up to your work does that mean he likes you more than you think?
My ex showed up at my house