If you were asked to sum up how your best friend makes you feel – to sum up all the experiences you’ve shared, the life events you have endured together, the times they have been there for you, the person you are as a result of them in your life – what words would you form? None. Exactly.
This is why I like jazz, when there are no words, that is fine, vibe with it, be true to the feeling, don’t refine it. The song is a like a toast that starts off on a real reflective note, taking us through the profundity of a deep friendship but then it becomes a mirthful celebration, a joyous melody that we cannot help but join in with. The song takes us through the ebbs and flows of the friendship itself. Sadness when friends are apart in the verse, Happiness when they get together again in the chorus. Seasons of deep reflection which transition naturally into seasons of laughter.
And to build on the toast metaphor; it is as if the song is comparing the friendship to a matured bottle of red wine that has a depth and robustness sonically referenced by the cello. It would seem that this wine bottle and the overall arrangement share in their sophistication. But just exactly how close is this friendship? It’s as in close and in sync as the counterpoint of the two voices are in the song. In fact they are the same voice, and isn’t that the point?
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