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Description
The warmth here is strange - like a lightbulb under a lampshade, flickering now from an excess of feelings, now from a lack of air. Between the lines - a friendship that has long been more complicated than just "how are you?" People who are used to drinking to laughter suddenly notice that silence is hiding somewhere behind the laughter. The one where you can hear your chest boiling - not from alcohol, but something like an inner heat that burns from within and is called love. And it seems like everything is clear: talking until morning, a couple of confessions, a nod goodbye... And then - a black screen in my head and a quiet "Heat," repeating like a mantra. Maybe it's just a way not to go crazy from your own fire. Or the opposite - a way to remind yourself that as long as it's still burning, you're alive. Director: Alexander Brown Producer: Alex White Production Company: We Are Jealous Commissioner: John Mole Cinematographer: Marty Giver First Assistant Camera: Peter Swinford Second Assistant Camera: Ciaran Turner Cinematographer: Adam Trzinski Spark: Finn Grover Stylist: Phoebe Butterworth Assistant Stylist: Alice Sanders Security: Amity Group Production Company: David White Editing: Avner Shiloah Visual Effects: Alexander Brown
Lyrics and translation
Original
-Well, you're my friend -It's what you told me -And can you see -What's inside of me?
Many times we've been out drinking
Many times we've shared our thoughts
Do you ever, ever notice
The kind of thoughts I got?
Well, you know I have a love For anyone I know
You know I have a drive To live,
I won't let go
But can you see this opposition
Rising up sometimes?
And it's dreadful imposition
Goes blacking in my mind
And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
Do you know how much I love you?
Is it hope that somehow you
Can save me from this darkness?
Well, I hope that someday, buddy
We'll have peace in our lives
Together or apart
Alone or with our wives And we can stop our worrying
And pull the smiles inside
And light it up for love
And never go to sleep
My best unbeating brother
This isn't all I see
And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
Do you know how much I love you? Is it hope that somehow you
Can save me from this darkness?
English translation
-Well, you're my friend -It's what you told me -And can you see -What's inside of me?
Many times we've been out drinking
Many times we've shared our thoughts
Do you ever, ever notice
The kind of thoughts I got?
Well, you know I have a love For anyone I know
You know I have a drive To live,
I won't let go
But can you see this opposition
Rising up sometimes?
And it's dreadful imposition
Goes blacking in my mind
And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
Do you know how much I love you?
Is it hope that somehow you
Can save me from this darkness?
Well, I hope that someday, buddy
We'll have peace in our lives
Together or apart
Alone or with our wives And we can stop our worrying
And pull the smiles inside
And light it up for love
And never go to sleep
My best unbeating brother
This isn't all I see
And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
Do you know how much I love you? Is it hope that somehow you
Can save me from this darkness?