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Best Friend Lyrics
I miss your brain, the way you think
But I don't miss the way you used to drink
I miss our talks, the universal law
You had a way of seeing through my flaws
It's so confusing, I thought I met my match
An intellectual with talent, what a catch
You always said we'd be better off as friends
It was inevitable that it would end
Bridge:
Your picture's off my wall
But I'm still waiting for your call
And every man that walks through that door
Will be compared to you forever more
Chorus:
Still I have no regrets
'Cause I survived the biggest test
I cannot lie and I won't pretend
But I feel like I lost my very best friend
I miss the countryside where we used to lay
The smell of roses on a lovely summer day
You made me laugh, you had a clever wit
I miss the good times, I don't miss all of it
You wrote me poetry, you had a way with words
You said you wanted more than just a pretty girl
Maybe I challenged you a little bit too much
We couldn't have two drivers on the clutch
(bridge)
(chorus)
(chorus, replacing "Still" with "Yet")
It's so sad that it had to end
I lost my very best friend [lost my very best friend]
Not gonna candy coat it and I don't want to pretend
I put away your letters, saved the best ones that I had
It wasn't always perfect but it wasn't always bad
(chorus)
(chorus, replacing "Still" with "Yet", "cannot" with "will not", and "won't" with "can't")
It's so sad that it had to end
But I don't miss the way you used to drink
I miss our talks, the universal law
You had a way of seeing through my flaws
An intellectual with talent, what a catch
You always said we'd be better off as friends
It was inevitable that it would end
But I'm still waiting for your call
And every man that walks through that door
Will be compared to you forever more
'Cause I survived the biggest test
I cannot lie and I won't pretend
But I feel like I lost my very best friend
The smell of roses on a lovely summer day
You made me laugh, you had a clever wit
I miss the good times, I don't miss all of it
You said you wanted more than just a pretty girl
Maybe I challenged you a little bit too much
We couldn't have two drivers on the clutch
(chorus)
(chorus, replacing "Still" with "Yet")
I lost my very best friend [lost my very best friend]
Not gonna candy coat it and I don't want to pretend
It wasn't always perfect but it wasn't always bad
(chorus, replacing "Still" with "Yet", "cannot" with "will not", and "won't" with "can't")
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This song is basically about letting someone go who was once very close to you and dealing with the end of that relationship.
The verses talk about missing this person ("I miss your brain..."), while the chorus talks about not having any regrets about the end of the relationship, but knowing that you lost someone who meant a lot to you. ("Still I have no regrets [...] but I feel like I lost my very best friend.") During the bridge she talks about how she will always remember that person and how he will always be a part of her life, eventhough his "picture is off her wall".
For now she still has to deal with the end of the relationship ("but I'm still waiting for your call"). At some point she talks about how he wrote her poetry, while at the end she "puts away his letters" but still "saved the best ones".
She's torn between sadness and confidence. She says she doesn't want to pretend that she isn't sad, because she knows that she lost her "best frend".
I agree with MKay's statement about Best Friend-Madonna's saddest song ever about a Brit rocker named Guy Ritchie. Madonna is indeed sad in this song-she just cries and is sad for her loss.