Friends is a name of at least eleven entities:
[1] A New York, USA dance… Read Full Bio ↴Friends is a name of at least eleven entities:
[1] A New York, USA dance-punk / indie pop band.
[2] A London, UK romantic pop-rock band.
[3] A Tennessee, USA pop punk / emo band.
[4] A Japanese j-pop seiyuu group.
[5] A Swedish pop group.
[6] A UK psych-folk trio.
[7] A USA 70s jazz rock group.
[8] An Adelaide, Australia rock band.
[9] A Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA math rock band.
[10] A Japanese noise-pop band (aka 友人).
[11] A USA television series.
[12]An obscure 1960s British pop group

[1] A Brooklyn, NYC, NY, USA dance-punk / indie pop band (aka Perpetual Crush), founded in 2010.

Sites: Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

[2] A London, UK based romantic pop-rock band formed, in 1986, by William Jones (vocals, songwriting, guitar), in Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, UK. In 1992, Jones was joined by Martin Parker (drums, percussion), who together are the band's nucleus. They have released nine albums and six singles (on Summerhouse). Their latest album is Spangleland (May 2007).

Their lyrics span incurable optimism to dark miserableness and influences include: Teardrop Explodes, The Chameleons and 70s acoustic, e.g. Nick Drake and Renaissance. Spangleland is stylistically atypical, featuring somewhat weird epics.

Sites: Discogs.

[3] A Nashville, TN, USA, pop punk / emo band, with members of Dependency and début EP Better Off Alone (Jun 2011, Blood and Ink).

Sites: Twitter and Facebook.

[4] A defunct Japanese j-pop seiyuu group / seiyū group (声優ユニット), formed in 2008 (aka Ｆｒｉｅｎｄｓ). The group is an all-female sextet of: 小林ゆう (Yu Kobayashi), 下田麻美 (Asami Shimoda), 桜井真子 (Mako Sakurai - more-commonly / ambiguously known as Mako), 明坂聡美 (Satomi Akesaka), 本多陽子 (Yohko Honda) and 阿澄佳奈 (Kana Asumi). As Friends, the débuted with single "ニセモノ" (5 Nov 2008), followed by albums: 今日の5の2 BGM集音祭り春夏秋冬 (Dec 2008), Best Friends (Jan 2009) and Friendship (Sept 2009).

The band promoted / cross-marketed television anime 今日の5の2 (romanised Kyo no Go no Ni - Today in Class 5-2) and consisted of series' seiyuu / seiyū (声優, voice-over thespians). They performed the opening / end themes throughout the series and, as common with seiyuu groups, were dissolved with its 2009 discontinuation.

Sakurai is best know as a member of Bon-Bon Blanco.

Sites: Ja.Wikipedia.

[5] A Swedish pop group which split 2004. They contested Eurovision 2001 and parted when two members founded Nina & Kim.

[6] A defunct UK psych-folk trio, of: Peter Howell, John Ferdinando and Ruth Cubbin (vocals). Their only album was Fragile (1972).

Howell and Ferdinando also released albums as Agincourt / Ithaca.

Sites: Discogs.

[7] A defunct USA 70s jazz rock group, with members: John Abercrombie, Clint Houston, Jeff Williams and Marc Cohen. Their only album was Friends (1973).

I'd Love You to Want Me
Friends Lyrics

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Author & Composer : La Voie

When I saw you standing there
I about fell out my chair
And when you moved your mouth to speak
I felt the blood go to my feet

Now it took time for me to know

What you tried so not to show
Now something in my soul just cries
I see the want in your blue eyes

CHORUS

Baby, I'd love you to want me
The way that I want you
The way that it should be

Baby, you'd love me to want you
The way that I want to
If you'd only let it be

You told yourself years ago
You'd never let your feelings show
The obligation that you made
For the title that they gave

CHORUS

Now it took time for me to know

CHORUS x 2

Overall Meaning

The song "I'd Love You to Want Me" by Friends is an ode to unrequited love. The singer in the song opens with imagery of being taken by surprise when they saw the person they loved standing in front of them. They were so overwhelmed by their presence that they almost fell out of their chair. The singer then goes on to describe the intense physical reaction they had when the person began to speak. These lines highlight the physical intensity of attraction and love.

The next stanza of the song shifts to a more reflective tone. The singer references how it took some time to know the other person's true feelings. They describe how there was something in their soul that cried out when they saw the want in the other person's blue eyes. This line suggests that the singer was attuned to the other person's emotional state and that they could see what the other person was not willing to show.

The chorus of the song is a repetition of lines that express the singer's desire for the other person to want them back. They long for a mutual love, for the way things "should be". The repetition of the chorus emphasizes the singer's longing and unfulfilled desire.

Overall, "I'd Love You to Want Me" is a song that speaks to the universal theme of unrequited love. The lyrics are straightforward, but it is the way that they are sung and the emotions that they evoke that make the song so effective.

Line by Line Meaning

When I saw you standing there
The moment I laid eyes on you

I about fell out my chair
I was completely taken aback

And when you moved your mouth to speak
Even your speech astounded me

I felt the blood go to my feet
You had my heart racing

Now it took time for me to know
It wasn't an immediate realization

What you tried so not to show
But you hid it well

Now something in my soul just cries
But something deep inside me feels yearning

I see the want in your blue eyes
I know you feel the same way

Baby, I'd love you to want me
I wish you wanted me as much as I want you

The way that I want you
It's a desire that consumes me

The way that it should be
It's how things are meant to be