Old Friend Lyrics in English Zaho De Sagazan , Tom Odell

Picture yourself on a long train ride, scenery racing by the window while emotions race inside your chest. Old Friend captures that exact feeling. Zaho De Sagazan sings about letting a trusted companion — her own memories and music — sit beside her whenever loneliness takes a seat. She cries in his voice, finding a strange comfort in tears that wash her clean. The "machine" pulling her through landscapes is both a literal journey and a metaphor for life’s unstoppable motion, and she has learned to invite her sorrow in like an old acquaintance.

Then Tom Odell answers from across the Channel, greeting Zaho as if opening a heartfelt letter. He admires her strength where he feels weak, highlighting the beautiful exchange of support that true friends share. Together they remind us that real friendship can fly over language barriers, tour buses, and heartbreak, offering a safe place to feel everything — even the storms beneath our wings. In short, the song is a bilingual hug: it teaches that tears are not defeat, but proof that someone’s voice can keep us company until the very end.