British rock band Coldplay, who burst onto the music scene with its 1999 album, Parachutes, is often compared to a little rock band called U2.

With lead singer Chris Martin and the songs that the band writes, I can understand the comparison.

Martin, like U2’s Bono, sings with great compassion and with that it is no surprise that Coldplay’s latest single, “Talk,” is about having compassion for others.

Band members Guy Berryman and Jon Buckland (lead and bass guitar) provide the mood in which it talks about someone who wants to talk about a recent breakup.

Not only does that person want to talk but he is asking what to do next.

As the song progresses anyone who listens to the song has the understanding of what is going on just by listening to the soothing voice of Martin.

“Oh brother I can’t through/I’ve been trying hard to reach you cause I don’t know what to do/Oh brother I can’t believe its true/I’m so scare about the future that I want to talk to you,” Martin sings in the beginning.

Afterwards, he asks, “In the future where would I be?”

“Are you lost or incomplete/Do you feel like a puzzle/ you can’t find your missing piece/ tell me how you feel?”

With these lyrics I thought that sometimes I do feel that, that one friendship I was looking for was the one I was missing.

In addition, I thought of the countless number of people who turn out not to be the persons I thought they were.

How many people have been hurt by someone who wasn’t who he claimed to be?

Friendships are about having communication and this song effectively challenges anyone who has experienced pain or lost friendships because no one was there to do one simple act of kindness: talk to someone.

Don’t talk just for yourself but for those around you.