I was worried it's too long but I can't get it any shorter without sacrificing the continuity of the story line

I'm just adding more emotion in it I think and dragging the smoochies out a bit. They need lots of smoochies, yes?

When I first heard the song I wondered if Kelly Jones (singer of Stereophonics) hadn't written it about Curt and Brian being a good friend of Ewan's and all.