November Rain

This is my favorite song of all time. I remember being a Junior in high school when this came out. A friend of mine gave me a copy of the tape "Use Your Illusion I". I remember listening to the first side of the tape and then flipping it over and hearing the piano intro and thinking "Hmmm...this is odd". I played over and over again. I thought it was the coolest thing I have ever heard. It was the "Stairway to Heaven" for my generation.



The song was written by Axl Rose and supposedly had been around for years before it was cut. Tracii Guns mentioned he heard it in 1983 and it rumor has it was going to be included on the Appetite for Destruction but it wasn't finished in time.

When it was released it was a smash hit. The video was shot like a movie and part of a trilogy (Don't Cry and Estranged). It told the story of a rock star whose finacee/bride dies/kills herself. No one really knows what happens because Axl and Stepahanie Seymour, the actress in the video broke up and she never completed filming for the Estranged video. The song peaked at #3 on Billboard's charts and is the longest song ever to crack the top 20.



When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same

'Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain

We've been through this auch a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain

But lovers always come and lovers always go
An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today
Walking away

If we could take the time
to lay it on the line
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine
So if you want to love me
then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold November rain

Do you need some time...on your own
Do you need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...
on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need some time...on my
own
Sometimes I need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...
on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone

And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain

Don't ya think that you need somebody
Don't ya think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one