6/6/2023 0 Comments November rainEveryone seems to be having a grand time celebrating the newlyweds, until it starts, ahem, raining, and we see someone jump through the wedding cake. dies.īut, between those two enormous events, we get to see a bit of the wedding reception, which takes place in an outdoor courtyard somewhere. in the "November Rain" video, where she marries the singer and then. Therefore, she also starred alongside Rose and co. James was inspired to write "Without You" by Rose's tumultuous relationship with model Erin Everly, whom the singer dated for several years in the late 1980s and married in 1990.īy the time Guns started working on the video for "Don't Cry," Everly and Rose were divorced, and the frontman started dating Seymour, who was cast in the music video. Great piece of music, great lyrics.For context, the treatment for the "November Rain" video was based on Del James' short story "Without You," which is part of his book The Language of Fear. James is a longtime friend of Axl Rose's, and is now actually GN'R's road manager. And pretty much every line of the song resonates, by itself and with the other lines.and I'm not even a fan of Guns N' Roses. ![]() We are successful way more days than we fail, but the failures and setbacks still happen, and we get through them and have hope and tenderness and actual loving amidst the fragility. If you've ever been in a long relationship that has gotten tired, that you thought could never be revived, that one or both of you gave up on, but didn't leave, and then one or both of you cheated on the other, and still didn't leave, and still wanted to reach back and find, grab, and hold on again to what you once had, and you're trying to figure out how to help the other person get to where you are, or you are both trying, but running into roadblocks occasionally, heartbreak, blame, mixed with hope, tenderness, and 'm going through that right now. "We've been through this such a long long timeīut love is always coming and love is always goingĪnd no one's really sure who's lettin' go today.walking away" “Nothing lasts forever, Even cold November rain.” Just euphoric love is fleeting, so are our times of despair. Therefore, as sure as there is darkness, there will be light. After all that has happened, we see that nothing is capable of lasting forever. Our hero implores his lover to put aside this darkness, and “find a way,” to love and happiness. There can be love despite darkness, so we can now see through the rain. The final reiteration of the title is accompanied by an optimistic verse. One must realize though, that to be able to “heal” these wounds would make time itself only a charm. Sometimes it feels that the whole world, “.even friends,” are evil, and will only cause you harm. Our narrator now decides to give his love space rather than beg for an admission of love, insightfully musing that “Everybody needs some time.” He continues to reassure her that though it is hard to get over the wounds of the past, we must learn to put these feelings behind us rather than dwell on them. Just as the melody and structure changes, the lyrics contrast here as well. Otherwise he will be damned to walk through the November rain. The narrator offers that if they were truly in love, that they should simply “lay it on the line” in order for his spirit to rest on the matter. ![]() It’s hard to hold on to love with feelings of sadness and pain in your heart. November Rain is a metaphor for the troubled patches of a relationship, obviously linking the dreary, sad feelings of the two. We are now introduced to our title phrase. This is due to the fact that this is a relationship that has lasted for some time (echoed soon in the next verse, “…such a long, long time”). Now, one could extrapolate that these characters have had experience with pain, probably with each other. ![]() However, the love is there and the narrator feels it just as well. The opening statement clearly says that the narrator sees the love in his partner’s eyes, restrained by a fear that she may be hurt. November Rain is a song about love, pain and fear.
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