Entre los muchos himnos que se incluyen el álbum de 1990 Use Your Illusion I encontramos November Rain, tema compuesto por Axl Rose y que llegó a meterse entre las diez mejores canciones de la historia para la revista británica Q Music. Casi cuarenta años después, los más de dos mil millones de visualizaciones que acumula el videoclip en Youtube habla claramente de la vigencia de la canción, todo un temarraco de esos que se sacan los heavys de la manga cuando se ponen romanticones.
Se cuenta que Axl Rose llevaba siete años dándole vueltas a la canción, y que la historia está inspirada en una chica de la que estaban enamorados tanto él como Slash. Según el libro Pet Shop Boys Verus America, de Chris Heath, esa idea que circulaba por la mente del rockero, encontró el espaldarazo definitivo cuando escuchó el tema del dúo británico My October Symphony, con la cual el propio Axl admitió que tenía cosas en común. Esto resulta aún más sorprendente si tenemos en cuenta que, en los premios MTV Video Music Awarss de 1986, Axl había manifestado en público su odio a la música de los ingleses gritando "Pet Shop Boys apestan", aunque más adelante (algo que le honra) se interesó en intentar comprenderlos y acabó admirándolos. Así, dos grupos que jamás imaginaríamos que pudieran tener algo en común quedan entrelazados en la historia de la música por una de las más bellas canciones jamás escritas.
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?
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 such a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain, ooh yeah
Love is always coming, love is always going
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?
Ooh, everybody needs some time on their own
Ooh, 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?
Oh, oh, oh
Sometimes I need some time on my own
Sometimes I need some time all alone
Ooh, everybody needs some time on their own
Ooh, don't you know you need some time all alone
And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain, oh yeah
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
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
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
Don't ya think that you need somebody?
Don't ya think that you need someone?
Everybody needs somebody
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