Piolo Ysidore Serrano

Art Appreciation MW 5:40pm – 7:10pm

November Rain
Performed by Guns N’ Roses

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, oo yeah
But love is always coming and love is always going
And 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, 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

Semiotic Iconic Contextual Evaluative

The song November The theme of the song The song is about To write a song like
Rain is a fusion of is unrequited love. unrequited love. “November Rain”
classical music and 80s Iconic images used are Throughout the song, requires a high artistic
- 90s hard rock. The flames to symbolize the writer talks about skill and a lot of
song was part of the passion and love, and how painful or horrible creativity as it is not
wave of rock ballads the rain to symbolize the feeling of loving easy to compose a 9
that came out that sorrow, hard times, or someone who does not minute song, originally
time, being one of the other dark emotions love you back is as 25 minutes,
biggest hits of the time. symbolized by the accompanied by an
The song is 8 minutes major imagery that the orchestra which
and 56 seconds long, writer uses, the cold involves multiple and
has no traditional November rain. The varying layers of sound.
chorus, and ends with rain is a metaphor for The song is very
a breakdown. An the “coldness” of relatable to a lot of
orchestra plays someone who does not people, including
throughout the song, or is afraid to someone myself, as everyone
composed of love back. The line “… has experienced
traditional wind, string, it’s hard to hold a unrequited love.
and percussion candle in the cold Dealing with
instruments. The song November rain” is a unrequited love is a
becomes “heavier” or metaphor for how huge learning
moves to a more rock difficult it is to love experience for
sound as the song someone who does not everyone and
progresses. As like any return the feeling, the depending on the
other ballad, the song burning candle being person, that
has a medium pace and the representation of unrequited love can
evokes feelings of love and the rain being take up a large portion
sorrow, pain, longing, the representation of of their lives
desperation, and hope the absence of love.
The writer of the song
remains hopeful
throughout the song
that the love of his life
will eventually love him
back as represented by
the line “…nothin’ lasts
forever, even cold
November rain”