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Estranged Lyrics

When you're talkin' to yourself and nobody's home
You can fool yourself, you came in this world alone, alone

So nobody ever told you, baby, how it was gonna be?
So what'll happen to you, baby? Guess we'll have to wait and see
One, two

[Verse 1]
Old at heart, but I'm only 28
And I'm much too young to let love break my heart
Young at heart, but it's gettin' much too late
To find ourselves so far apart

I don't know how you're s'posed to find me lately
An' what more could you ask from me, yay?
How could you say that I never needed you?
When you took everythin', said, you took everythin' from me
Hey, yeah

[Verse 2]
Young at heart, an' it gets so hard to wait
When no one I know can seem to help me now

Old at heart, but I mustn't hesitate
If I'm to find my own way out

Still, talkin' to myself and nobody's home, alone

So nobody ever told us, baby, how it was gonna be
So what'll happen to us, baby? Guess we'll have to wait and see

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]
When I find out all the reasons
Maybe I'll find another way, find another day

With all the changin' seasons
Of my life, maybe I'll get it right next time
An' now that you've been broken down
Got your head out of the clouds, back down on the ground
An' you don't talk so loud an' you don't walk so proud
Anymore and what for?

[Guitar Solo 1]

[Verse 4]
Well, I jumped into the river too many times to make it home
I'm out here on my own an' driftin' all alone
If it doesn't show, give it time to read between the lines
'Cause I see the storm is gettin' closer
An' the waves, they get so high
Seems everythin' we've ever known's here
Why must it drift away and die?

[Guitar Solo 2]

[Verse 5]
I'll never find anyone to replace you
Guess I'll have to make it through this time, woah, this time
Without you
I knew the storm was gettin' closer
And all my friends said I was high
But everythin' we've ever known's here
I never wanted it to die

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About “Estranged”

The third song in the unofficial “Del James trilogy” including “Don’t Cry” and “November Rain.”

The director of the music video, Andy Morahan, said:

By the time we got to ‘Estranged’, Axl had split up with Stephanie Seymour, and he said, ‘I never want a girl in a video again. I’d rather go out with a dolphin.’ Which is why I put dolphins all over the video.

According to Matt Sorum, “November Rain,” “Don’t Cry” and “Estranged” form a trilogy of sorts. Sorum played the same drum fill throughout those three songs, and took some criticism for doing so – notably from former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy.

Sorum points out that this was intentional, a way of unifying the songs. “That was my part in tying enough songs together to make it one voice,” he told us.

  • What have the artists said about the song?

    Axl has previously said this song is very close to him, even calling it his ‘baby’ while introducing it at a show. In the ‘Making F@cking Videos’ series, he explains the nature of the song:

    “November Rain” is a song about not wanting to be in a state of having to deal with unrequited love. “Estranged” is acknowledging it and being there and having to figure out what the fuck to do… I wrote the song basically about who I am and how I feel, the break up of my marriage with Erin and how I didn’t want it to die. But also apply it to a lot of other situations or friendships where you knew it had to end.

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