"Estranged" is a song by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, included on their 1991 album Use Your Illusion II.
Use Your Illusion II's liner notes thank lead guitarist Slash for "the killer guitar melodies", which captured Axl Rose's vision.
Because the things you wanted and worked for just cannot happen, and there’s nothing you can f***ing do about it.” [7] Released in December 1993, the official music video (directed by Andy Morahan) is the third part of an unofficial Del James series of videos (preceded by "Don't Cry" and "November Rain") from the Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II albums.
The video shows Axl Rose being arrested by a group of special police officers, then taken to a mental health clinic, as definitions of various emotional disorders are seen on the screen.
In the end, the protagonist is released from the clinic and heads to an abandoned ship at sea,[10] where the story reaches its climax: Rose jumps into the water and swims with a pod of dolphins, gaining inner peace by doing so.
During the Chinese Democracy Tour, a riff from the song was sometimes included in Ron Thal's solo interpretation of the Pink Panther Theme.