Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
The whole world is my enemy, and I'm a walking target
Two times the devil with all the significance
Dragged and raped for the love of a mob
I can't stay, because I can't be stopped
Eat motherfuckers alive who cross us
I know you're all tired of the same ol' bosses
Let me tell you how it's gonna be
I'm gonna kill anyone who steps up in front of me
Welcome to the same ol' fucking scam
Same ol' shit in a dead fad
Everybody wants to be so hard
Are you real or a second-rate sports card?
They all lost their dad or their wife just died
They never got to go outside, shut up
Nobody gives a fuck
It doesn't change the fact that you suck
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
Now I'm not pretty and I'm not cool
But I'm fat and I'm ugly and proud, so fuck you
Standing out is the new pretension
Streamline the sickness, half-assed aggression
You gotta see it to believe it, we all got conned
All the mediocre sacred cows we spawned
Put your trust in the mission
We will not repent, this is our religion
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
I am hated
You are hated
We are hated
I am hated
Everything sucks and I can prove it
Everybody dies, shuffle on, remove it
Individuals, indispensable
I'm the paradox deity vessel
The other side holds no secret
But this side is done, I don't need it
Before you go, you should know you're breaking down
You'll be rotten by the time you're underground, fuck you
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
(We are) the source of conscience
(We are) distorted sentients
There's only one thing left
And I can't leave until it's sated
(We are) the absolute
(We are) controlling you
They're closing in, I can't escape
I am hated
Two times the devil with all the significance
Dragged and raped for the love of a mob
I can't stay, because I can't be stopped
Eat motherfuckers alive who cross us
I know you're all tired of the same ol' bosses
Let me tell you how it's gonna be
I'm gonna kill anyone who steps up in front of me
Welcome to the same ol' fucking scam
Same ol' shit in a dead fad
Everybody wants to be so hard
Are you real or a second-rate sports card?
They all lost their dad or their wife just died
They never got to go outside, shut up
Nobody gives a fuck
It doesn't change the fact that you suck
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
Now I'm not pretty and I'm not cool
But I'm fat and I'm ugly and proud, so fuck you
Standing out is the new pretension
Streamline the sickness, half-assed aggression
You gotta see it to believe it, we all got conned
All the mediocre sacred cows we spawned
Put your trust in the mission
We will not repent, this is our religion
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
I am hated
You are hated
We are hated
I am hated
Everything sucks and I can prove it
Everybody dies, shuffle on, remove it
Individuals, indispensable
I'm the paradox deity vessel
The other side holds no secret
But this side is done, I don't need it
Before you go, you should know you're breaking down
You'll be rotten by the time you're underground, fuck you
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
(We are) the source of conscience
(We are) distorted sentients
There's only one thing left
And I can't leave until it's sated
(We are) the absolute
(We are) controlling you
They're closing in, I can't escape
I am hated
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I Am Hated Lyrics as written by Corey Taylor Christopher Fehn
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I cant get away from this song, its great, it makes me feel invincible when I listen to it.
no one can deny corey is a sick mo fo and if they do, they wronggggg.
PS slipknots lyrics are so up front and in your face theres not much to ponder over, just sit back and let the raw aggression and emotion go through you.
oh yeah, and tipper gore needs to eat a dick
enough said!!!! they said it all
slipknot is the anti-cancer? oh, boy, someone should tell medical science! it's been under our noses all along!
Of course they are!
They're being ironic. Those 'we are' parts expresses how we, humans, think so highly of ourselves.
LOL this song is one of the best and so much of it is how i feel
hugeone...ha ha i agree with both of your comments....and i am hated....
This song is just fuckin brilliant if you ask me, its one of those songs that injects violence right into your bloodstream, ya know? it great, when i listen to it i feel like i could take the whole fucking world on, brilliant, only Slipknot.