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."
Pick and peel; buy a drill; chip away
Scream, push, weak yet? Scared?
Locked outside? Will you cry?
Will you wait, open arms for your angel?
I tug and pull and build an empty nest for kindred souls
You cut me up into small pieces, not to swallow whole
Is there even a hole at all?
I'm cut waiting
Are you scared to look inside?
Can't fit through the needle's eye?
Am I grotesque when spread wide?
Some doors will never be pried
Or is it not me you fear?
Your naked soul plugs its ears
Walled in for so many years (fraud, lies)
voices would bring down (fools, lost in) the sky
So why go on?
Forever handicapped, and still we're told there are some bonds that can't be broke
Fraud, lies by terrified escapists
Glass can shield the rain
With my head on the wheel it's my puddles I feel
I'm parked at the gate
I'm used to the wait; the album's long ended
I can't see the sky: precipitation splashes on glass, all I see
Guide me through this night
Your lonely welcome, gleaming, green glowing self shines me inside
Wishing that the lights will change so I can drive by
Waiting for the signs to rearrange, or must I revise my style?
Standing on the only side to open your color scheme
Basking in a color fortified begs to become the green
Wishing that the lights will change so I can drive by
Waiting for the signs to rearrange, or must I revise my style?
Standing on the only side to open your color scheme
Basking in a color fortified begs to become the green
So many things just don't come to mind
Perfectly placed but still out of line
You go your own way and expect the world to wait
We'll meet again ahead in the burning heat of red
Collide, collision. Inside, incision
If words can heal the divide you're speechless in your ride
Your lips will wait tonight for me to run this red light
You lie sweetly on my chest
Bond us tight to rest
My ribs shield you from my heart
Eyes close and we part
Scream, push, weak yet? Scared?
Locked outside? Will you cry?
Will you wait, open arms for your angel?
I tug and pull and build an empty nest for kindred souls
You cut me up into small pieces, not to swallow whole
Is there even a hole at all?
I'm cut waiting
Are you scared to look inside?
Can't fit through the needle's eye?
Am I grotesque when spread wide?
Some doors will never be pried
Or is it not me you fear?
Your naked soul plugs its ears
Walled in for so many years (fraud, lies)
voices would bring down (fools, lost in) the sky
So why go on?
Forever handicapped, and still we're told there are some bonds that can't be broke
Fraud, lies by terrified escapists
Glass can shield the rain
With my head on the wheel it's my puddles I feel
I'm parked at the gate
I'm used to the wait; the album's long ended
I can't see the sky: precipitation splashes on glass, all I see
Guide me through this night
Your lonely welcome, gleaming, green glowing self shines me inside
Wishing that the lights will change so I can drive by
Waiting for the signs to rearrange, or must I revise my style?
Standing on the only side to open your color scheme
Basking in a color fortified begs to become the green
Wishing that the lights will change so I can drive by
Waiting for the signs to rearrange, or must I revise my style?
Standing on the only side to open your color scheme
Basking in a color fortified begs to become the green
So many things just don't come to mind
Perfectly placed but still out of line
You go your own way and expect the world to wait
We'll meet again ahead in the burning heat of red
Collide, collision. Inside, incision
If words can heal the divide you're speechless in your ride
Your lips will wait tonight for me to run this red light
You lie sweetly on my chest
Bond us tight to rest
My ribs shield you from my heart
Eyes close and we part
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Mountain Song
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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."
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Page
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Like all of their song's, this one is very hard to interpret. It seems to start off with someone very frustrated and angry at a relationship; for some reason it's not working. He's parked outside her gate crying, trying to think of what's going on or what he can do to fix things. Then it seems to me like he starts having a fantasy about getting her in bed sometime in the future.