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."
I remember stormy weather
The way the sky looks when it's cold
And you were with me
Content with walking
So unaware of the worlds
Please don't drive me home tonight
'cause I don't want to feel alone
Please don't drive me home tonight
'cause I don't want to go
Tuesday morning
In the dark
I was finding out
Who you are
I took your picture
While you were sleeping
And then I paced around the room
If I had known then
That these things happen
Would they have happened with you?
Please don't drive me home tonight
'cause I don't want to feel alone
Please don't drive me home tonight
'cause I don't want to go
Tuesday morning
In the dark
I was finding out
Who you are
And if you turned around to see me and I was gone
You should have looked outside your window
'cause the sun was coming up
Please don't drive me home tonight
'cause I don't want to feel alone
Tuesday morning
In the dark
We were finding out
Who we are
Tuesday morning
In the dark
We were finding out
Who we are
The way the sky looks when it's cold
And you were with me
Content with walking
So unaware of the worlds
Please don't drive me home tonight
'cause I don't want to feel alone
Please don't drive me home tonight
'cause I don't want to go
Tuesday morning
In the dark
I was finding out
Who you are
I took your picture
While you were sleeping
And then I paced around the room
If I had known then
That these things happen
Would they have happened with you?
Please don't drive me home tonight
'cause I don't want to feel alone
Please don't drive me home tonight
'cause I don't want to go
Tuesday morning
In the dark
I was finding out
Who you are
And if you turned around to see me and I was gone
You should have looked outside your window
'cause the sun was coming up
Please don't drive me home tonight
'cause I don't want to feel alone
Tuesday morning
In the dark
We were finding out
Who we are
Tuesday morning
In the dark
We were finding out
Who we are
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My fave song by michelle, i think when go to england will really be abl to relate, i kinda imagine me lik this on the tuesday mornin i haveto come bak here
I remember Stormy weather The way the sky looks when it's cold And you were with me content with walking So unaware of the world
I think what Ruben posted for lyrics is wrong, above is my interpetation, Probably wrong also... the cds too new to know for sure
i luv this song!!
This is probably one of the best off the new CD. I think it's about a night when her and her boyfriend are together and the weather's really bad and she doesn't want to go home. She wants to stay with him. They spend the night together and on that morning her and her boyfriend become intimate, "Tuesday morning in the dark, I was finding out who you are". I could be completely off with this, but that's how I see it.
x martina x
One of my favorites off her new album! I think the song is about a guy and a girl getting to know each other, it could be in an intimate way or in a new light. When she says "I was finding out who you are", I get the impression she sees something in him that she didn't see before. And when Michelle says "We were finding out who we are" ... I think they might have found out what they are such as, boyfriend or girlfriend.
It's a really good song though.
Now that I think about it, I really agree with charlsie. The whole "Please don't drive me home tonight, cause I don't wanna feel alone" part, it just connects.
x martina x
Unbelievable, truely unbelieveable song.
yes...spickly's right..THOSE are the right lyrics... 'i remember, stormy weather, the way the sky looks when its cold, and you were with me..content with walking, so unaware of the world' anyways..this is a great song..i remember being hooked on it for awhile..its so easy to relate to especially how it's talking about how she doesnt want to leave him..and be a l o n e
It's my favourite song on the CD by far, personally.
Thank you Spickly and dashedforever.....i mean the first part doesnt even make sense if its said that way. I love
"I took your picture while you were sleeping, and then i paced around the room, if i had known then that these things happen, would they have happened with you?"
very poetic in a sense yet it really says somthing. shes falling in love.
Thank you Spickly and dashedforever.....i mean the first part doesnt even make sense if its said that way. I love
"I took your picture while you were sleeping, and then i paced around the room, if i had known then that these things happen, would they have happened with you?"
very poetic in a sense yet it really says somthing. shes falling in love.