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'm not your savior I'm as simple as a lost sheep
But you think I know everything
I'm just like you I'm trying to figure out this bullshit
So why ya looking up to me
I, don't want to hear
Don't want to hear the questions
I got no answers anyway
Say, see I don't know
See I don't know what you want
I never said I knew everything
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
Anything, anything but Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
There's no mistakes there's only lessons I believe that
You've got to find out your own way
So don't you make me into someone that I can't be
That will never appeal to me
I, don't want to hear
Don't want to hear the questions
I got no answers anyway
Say, see I don't know
See I don't know what you want
I never said I knew everything
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
Anything, anything but Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
Strike down on me when I don't have the answers
Don't strike out at me look for the answers
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
Anything, anything but Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
I'm not your savior see I can't help you so why ya looking up to me!
But you think I know everything
I'm just like you I'm trying to figure out this bullshit
So why ya looking up to me
I, don't want to hear
Don't want to hear the questions
I got no answers anyway
Say, see I don't know
See I don't know what you want
I never said I knew everything
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
Anything, anything but Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
There's no mistakes there's only lessons I believe that
You've got to find out your own way
So don't you make me into someone that I can't be
That will never appeal to me
I, don't want to hear
Don't want to hear the questions
I got no answers anyway
Say, see I don't know
See I don't know what you want
I never said I knew everything
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
Anything, anything but Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
Strike down on me when I don't have the answers
Don't strike out at me look for the answers
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
Anything, anything but Jesus in your lost head
I don't want to be I don't want to be Jesus your Jesus I said
I'm not your savior see I can't help you so why ya looking up to me!
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