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."
Scream
Fell forth, destroy the source
Can't see, and my voice is hoarse
Try to wash your hands of us
But you should know better than to leave us in disgust
Let me take you right to the point
All you ever do is encage and disjoint
That does it, the time has arrived
Take it or leave it, you better not side
(You did it again)
All you ever did was doubt
(What do you want?)
Let me tell you what it's all about
One life, nine hearts
And eighteen hands that'll rip you all apart
We're here to decimate
To show you all we will never fall
And it's gonna get serious and critical
Don't stop because the feeling is terminal
Scream like you never have before
(Scream) scream 'til you can't scream anymore
(Scream) scream like your throat is bleeding
(Scream) scream 'til your heart stops beating
Scream for me
Get off of me and give a lie
Show the whole damn world that this will never die
No matter how the energies scatter
Got to know nothing exists but the dream
(Give it all)
'Til there's nothing left to give
(Save it all)
Quit saving you
If you're going to let the pain inside
Never under-estimate the way you live your life
(Scream) scream like you never have before
(Scream) scream 'til you can't scream anymore
(Scream) scream like your throat is bleeding
(Scream) scream 'til your heart stops beating
Scream for me
(All our lives)
All we ever sacrificed has paid
(Everything)
Everything is possible to me
(Why no fate?)
Found everything that I had to take away
(Save your life)
Save it all and make a better way
(All our lives)
All we ever sacrificed has paid
(Everything)
Everything is possible to me
(Why no fate?)
Found everything that I had to take away
(Save your life)
Save it all and make a better way
Yeah
This stress is a feeling that you can't compress
Everything you're going through is total stress
Are you going to be a momentary king or just a run around?
Or will you handle the matter and prove you exist?
(All our lives)
All we ever sacrificed has paid
(Everything)
Everything is possible to me
(Why no fate?)
Found everything that I had to take away
(Save your life)
Save it all and make a better way
(All our lives)
All we ever sacrificed has paid
(Everything)
Everything is possible to me
(Why no fate?)
Found everything that I had to take away
(Save your life)
Save it all and make a better way
Scream (scream, scream, scream, scream, scream, scream, yeah)
Fell forth, destroy the source
Can't see, and my voice is hoarse
Try to wash your hands of us
But you should know better than to leave us in disgust
Let me take you right to the point
All you ever do is encage and disjoint
That does it, the time has arrived
Take it or leave it, you better not side
(You did it again)
All you ever did was doubt
(What do you want?)
Let me tell you what it's all about
One life, nine hearts
And eighteen hands that'll rip you all apart
We're here to decimate
To show you all we will never fall
And it's gonna get serious and critical
Don't stop because the feeling is terminal
Scream like you never have before
(Scream) scream 'til you can't scream anymore
(Scream) scream like your throat is bleeding
(Scream) scream 'til your heart stops beating
Scream for me
Get off of me and give a lie
Show the whole damn world that this will never die
No matter how the energies scatter
Got to know nothing exists but the dream
(Give it all)
'Til there's nothing left to give
(Save it all)
Quit saving you
If you're going to let the pain inside
Never under-estimate the way you live your life
(Scream) scream like you never have before
(Scream) scream 'til you can't scream anymore
(Scream) scream like your throat is bleeding
(Scream) scream 'til your heart stops beating
Scream for me
(All our lives)
All we ever sacrificed has paid
(Everything)
Everything is possible to me
(Why no fate?)
Found everything that I had to take away
(Save your life)
Save it all and make a better way
(All our lives)
All we ever sacrificed has paid
(Everything)
Everything is possible to me
(Why no fate?)
Found everything that I had to take away
(Save your life)
Save it all and make a better way
Yeah
This stress is a feeling that you can't compress
Everything you're going through is total stress
Are you going to be a momentary king or just a run around?
Or will you handle the matter and prove you exist?
(All our lives)
All we ever sacrificed has paid
(Everything)
Everything is possible to me
(Why no fate?)
Found everything that I had to take away
(Save your life)
Save it all and make a better way
(All our lives)
All we ever sacrificed has paid
(Everything)
Everything is possible to me
(Why no fate?)
Found everything that I had to take away
(Save your life)
Save it all and make a better way
Scream (scream, scream, scream, scream, scream, scream, yeah)
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i agree with quiffporn, one life, 9 hearts(slipknot)18 hands that will rip u apart(slipknot has 9 band members 9 times 2=18) just if anyone didnt know