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."
Call on the Fates; this'll take a second
While I fall on my face like everyone else
And we can talk all we want, but all I can say
Is that I'm sorry and I'm sorry
But I'm never gonna do it again
Counting on my relative friends
When this keeps coming up again and again
If everybody knows how it's gonna end
Why doesn't someone stop me?
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor
For the sixth or seventh night in a row
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
It's hard to rely on the rhythm section
When they're all packing up and they're heading for the exit
Yeah, we're all just the same, a bunch of slaves to fashion
Who are tall, dark, and scared, and just praying for some action
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
I'm counting on my relative friends (inaction)
'Cause this keeps coming up again and again (inaction)
If everybody knows how it's gonna end (inaction)
Why doesn't someone stop me? (inaction)
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor (inaction)
For the sixth or seventh night in a row (inaction)
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
I can't keep counting on my relative friends (inaction)
'Cause this keeps coming up again and again (inaction)
If everybody knows how it's gonna end (inaction)
Why doesn't someone stop me? (inaction)
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor (inaction)
For the sixth or seventh night in a row (inaction)
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
While I fall on my face like everyone else
And we can talk all we want, but all I can say
Is that I'm sorry and I'm sorry
But I'm never gonna do it again
Counting on my relative friends
When this keeps coming up again and again
If everybody knows how it's gonna end
Why doesn't someone stop me?
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor
For the sixth or seventh night in a row
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
It's hard to rely on the rhythm section
When they're all packing up and they're heading for the exit
Yeah, we're all just the same, a bunch of slaves to fashion
Who are tall, dark, and scared, and just praying for some action
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
I'm counting on my relative friends (inaction)
'Cause this keeps coming up again and again (inaction)
If everybody knows how it's gonna end (inaction)
Why doesn't someone stop me? (inaction)
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor (inaction)
For the sixth or seventh night in a row (inaction)
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
I can't keep counting on my relative friends (inaction)
'Cause this keeps coming up again and again (inaction)
If everybody knows how it's gonna end (inaction)
Why doesn't someone stop me? (inaction)
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor (inaction)
For the sixth or seventh night in a row (inaction)
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
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Inaction Lyrics as written by Keith Murray Christopher Cain
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