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."
If I can't remember the words
Could you be my tongue for these few seconds
And spit them out for me
See I've crossed the line
And I've done what I told myself I'd never
We've become everything that we once hated
Feeling special actually listening to my conscience
When it confronts me
I told myself I wouldn't waste my time holding my breath
For what may potentially be a lost cause
Leave me stranded branded stupid
And all to often a sucker for the teenage delusion
Called true love
But you changed me
You are the risk that I'm taking
I'll stand beside the rest of our lives
And put my trust in loves
But I can't do this all alone
I can't make you believe me when I say
You're all I ever need
You're the reason I believe
That everything in my life has
Brought me to this point for a reason
What were the last words that you said to me
Stuck hanging off your lips as I leave you
Talking yourself blue in the face again
This loss for words can't get me out of what its got me in
Choking on the right lines picking up the wrong signs
I understand that promises
("Never speak of this again")
Mean nothing if the words have no meaning
(I give in)
But haven't we already grown used to waiting?
(A promise is only words)
And I can wait as long as it takes
To make you see I mean it
I'm so bad at goodbyes
That's why I never want to leave you're side again
So until the next time that I see you I've got to
Got to keep on breathing
Got to keep on breathing
To make you see
(Kids leave her alone she needs this)
To make you see I mean it
(Just leave her alone she needs this)
Could you be my tongue for these few seconds
And spit them out for me
See I've crossed the line
And I've done what I told myself I'd never
We've become everything that we once hated
Feeling special actually listening to my conscience
When it confronts me
I told myself I wouldn't waste my time holding my breath
For what may potentially be a lost cause
Leave me stranded branded stupid
And all to often a sucker for the teenage delusion
Called true love
But you changed me
You are the risk that I'm taking
I'll stand beside the rest of our lives
And put my trust in loves
But I can't do this all alone
I can't make you believe me when I say
You're all I ever need
You're the reason I believe
That everything in my life has
Brought me to this point for a reason
What were the last words that you said to me
Stuck hanging off your lips as I leave you
Talking yourself blue in the face again
This loss for words can't get me out of what its got me in
Choking on the right lines picking up the wrong signs
I understand that promises
("Never speak of this again")
Mean nothing if the words have no meaning
(I give in)
But haven't we already grown used to waiting?
(A promise is only words)
And I can wait as long as it takes
To make you see I mean it
I'm so bad at goodbyes
That's why I never want to leave you're side again
So until the next time that I see you I've got to
Got to keep on breathing
Got to keep on breathing
To make you see
(Kids leave her alone she needs this)
To make you see I mean it
(Just leave her alone she needs this)
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