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 know what I said
Was heat of the moment
But there's a little truth in between the words we've spoken
It's a little late now to fix a heart that's broken
Please, don't ask me where I'm going
'Cause I don't know
No, I don't know anymore
It used to feel like heaven
Used to feel like May
I used to hear those violins playing our strings like a symphony
Now they've gone away
Nobody wants to face the truth
But you won't believe what love can do
'Til it happens to you
'Til it happens to you
Went to the old flat
Guess I was trying to turn the clock back
How come that nothing feels the same now when I'm with you?
We used to stay up all night in the kitchen when our love was new
Ooh, love, I'm a fool to believe in you
'Cause I don't know
No, I don't know
Anymore
It used to feel like heaven
It used to feel like May
I used to hear those violins playing our strings like a symphony
Now they're gone away
Nobody wants to know the truth
Until their heart's broken (their heart's been broken)
Don't you dare tell them what you think to do (don't you dare)
'Til they get over (and over, over)
You can only learn these things from experience
When you get older (oh, when you get older, you'll understand, oh)
I just wish that someone would have told me, mm-hmm-mm
Ooh, mm-hmm-mm, oh
'Til it happens to you
'Til it happens to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
'Til it happens to you
Ooh, oh, oh, oh, ooh
Was heat of the moment
But there's a little truth in between the words we've spoken
It's a little late now to fix a heart that's broken
Please, don't ask me where I'm going
'Cause I don't know
No, I don't know anymore
It used to feel like heaven
Used to feel like May
I used to hear those violins playing our strings like a symphony
Now they've gone away
Nobody wants to face the truth
But you won't believe what love can do
'Til it happens to you
'Til it happens to you
Went to the old flat
Guess I was trying to turn the clock back
How come that nothing feels the same now when I'm with you?
We used to stay up all night in the kitchen when our love was new
Ooh, love, I'm a fool to believe in you
'Cause I don't know
No, I don't know
Anymore
It used to feel like heaven
It used to feel like May
I used to hear those violins playing our strings like a symphony
Now they're gone away
Nobody wants to know the truth
Until their heart's broken (their heart's been broken)
Don't you dare tell them what you think to do (don't you dare)
'Til they get over (and over, over)
You can only learn these things from experience
When you get older (oh, when you get older, you'll understand, oh)
I just wish that someone would have told me, mm-hmm-mm
Ooh, mm-hmm-mm, oh
'Til it happens to you
'Til it happens to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
'Til it happens to you
Ooh, oh, oh, oh, ooh
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this is happening to me right at this moment.. only a few hours ago, someone broke my heart for the first time.
i just wish someone would've told me.. instead letting it happen to me.