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."
[XU:] "Behold your creation, CROM ! Thine wicked seed - the Bastard of the Cursed Witch - has crushed the Gleaming Citadels of Holy K'UR and has promised to soon destroy thine Sacred City of Worship, Glorious A'RYTH-RA ! We must stop his mad actions ! We are in danger to lose control of the situation... are we not the righteous Rulers of this Dark Domain ?"
[CROM:] "You know, there's only one way to make an end to his destructive course ! We must empower the Dragonslayer again with immortal Moon-Magic and fierce Death-Spells even the Sorcerers fear ! And we just have seen what Magic and Power can do to a Soul Unpure... Do you think that it's clever to fight Fire with Fire, BLOODLUST with BLOODLUST ?"
[XU:] "Of course ! It is dangerous... but do we have another chance ? The world drowns in Crimson Death and K'UR has already fallen to your Son's wrath ! Chaos takes over our Kingdom... STOP HIM, CROM !"
[CROM:] "RIGHT ! The Crimson-King shall be born again beneath the Dragonsky... I will grant him the Sword of the Dragonmasters and enable him to dream the Dreams of Enlightenment... Are you now satisfied ?"
[XU:] "I will be satisfied when your spawn is torn to pieces... FOREVER !!!")
[CROM:] "TOTH JA'ZUL NE'ZA TOTH RA !!!"
([XU:] "I have taken your sight, Witch, and now I am watching you die ! Whore of the Gods, Mistress of CROM, now finally Vengeance is mine !"
[THE WITCH:] "Your Rage in the end it will crush you, merciless and selfish XU ! My son is the Light and the Glory. Your Nemesis, your bane and your Doom !")
[Legends engraved in the Black Stone of A'RYTH-RA:]
"Forged in the Fires of the Eldritch (by the) Dragonmasters of K'UR
(Anointed by the) Elvenlord-Kings of the Black Witch (Unholy and sinful Mistress of Magicians and Gods !)
(Darksome) Treasures gleaming pale azure ! Dark Steel blessed by the Power of the Drune-Queen of XU"
[THE EMPEROR:]
"(Such an) Arcana granted (to me) in my Death-Dreams !
(I am engulfed in) Myriad Visions !
(I was born to wield the Moon-Blade of) Arcane Doom !"
(Spells are woven into the Celestial Sword !)
[Legends engraved in the Black Stone of A'RYTH-RA:]
"Fire and Magic ! Empowered by Moon-Force... (and the Spellcraft of the Witch-Circle !)
Envenomed by Death-Spells... (and the Curses of the Dreaming Dead !)
Only fools ignore (the Power of the True Gods) !"
"STORMHAMMER, Sword of the King !
STORMHAMMER, Wrath of Steel !
STORMHAMMER, tear and sever !
STORMHAMMER, reign forever !
STORMHAMMER ! STORMHAMMER !"
(At the Blood-Stone Altar of CROM, the Slaughtergod, the Sword is given to the King.)
"Entwined the Horrors of the Blind Witch. Wretched Guardian of the Blade.
Hammer of Red Death and Suffering ! Born to rule (and) to enslave !"
[THE EMPEROR:]
"A Millenium of slow Death I shall bestow upon the fool !
I am the Arch-Fiend of the Traitor... (The scourge of the demigod !)
Tyrant ! I am your Bane, your Fear, your Doom !"
("I kneel before the Altar. I speak the Ritual Words in the Tongue of the Elder Gods: TOTH JA'ZUL NE'ZA TOTH RA ! Now the sword is mine ! Eternally !")
[CROM:] "You know, there's only one way to make an end to his destructive course ! We must empower the Dragonslayer again with immortal Moon-Magic and fierce Death-Spells even the Sorcerers fear ! And we just have seen what Magic and Power can do to a Soul Unpure... Do you think that it's clever to fight Fire with Fire, BLOODLUST with BLOODLUST ?"
[XU:] "Of course ! It is dangerous... but do we have another chance ? The world drowns in Crimson Death and K'UR has already fallen to your Son's wrath ! Chaos takes over our Kingdom... STOP HIM, CROM !"
[CROM:] "RIGHT ! The Crimson-King shall be born again beneath the Dragonsky... I will grant him the Sword of the Dragonmasters and enable him to dream the Dreams of Enlightenment... Are you now satisfied ?"
[XU:] "I will be satisfied when your spawn is torn to pieces... FOREVER !!!")
[CROM:] "TOTH JA'ZUL NE'ZA TOTH RA !!!"
([XU:] "I have taken your sight, Witch, and now I am watching you die ! Whore of the Gods, Mistress of CROM, now finally Vengeance is mine !"
[THE WITCH:] "Your Rage in the end it will crush you, merciless and selfish XU ! My son is the Light and the Glory. Your Nemesis, your bane and your Doom !")
[Legends engraved in the Black Stone of A'RYTH-RA:]
"Forged in the Fires of the Eldritch (by the) Dragonmasters of K'UR
(Anointed by the) Elvenlord-Kings of the Black Witch (Unholy and sinful Mistress of Magicians and Gods !)
(Darksome) Treasures gleaming pale azure ! Dark Steel blessed by the Power of the Drune-Queen of XU"
[THE EMPEROR:]
"(Such an) Arcana granted (to me) in my Death-Dreams !
(I am engulfed in) Myriad Visions !
(I was born to wield the Moon-Blade of) Arcane Doom !"
(Spells are woven into the Celestial Sword !)
[Legends engraved in the Black Stone of A'RYTH-RA:]
"Fire and Magic ! Empowered by Moon-Force... (and the Spellcraft of the Witch-Circle !)
Envenomed by Death-Spells... (and the Curses of the Dreaming Dead !)
Only fools ignore (the Power of the True Gods) !"
"STORMHAMMER, Sword of the King !
STORMHAMMER, Wrath of Steel !
STORMHAMMER, tear and sever !
STORMHAMMER, reign forever !
STORMHAMMER ! STORMHAMMER !"
(At the Blood-Stone Altar of CROM, the Slaughtergod, the Sword is given to the King.)
"Entwined the Horrors of the Blind Witch. Wretched Guardian of the Blade.
Hammer of Red Death and Suffering ! Born to rule (and) to enslave !"
[THE EMPEROR:]
"A Millenium of slow Death I shall bestow upon the fool !
I am the Arch-Fiend of the Traitor... (The scourge of the demigod !)
Tyrant ! I am your Bane, your Fear, your Doom !"
("I kneel before the Altar. I speak the Ritual Words in the Tongue of the Elder Gods: TOTH JA'ZUL NE'ZA TOTH RA ! Now the sword is mine ! Eternally !")
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"'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."
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