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."
Malignant seed... Flourish within
Awake and breate...The scourge of blasphemy
Engulfed in frenzy...True hate ignited
Ablaze...Our world is born from the ashes of heaven
Destroy the words of the almighty
Burn the pages of the gospel
Now I've seen the truth in my own
His words are not my own
Coward...Would be his name
Weak... Would be his frame
His followers shall be the same
Mock the god-loving whore
Upon the shores of eternal peace
The bloodwar crushes your sactity
The bloodshed shall never cease
Your lord...Jesus Christ
Your lord...Born of sin
Your lord...The veil of hope
God's will... so shall you suffer divine
Upon the shores of eternal peace
The bloodwar crushes your sactity
The bloodshed shall never cease
Your lord...Jesus Christ
Your lord...Born of sin
Your lord...The veil of hope
God's will... so shall you suffer divine
Savior To None... Failure For All
Savior To None... Failure For All
Savior To None... Failure For All
Savior To None... Failure For All
His flesh upon the oak
Nailed and soiled with shit
To worship such fraility
Is the mirror of yourself
Us amongst the sheep
As sheep you are
Wander to the pyres we've prepared
Malignant seed... Flourish within
Awake and breate...The scourge of blasphemy
Engulfed in frenzy...True hate ignited
Ablaze...
Serenade your children to sleep
For they are now dying before you
Realize the truth as you begin to burn
Your lord...Jesus Christ
Saviour to none...Failure for all
Coward...Would be his name
Weak... Would be his frame
His followers shall be the same
Mock the god-loving whore
Destroy the words of the almighty
Burn the pages of the gospel
Now I've seen the truth in my own
His words are not my own
Your lord...Jesus Christ
Your lord...Born of sin
Your lord...The veil of hope
God's will... so shall you suffer divine
Your lord...Jesus Christ
Your lord...Born of sin
Your lord...The veil of hope
God's will... so shall you suffer divine
His flesh upon the oak
Nailed and soiled with shit
To worship such fraility
Is the mirror of yourself
Us amongst the sheep
As sheep you are
Wander to the pyres we've prepared
Burn...
Awake and breate...The scourge of blasphemy
Engulfed in frenzy...True hate ignited
Ablaze...Our world is born from the ashes of heaven
Destroy the words of the almighty
Burn the pages of the gospel
Now I've seen the truth in my own
His words are not my own
Coward...Would be his name
Weak... Would be his frame
His followers shall be the same
Mock the god-loving whore
Upon the shores of eternal peace
The bloodwar crushes your sactity
The bloodshed shall never cease
Your lord...Jesus Christ
Your lord...Born of sin
Your lord...The veil of hope
God's will... so shall you suffer divine
Upon the shores of eternal peace
The bloodwar crushes your sactity
The bloodshed shall never cease
Your lord...Jesus Christ
Your lord...Born of sin
Your lord...The veil of hope
God's will... so shall you suffer divine
Savior To None... Failure For All
Savior To None... Failure For All
Savior To None... Failure For All
Savior To None... Failure For All
His flesh upon the oak
Nailed and soiled with shit
To worship such fraility
Is the mirror of yourself
Us amongst the sheep
As sheep you are
Wander to the pyres we've prepared
Malignant seed... Flourish within
Awake and breate...The scourge of blasphemy
Engulfed in frenzy...True hate ignited
Ablaze...
Serenade your children to sleep
For they are now dying before you
Realize the truth as you begin to burn
Your lord...Jesus Christ
Saviour to none...Failure for all
Coward...Would be his name
Weak... Would be his frame
His followers shall be the same
Mock the god-loving whore
Destroy the words of the almighty
Burn the pages of the gospel
Now I've seen the truth in my own
His words are not my own
Your lord...Jesus Christ
Your lord...Born of sin
Your lord...The veil of hope
God's will... so shall you suffer divine
Your lord...Jesus Christ
Your lord...Born of sin
Your lord...The veil of hope
God's will... so shall you suffer divine
His flesh upon the oak
Nailed and soiled with shit
To worship such fraility
Is the mirror of yourself
Us amongst the sheep
As sheep you are
Wander to the pyres we've prepared
Burn...
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