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."
Well I don't know what to do when things go wrong
And it's a hopeless situation
God knows how
And I know
And I find
Some peace of mind
How is the man that talks about you now'
It became a hopeless situation when he left town
And I know
Yeah I know
This peace of mind
Cause I'm stupid like this
And I'm stupid like that
I'm stupid cause I make a mess of things to get you back
I never wanna see you're happy without me
I wish I could've been somebody else
Been somebody else
Standing in a single spot of compromise the things we all have to say that no one ever knew
A drink expanse the ride you caught
The college's girls think I'm a joke
The day's of run have past
Each one's like the last
Yeah yeah...
Cause I'm stupid like this
And I'm stupid like that
I'm stupid cause I make a mess of things to get you back
I never wanna see you're happy without me
I wish I could've been somebody else
Each one's like the last...
And it's a hopeless situation
God knows how
And I know
And I find
Some peace of mind
How is the man that talks about you now'
It became a hopeless situation when he left town
And I know
Yeah I know
This peace of mind
Cause I'm stupid like this
And I'm stupid like that
I'm stupid cause I make a mess of things to get you back
I never wanna see you're happy without me
I wish I could've been somebody else
Been somebody else
Standing in a single spot of compromise the things we all have to say that no one ever knew
A drink expanse the ride you caught
The college's girls think I'm a joke
The day's of run have past
Each one's like the last
Yeah yeah...
Cause I'm stupid like this
And I'm stupid like that
I'm stupid cause I make a mess of things to get you back
I never wanna see you're happy without me
I wish I could've been somebody else
Each one's like the last...
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I think the line is:
"I Drink Expensive Rye, Do Coke The College Girls Think I'm a Joke"
Instead of the "A drink expanse the ride you caught".
If I'm right, I think the line kind of kills a bit of the song for me. It has a bit of innocence and throwing throwing the hard drug reference sort of dirties it up. Maybe that's the point?
Beyond that, this is a pretty killer song. I like the admission that he knows he's being dumb about it, but he still keeps on it. I can sort of relate to parts of the song, but not currently. That said, I appreciate the song and have friends who this likely applies to. :)
@logansrun51 you are ABSOLUTELY correct… the lyric is basically a “list”. <br /> <br /> I drink expensive rye, do coke.<br /> The college girls Think im a joke.<br /> <br /> Another place in this lyric that needs changing is right before that that says “Standing in a single spot of compromise the things we all have to say that no one ever knew” the lyric is actually “Standing in the singles bar or compromise the things we are I have to say you know Im nothing new.”<br /> <br /> And one more: “The day's of run have past” should be “The days are runnin’ past. Each ones like the last.”<br /> <br /> These lyrics are copy and pasted all over the internet incorrectly. <br /> <br /> As for the song its self, well, There are a few songs that Daniel Power makes references to drugs and drug use. “Jimmy Gets High” is one that comes to mind. I do believe that most of the references are about how its a bad thing not referred to a good thing. If I was guessing that it may be something from his personal life. Where I would love to claim a lot of songs out there as “My song” or Hits me in the feels I also have to remember Its a shared feeling. He was writing the song from his point of view which dosent exactly hit on every word but the majority of them do. <br /> <br /> In fact I found this on the Warner Bros. Records site:<br /> <br /> “By the time the success had ran out, Daniel found himself addicted to alcohol and cocaine. "I became a slave to it and ended up managing my life around it," he recalled. He tackled these vices for five years, which included a stint in rehab.”<br /> ———-<br /> My bet is that he was writing about his own life or at least his old life. The song is about regret and being down on himself for making “stupid” decisions.