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."
gamushara ni nanika wo sagashiteta
tsumazuite mo ii kara mae ni
bakageteru no ha wakatteru,
tada koukai senu you hashiru no sa
shinrai dekiru no ha jibun dake de,
nakama nante iranakatta
nanimokamo ni muketeta yaiba
shishun no H ha moroku hakanai
tsuyoku naritai hitori de ikiru tsuyosa wo
hontou ha uragirareru no ga kowai dake
nigete bakari jya nani hitotsu kawaranai to
wakatteru no ni kawarenu boku ga iru
hokorashige ni kazashiteta kodoku to iu puraido ha
yaku ni tatanu risou he to nigeru tame no hane datta
hokorashige ni kazashiteta jikoshuchou to iu 'RIOT'
kono hikari no mukou ni ha jiyuu nado nakattan da
Teenage Bluely Days
areteita mainichi ni oboretenda
kizuitara kodoku seotteta
tsurakatta. hontou ha hitori nante ne
nozondenakattan da
tsuyogatte bakari jya hontou no kao wasurechau kara
tama ni chikara wo nuite dareka ni tayoru koto mo daiji desu
kizutsuite... nakitai toki ha oozora ni mukatte oogoe de sakendemite
watashi ga watashi wo wasuretai you ni, watashi no mama de ireru you ni
konna yowai boku no tame ni senaka oshitekuremashita
hokorashige ni kazasu teta kodoku to shishunshou ha
yaku ni tatanu risou he to nigeru tame no hane datta
aoku hareta ano sora no jiyuu ga aru to suru nara
kono hokori takaki hane ga chigirete mo kamawanai
boku ha hashiridashiteta gamushara ni sora wo megakete
hane wo hiroge tobidatta rakkaten ha 'jiyuu' na no da to
subarashiki kazoku wo mochi subarashiki nakama wo motta
saikou no hibi datta umarekawattara mata aou...
tsumazuite mo ii kara mae ni
bakageteru no ha wakatteru,
tada koukai senu you hashiru no sa
shinrai dekiru no ha jibun dake de,
nakama nante iranakatta
nanimokamo ni muketeta yaiba
shishun no H ha moroku hakanai
tsuyoku naritai hitori de ikiru tsuyosa wo
hontou ha uragirareru no ga kowai dake
nigete bakari jya nani hitotsu kawaranai to
wakatteru no ni kawarenu boku ga iru
hokorashige ni kazashiteta kodoku to iu puraido ha
yaku ni tatanu risou he to nigeru tame no hane datta
hokorashige ni kazashiteta jikoshuchou to iu 'RIOT'
kono hikari no mukou ni ha jiyuu nado nakattan da
Teenage Bluely Days
areteita mainichi ni oboretenda
kizuitara kodoku seotteta
tsurakatta. hontou ha hitori nante ne
nozondenakattan da
tsuyogatte bakari jya hontou no kao wasurechau kara
tama ni chikara wo nuite dareka ni tayoru koto mo daiji desu
kizutsuite... nakitai toki ha oozora ni mukatte oogoe de sakendemite
watashi ga watashi wo wasuretai you ni, watashi no mama de ireru you ni
konna yowai boku no tame ni senaka oshitekuremashita
hokorashige ni kazasu teta kodoku to shishunshou ha
yaku ni tatanu risou he to nigeru tame no hane datta
aoku hareta ano sora no jiyuu ga aru to suru nara
kono hokori takaki hane ga chigirete mo kamawanai
boku ha hashiridashiteta gamushara ni sora wo megakete
hane wo hiroge tobidatta rakkaten ha 'jiyuu' na no da to
subarashiki kazoku wo mochi subarashiki nakama wo motta
saikou no hibi datta umarekawattara mata aou...
Lyrics submitted by horrorcunt
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