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."
It burns like a fire in the night
It polarizes and becomes her starlight
Starlight
Under the trees, in the night
You'll find it there
In the space between heartbeats
Where the whole world disappears
In another garden
I'm lost again
Like the razor's kiss
It's you I hold
And the flame still burns (forever)
And her hearts still yearns (forever)
And in my dreams I've found this place
But the endless pain (forever)
And the light grows faint (forever)
As forever fades away
Forever fades away
Inside your dreams you will see forever ?
It's around us but we cannot stay
Moments are all we have
But in this moment we can live a lifetime here
All thats passed and shrunken
Falls away under the trees
In another garden
I'm lost again
Like the razor's kiss
It's you I hold
And the flame still burns (forever)
And her hearts still yearns (forever)
And in my dreams I've found this place
But the endless pain (forever)
And the light grows faint (forever)
As forever fades away
Forever fades away
In another garden
I'm lost again
Like the razor's kiss
It's you I hold
And the flame still burns (forever)
And her hearts still yearns (forever)
And in my dreams I've found this place
But the endless pain (forever)
And the light grows faint (forever)
As forever fades away
Forever fades away x 2
As forever fades away
Forever fades away x2
As forever fades away
Forever fades away
It polarizes and becomes her starlight
Starlight
Under the trees, in the night
You'll find it there
In the space between heartbeats
Where the whole world disappears
In another garden
I'm lost again
Like the razor's kiss
It's you I hold
And the flame still burns (forever)
And her hearts still yearns (forever)
And in my dreams I've found this place
But the endless pain (forever)
And the light grows faint (forever)
As forever fades away
Forever fades away
Inside your dreams you will see forever ?
It's around us but we cannot stay
Moments are all we have
But in this moment we can live a lifetime here
All thats passed and shrunken
Falls away under the trees
In another garden
I'm lost again
Like the razor's kiss
It's you I hold
And the flame still burns (forever)
And her hearts still yearns (forever)
And in my dreams I've found this place
But the endless pain (forever)
And the light grows faint (forever)
As forever fades away
Forever fades away
In another garden
I'm lost again
Like the razor's kiss
It's you I hold
And the flame still burns (forever)
And her hearts still yearns (forever)
And in my dreams I've found this place
But the endless pain (forever)
And the light grows faint (forever)
As forever fades away
Forever fades away x 2
As forever fades away
Forever fades away x2
As forever fades away
Forever fades away
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