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."
You may find that my appetite gets its way
It keeps on growing and growing
Before you know it I'm a beast swallowing prey
And it is clear, it is clear
It's as clear as a fucking bell
The more I wear off on you
The more I seen the way i'll smell
Come on, get a way and save yourself
Come on, turn away and don't look back.
Come on, get a way and save yourself.
Come on, gray skies are turning black.
Cuz I will always hurt everyone I love
If I were you, I'd run away cuz it's true that
I will always hurt everyone I love.
I make it for you, but your bound to play if I adore you
You will see, that there's a blood clot in my heart
I'm trying to make time to push it out but I can't quite seem to start
And it is sore, it is sore
It's so sore that it hurts to feed.
You keep on taking little pieces of me
I'm gonna show you how to bleed
Come on, get a way and save yourself
Come on, turn away and don't look back.
Come on, get a way and save yourself.
Come on, gray skies are turning black.
Cuz I will always hurt everyone I love
If I were you, I'd run away cuz it's true that
I will always hurt everyone I love.
I make it for you, but your bound to play if I adore you
I think I'll keep you in a place where I can see you
But I know I'll break you like before, and I just can't do this anymore
Cuz I will always hurt everyone I love
If I were you, I'd run away cuz it's true that
I will always hurt everyone I love.
I make it for you, but your bound to play if I adore you
I make it for you (for you)
It keeps on growing and growing
Before you know it I'm a beast swallowing prey
And it is clear, it is clear
It's as clear as a fucking bell
The more I wear off on you
The more I seen the way i'll smell
Come on, get a way and save yourself
Come on, turn away and don't look back.
Come on, get a way and save yourself.
Come on, gray skies are turning black.
Cuz I will always hurt everyone I love
If I were you, I'd run away cuz it's true that
I will always hurt everyone I love.
I make it for you, but your bound to play if I adore you
You will see, that there's a blood clot in my heart
I'm trying to make time to push it out but I can't quite seem to start
And it is sore, it is sore
It's so sore that it hurts to feed.
You keep on taking little pieces of me
I'm gonna show you how to bleed
Come on, get a way and save yourself
Come on, turn away and don't look back.
Come on, get a way and save yourself.
Come on, gray skies are turning black.
Cuz I will always hurt everyone I love
If I were you, I'd run away cuz it's true that
I will always hurt everyone I love.
I make it for you, but your bound to play if I adore you
I think I'll keep you in a place where I can see you
But I know I'll break you like before, and I just can't do this anymore
Cuz I will always hurt everyone I love
If I were you, I'd run away cuz it's true that
I will always hurt everyone I love.
I make it for you, but your bound to play if I adore you
I make it for you (for you)
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Now; there has been some comments here about this songs and its relation to the movie Underworld. Since those comments lead me astray when I was looking for a song that is played in the movie (during Micheal's metamorphosis) because they were stating falsehoods I will give the facts in this comment. Here they are; Underworld was released 2003. Seeing that this song (Coward) was released 2007 and the other song (Sword, by Ashes Divide) was released 2008 neither of them can be the origin to the song played during the scene when Michael is changing to werewolf form of a Lycan. Thus, this is not the song played in the movie. There is however; in the end of the closing credits, a reference to the song that is played. The reference states: "COWARD - Written by Wes Borland and Danny Lohner - Performed by Renholder". So it seems evident that the song on this page was written as a sort of tribute or at least inspired by the movie Underworld. This may be something valuable to hold in mind in the future when trying to grasp the meaning of this band's songs. They have used material from the movie Underworld, not the other way around. May help you interpret this band's songs more correctly. For the future; please stay critical of your sources and remember to check them. The ending credits of the movie is more authentic than some comments on yahoo etc. (Just because you don't find it on Spotify doesn't mean that the song doesn't exist) I have written this comment for people who, like me, has been led astray in their search for the song played in Underworld during Michael's Metamorphosis. It is not intended as an insult towards anybody. Good luck!