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."
No I'm fine. I've lived so far my life in vain. Ah! I've lived so far my life I'm tired. The only power carve a flank. Don't tell me I'm tempted. Sign of steady . Don't! Stop pulse of lightshades I'm tired. You'll find ways in your brain/tired. Argh. You'll tell somebody what I am. One fake beauty said sorry I'm like you.
Just to say you should whisper. How candid I will be. And together we'll lift up. I'm waiting for love and I'll lie. I'm teaching some lesson life to me. How else to cut the red thing out and lets cut the red out together, inside I feel you.
ARGHHHH!
I will fake it and fall stand tall. You're acting tired find your body laying down. I win, you can die.
Lay down I broke your knees. Sit down cuz of curtesies our eyes lay inside. Its why you gave up time, though that time has broken me. Set sight that you might see the insides of why you gave up time. And you now you have fucking broke me, and now you have fucking broke me, and now you have fucking broke me, and now you have ... broken me.
arghhh I, I don't know, broken knees and heres countdown inside fine you stole Guide your eyes. Stand hes waiting Go and countdown.
Die .(I) Love just for her. I love just for her. I love just for her. I love just for her. . I love just for her.
This heart is stitched around our love mistake. And in the silence i know it was my own wake. This heart is stitched around our love mistake. And in the silence i know it was my awake .This heart is stitched around our lovely love mistake. It was just silence i know it was my waken. This heart is stitched around our love mistake and in your silence i knew it was smart not weak.T his heart is stitched around our love mistake It was your silence i knew it was your lovely"
Just to say you should whisper. How candid I will be. And together we'll lift up. I'm waiting for love and I'll lie. I'm teaching some lesson life to me. How else to cut the red thing out and lets cut the red out together, inside I feel you.
ARGHHHH!
I will fake it and fall stand tall. You're acting tired find your body laying down. I win, you can die.
Lay down I broke your knees. Sit down cuz of curtesies our eyes lay inside. Its why you gave up time, though that time has broken me. Set sight that you might see the insides of why you gave up time. And you now you have fucking broke me, and now you have fucking broke me, and now you have fucking broke me, and now you have ... broken me.
arghhh I, I don't know, broken knees and heres countdown inside fine you stole Guide your eyes. Stand hes waiting Go and countdown.
Die .(I) Love just for her. I love just for her. I love just for her. I love just for her. . I love just for her.
This heart is stitched around our love mistake. And in the silence i know it was my own wake. This heart is stitched around our love mistake. And in the silence i know it was my awake .This heart is stitched around our lovely love mistake. It was just silence i know it was my waken. This heart is stitched around our love mistake and in your silence i knew it was smart not weak.T his heart is stitched around our love mistake It was your silence i knew it was your lovely"
Lyrics submitted by Nevuk
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Most of this is very tentative, I did it by ear. Some of it that seems like its easy to get is not at all. This took a long while to do, I have the times saved at which I wasn't sure, but I didn't leave them in this due to SM's policy on lyrics.