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."
Wait, there's never been a mess like this
No more hands to hold
When the page turns tomorrow, with the hurt to give up
Curses as god has (sold us)
Believe me, hell has no room for your crime
So beat me till the blood and the bone finds our end near
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
And boy, you're never gonna see
The things that'll come of these
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
So march to the drumming
Show them you're coming
You've been their play
Cut to the carving
Bleed them 'til running
Enough, they'll take no more
You've been living off their power, boy
Now go and make your move
Curse us, these gods aren't faking
Have mercy on the cowards, boys
They'll pray to have you lose
Help us, this world's now breaking
So now they've noticed all you've given in sound
Let us in, let us in
Give me love over life the sweet soft of ground
Let us in, let us in now
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
And boy, you're never gonna see
The things that'll come of these
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
So march to the drumming
Show them you're coming
You've been their play
Cut to the carving
Bleed them 'til running
Enough, they'll take no more
In the light we'll sing, as all hurt must bring
In the falling cusp of all broken things
In the coming dusk, you will call on us
And unite we must, I'm the Crowing, thus
You all think you've figured me out, do as I say
Your words mean nothing at all, so now, I lay
I said, "Come, momma, come, momma, as I need"
I said, "Come, momma, come, momma, watch it bleed"
Oh, what did I do to deserve all of this?
What did I do to deserve all of you?
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
No more hands to hold
When the page turns tomorrow, with the hurt to give up
Curses as god has (sold us)
Believe me, hell has no room for your crime
So beat me till the blood and the bone finds our end near
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
And boy, you're never gonna see
The things that'll come of these
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
So march to the drumming
Show them you're coming
You've been their play
Cut to the carving
Bleed them 'til running
Enough, they'll take no more
You've been living off their power, boy
Now go and make your move
Curse us, these gods aren't faking
Have mercy on the cowards, boys
They'll pray to have you lose
Help us, this world's now breaking
So now they've noticed all you've given in sound
Let us in, let us in
Give me love over life the sweet soft of ground
Let us in, let us in now
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
And boy, you're never gonna see
The things that'll come of these
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
So march to the drumming
Show them you're coming
You've been their play
Cut to the carving
Bleed them 'til running
Enough, they'll take no more
In the light we'll sing, as all hurt must bring
In the falling cusp of all broken things
In the coming dusk, you will call on us
And unite we must, I'm the Crowing, thus
You all think you've figured me out, do as I say
Your words mean nothing at all, so now, I lay
I said, "Come, momma, come, momma, as I need"
I said, "Come, momma, come, momma, watch it bleed"
Oh, what did I do to deserve all of this?
What did I do to deserve all of you?
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
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