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."
She took a walk on a Saturday
And all of the people were gone
The buildings were down and all the birds had flown away
But she just kept singing her song
Lazy days
Just time and space
Isn't it wonderful
Impossible to believe she's the only one
And isn't it incredible
In the blink of a eye it was done
She's the girl who fell out with the sun and got stuck on the moon
She started digging for sunshine and wound up with dirt in her nails
Building her house on the edge of divine
No wonder she never fails
The pain is gone but there's no way home
Time and space
There's a million ways to feel beautiful
Impossible to believe she's the only one
And isn't it incredible
In the blink of a eye it was done
She's the girl who fell out with the sun and got stuck on the moon
Nothing to prove
And what's left to stay when all that you know has been taken away
Put your feet up
Turn your problems down
Take every day as it's coming around
There's a million ways to feel beautiful
Impossible to believe she's the only one
And isn't it incredible
She's the girl who fell out with the sun
Impossible
In the blink of a eye it was done
She's the girl who fell out with the sun and got stuck on the moon
And all of the people were gone
The buildings were down and all the birds had flown away
But she just kept singing her song
Lazy days
Just time and space
Isn't it wonderful
Impossible to believe she's the only one
And isn't it incredible
In the blink of a eye it was done
She's the girl who fell out with the sun and got stuck on the moon
She started digging for sunshine and wound up with dirt in her nails
Building her house on the edge of divine
No wonder she never fails
The pain is gone but there's no way home
Time and space
There's a million ways to feel beautiful
Impossible to believe she's the only one
And isn't it incredible
In the blink of a eye it was done
She's the girl who fell out with the sun and got stuck on the moon
Nothing to prove
And what's left to stay when all that you know has been taken away
Put your feet up
Turn your problems down
Take every day as it's coming around
There's a million ways to feel beautiful
Impossible to believe she's the only one
And isn't it incredible
She's the girl who fell out with the sun
Impossible
In the blink of a eye it was done
She's the girl who fell out with the sun and got stuck on the moon
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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."
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