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."
I wasn't accounted
I wasn't attacked
I wanted a way out
You know me better than that
I wasn't delayed and
I wasn't content
I'm really fucked here
Don't ever fucking come back!
Hello - it's here to stay
Turn on the other way
Saw it all to see it all
Even if I wanted to
Damaged man
I am the anguish man
I wanted to see you
I wanted a brain
I'm out of goodness
And left with nothing to say
I haven't the slightest
I haven't a chance
I'm sorry it's someone
I guess we're all too late
Shallow - it's all a game
You are the only way
Fire on and watch me die
I don't want to do it but
Damaged man
I am the anguish man
A damaged man
I am the anguish man
I wanna be nobody
I wanna be nobody
I wanna be nobody
I wanna be nobody
Damaged man
I am the anguish man
A damaged man
I am the anguish man
"And I stood and gazed
With glazed eyes
Night eyes
My eyes
At the whole wide world around me
They all kept their promises, alright
But what they never realized
Was everything I was promised
Was shit I never asked for
No more pockets being fed
No more exotic exaltations
No more social priapisms
Just the complete and unphacitable realization
That the whole wide world around me
Is out of my hands
Am I angry?
Of course I'm angry
But no matter how I scream
No matter how much frenzied saliva flies from my mouth
It's still not enough
And it will never be enough
To whit the end...of me"
I wasn't attacked
I wanted a way out
You know me better than that
I wasn't delayed and
I wasn't content
I'm really fucked here
Don't ever fucking come back!
Hello - it's here to stay
Turn on the other way
Saw it all to see it all
Even if I wanted to
Damaged man
I am the anguish man
I wanted to see you
I wanted a brain
I'm out of goodness
And left with nothing to say
I haven't the slightest
I haven't a chance
I'm sorry it's someone
I guess we're all too late
Shallow - it's all a game
You are the only way
Fire on and watch me die
I don't want to do it but
Damaged man
I am the anguish man
A damaged man
I am the anguish man
I wanna be nobody
I wanna be nobody
I wanna be nobody
I wanna be nobody
Damaged man
I am the anguish man
A damaged man
I am the anguish man
"And I stood and gazed
With glazed eyes
Night eyes
My eyes
At the whole wide world around me
They all kept their promises, alright
But what they never realized
Was everything I was promised
Was shit I never asked for
No more pockets being fed
No more exotic exaltations
No more social priapisms
Just the complete and unphacitable realization
That the whole wide world around me
Is out of my hands
Am I angry?
Of course I'm angry
But no matter how I scream
No matter how much frenzied saliva flies from my mouth
It's still not enough
And it will never be enough
To whit the end...of me"
Lyrics submitted by Kaz Otos
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Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
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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."
Blue
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