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."
oh there is no right
there is no wrong
the way we live
there is only wrong
so radical
destroyed for nothing
and i don't care
i don't care anymore
remarkable
pulsating creature
into his calves
the poison flows
when it is wondrous
it makes us whole
force a hammer and a nail
through his skull
journey to the end of the night
am i alright
do i look alright?
a car has killed you
and your corpse
has de-discouraged us
to never never never never
look up the scorpion in our chests
cuts the word to scar
powerlessness
journey to the end of the night
am i alright
do i look alright? (x1.5)
there is no wrong
the way we live
there is only wrong
so radical
destroyed for nothing
and i don't care
i don't care anymore
remarkable
pulsating creature
into his calves
the poison flows
when it is wondrous
it makes us whole
force a hammer and a nail
through his skull
journey to the end of the night
am i alright
do i look alright?
a car has killed you
and your corpse
has de-discouraged us
to never never never never
look up the scorpion in our chests
cuts the word to scar
powerlessness
journey to the end of the night
am i alright
do i look alright? (x1.5)
Lyrics submitted by plzgirlfriendplz
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Great version of a great song,
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"oh there is no right" "there is no right"
"then why do we live" "the way we live"
"poison creature" "pulsating creature"
"has indeed discouraged us" "has de-discouraged us"
"he puts a hammer and a nail" "force a hammer and a nail"
thanks. i think it's getting closer and closer to being right.
i wouldn't have caught "pulsating creature".
FTW=Fuck the world?
This song seems like it could be about heroin. Or maybe just SATAN?
FTW typically means "for the win".
the lyrics as they appear in the album booklet (with all punctuation, spacing, etc. identical)
there is no right, there is no wrong in why we live, there is only wrong so radical, destroyed for nothing and i don't care, i don't care anymore remarkable, pulsating creature into whose calves the poison flows when it is wondrous it makes us whole to force a hammer and a nail through its soul journey to the end of the night am i alright, do i look alright? a car has killed you and your corpse has de-discouraged us to never never never never look up the scorpion in our chests cuts the word to scar, powerless
this song is amazing
I definitely don't think FTW stands for "For the Win" in this case. This really does sound like a heroin song...
FOR THE WIN!
;_;
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/FTW
Let me first say, I don't know much about Xiu Xiu. I like the band's music a lot though. When I first say the title of this song, I took it to be a reverse of the common acronym "WTF?" to mean, "Fuck The What." It makes sense, since Xiu Xiu/Jamie Stewart is such a strange kind of thinker. As for song meaning: Shit, who knows. All I know is the video created by the band contains references to homosexuality, book covers (including Celine's "Journey to the End of Night") and an odd flipping through books about birds and Darwinian classification. I won't try to dissect all the glory out this song's lyrics -- just make of it what you will.