In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Enemy, familiar friend
My beginning and my end
Knowing truth, whispering lies
And it hurts again
What I fear and what I've tried
Words I say and what I hide
All the pain, I want it to end
But I want it again
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins
And it's raging
The fight inside is breaking me again
I'm still the same, pursuing pain
Is it worth all that I've gained?
We both know how this will end
But I'd do it again
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins
And it's raging
The fight inside is hurting me again
And it finds me
The war within me pulls me under
And without you
The fight inside is breaking me again
(It's nothing), it's everything
(It's nothing), it's everything
(It's nothing), it's everything
(It's nothing), it's everything
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins
And it's raging
The fight inside is hurting me again
It's breaking me
It's breaking me
I'm falling apart
I'm falling apart
My beginning and my end
Knowing truth, whispering lies
And it hurts again
What I fear and what I've tried
Words I say and what I hide
All the pain, I want it to end
But I want it again
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins
And it's raging
The fight inside is breaking me again
I'm still the same, pursuing pain
Is it worth all that I've gained?
We both know how this will end
But I'd do it again
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins
And it's raging
The fight inside is hurting me again
And it finds me
The war within me pulls me under
And without you
The fight inside is breaking me again
(It's nothing), it's everything
(It's nothing), it's everything
(It's nothing), it's everything
(It's nothing), it's everything
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins
And it's raging
The fight inside is hurting me again
It's breaking me
It's breaking me
I'm falling apart
I'm falling apart
Lyrics submitted by BinacaFreak, edited by AndrewManangka
Fight Inside Lyrics as written by Bernie Herms Jasen Rauch
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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"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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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.
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Its obvious what this song about. He cant handle stress in his life and hes using some sort of really addictive drug. Heres the breakdown:
Enemy, familiar friend,
My beginning and my end, -Their going to be the death of him
Knowing truth, whispering lies, And it hurts again. What I fear and what I try, Words I say and what I heard,
All the pain, I want it to end, -He wants his addiction to end, but
But I want it again. -Hes conflicted because he wants the feeling and the escape so badly, and it overpowers his will to stop because the addiction and escape is so much more powerful.
And it finds me, -The drug finds a way to get him to use it again because of something really bad that happened recently that pushed him to want the escape and relief of carelessness.
The fight inside is coarsing through my veins, -First of all its the heroine or whatever drug hes using traveling through his veins and its conflicting with his will to stop them and get his life straight. Its a war within him. Because the blood travels through his brain too so its a war between addiction and will.
And it's raging, -Its a war that has no breaks. Its constantly raging inside of his body.
The fight inside is breaking me again. -The fight becomes to much to bear so he caves in and starts using again.
It's still the same, pursuing pain, -No matter what he does or what the drug does for him in the moment, it always leads to agony.
Isn't worth the lie I've gained. -The pleasure isn't worth the lie hes been telling everyone about quitting and using when no one is around.
We both know how this will end, -He knows how it can end, all it takes to stop it is him saying no to his addiction, but...
But I do it again. -He does it again anyways because he 'needs' it.
And it finds me, The fight inside is coarsing through my veins. And it's raging, The fight inside is hurting me again. And it finds me, -Repeat.
The war within me pulls me under. -The constant struggle of quitting brings him into an even greater depression.
And without You, The fight inside is breaking me again. -Without this girl who hes become attached too, he cannot overcome his addiction.
It's nothing. -Him telling his brain that the drug doesn't mean anything to him and that he should stop.
It's everything. -The other side within his body telling himself that this is his only way out.
It's breaking me. -The drugs are winning.
I'm falling apart. -Hes slowly loosing the war.
good song,bt sad he's loosing his war ,really depressing......:{
not a fun war to fight