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."
[Verse 1:]
I here the rain drops
Fall on my rag top
And come down the windshield of my car
Parked on the same lane
We came a get away
And trade our kisses after dark
[Bridge:]
You were everything I want bad
Everything I'm gonna need bad
When you said that you were leaving
You got my heart in a vault
You were the only one with a key
And I could'nt get free
[Chorus:]
Still locked in love
So locked in love
And I'm alone my baby's gone
I'm locked in love
So locked in love
And I gotta get free
[Verse 2:]
I feel the clouds start to form
In my mind but
Rain starts to pure then lust my eyes
Maybe there's one who's heart is worth
Wanting you than the one you left behind
By throwing my quarters out
Into the water I wish that you'd meet me here
Like you use to
A heart in a mind we share
How could you take your half
And oh no but it would never be the same
[Bridge:]
You were everything I want bad
Everything I'm gonna need bad
When you said that you were leaving
You got my heart in a vault
You were the only one with a key
And I gotta get free
[Chorus:]
Still locked in love
So locked in love
And I'm alone my baby's gone
I'm locked in love
And I gotta get free Ohhhh
[Verse 4:]
My baby's gone
The vault is closed
My heart is closed
And still I'm alone
Sometimes I here my heart beating beating
[Chorus x2]
My hearts bleeding so freely
Won't you set me free
My hearts bleeding so freely
Won't you set me free
I here the rain drops
Fall on my rag top
And come down the windshield of my car
Parked on the same lane
We came a get away
And trade our kisses after dark
[Bridge:]
You were everything I want bad
Everything I'm gonna need bad
When you said that you were leaving
You got my heart in a vault
You were the only one with a key
And I could'nt get free
[Chorus:]
Still locked in love
So locked in love
And I'm alone my baby's gone
I'm locked in love
So locked in love
And I gotta get free
[Verse 2:]
I feel the clouds start to form
In my mind but
Rain starts to pure then lust my eyes
Maybe there's one who's heart is worth
Wanting you than the one you left behind
By throwing my quarters out
Into the water I wish that you'd meet me here
Like you use to
A heart in a mind we share
How could you take your half
And oh no but it would never be the same
[Bridge:]
You were everything I want bad
Everything I'm gonna need bad
When you said that you were leaving
You got my heart in a vault
You were the only one with a key
And I gotta get free
[Chorus:]
Still locked in love
So locked in love
And I'm alone my baby's gone
I'm locked in love
And I gotta get free Ohhhh
[Verse 4:]
My baby's gone
The vault is closed
My heart is closed
And still I'm alone
Sometimes I here my heart beating beating
[Chorus x2]
My hearts bleeding so freely
Won't you set me free
My hearts bleeding so freely
Won't you set me free
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not just a case of liking sum1 but when it goes more than that n they engages in activity too. then don't want anything to do with