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."
Just call me the living dead
These songs fuel my lust for her flesh
Just hymns for a heart that's a bloody mess
I guess we lived like the dead
Did we stay young 'til we died?
Are we just clarified and classified?
I still see the summer sky...
Has stripped, raped and strangled ever made you cry?
Our...black metal hearts drown in black water parks
Damnation...delivered us back to the start
They feel like songs of the damned
Cursed forever...undead...I am
Once upon that crucifixion
We reigned in blood like death had risen, we destroyed the opposition
Our...black metal hearts drown in black water parks
Damnation...delivered us back to the start
Are my arms your hearse if these metaphors stop?
Without these songs, I would just be so lost
So lost
When she rides, I'm stuck in that horror hotel, cursing all 20 eyes
When she rides...when she rides
Well it's 2 minutes past the midnight hour and you hate my voice like sugar coated sour
Caress that carcass
I miss your heartworks
My swansong, so insalubrious
Pouring sweat but the fever remains
It's all pretty odd but more our darkest days
'Cause we let it burn and felt strength just the same
I don't care if you get it
These songs still scream your name
These songs fuel my lust for her flesh
Just hymns for a heart that's a bloody mess
I guess we lived like the dead
Did we stay young 'til we died?
Are we just clarified and classified?
I still see the summer sky...
Has stripped, raped and strangled ever made you cry?
Our...black metal hearts drown in black water parks
Damnation...delivered us back to the start
They feel like songs of the damned
Cursed forever...undead...I am
Once upon that crucifixion
We reigned in blood like death had risen, we destroyed the opposition
Our...black metal hearts drown in black water parks
Damnation...delivered us back to the start
Are my arms your hearse if these metaphors stop?
Without these songs, I would just be so lost
So lost
When she rides, I'm stuck in that horror hotel, cursing all 20 eyes
When she rides...when she rides
Well it's 2 minutes past the midnight hour and you hate my voice like sugar coated sour
Caress that carcass
I miss your heartworks
My swansong, so insalubrious
Pouring sweat but the fever remains
It's all pretty odd but more our darkest days
'Cause we let it burn and felt strength just the same
I don't care if you get it
These songs still scream your name
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Just call me the living dead (Misfits) These songs fuel my lust for her flesh Just hymns for a heart that's a bloody mess I guess we lived like the dead (Obituary) Did we stay young 'til we died? Are we just clarified and classified? I still see the summer sky... Has stripped, raped and strangled ever made you cry? (Cannibal Corpse) Our...black metal hearts drown in black water parks (Opeth) Damnation...delivered us back to the start (Opeth) They feel like songs of the damned Cursed forever...undead...I am Once upon that crucifixion (Deicide) We reigned in blood (Slayer) like death had risen, we destroyed the opposition (Dying Fetus) Our...black metal hearts drown in black water parks (Opeth) Damnation...delivered us back to the start (Opeth) Are my arms your hearse if these metaphors stop? (Opeth) Without these songs, I would just be so lost So lost When she rides, I'm stuck in that horror hotel(Misfits), cursing all 20 eyes (Misfits) When she rides...when she rides (Danzig) Well it's 2 minutes past the midnight hour (Iron Maiden) and you hate my voice like sugar coated sour (Dillinger Escape Plan) Caress that carcass (Carcass) I miss your heartworks (Carcass) My swansong (Carcass), so insalubrious (Necroticism) Pouring sweat but the fever remains It's all pretty odd but more our darkest days <-------\/ 'Cause we let it burn and felt strength just the same(Ignite) I don't care if you get it These songs still scream your name
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I just love this song.. the sound of it is depressing, but becomes more uplifting in some parts. the lyrics are jsut as amazing as the sound, some lines of the lyrics i just so frickin aswesome i cant get over it. has to be one of the best songs on the album, and also my favorite album. wow, asp really did an amazing job with it and only seem to be getting better.
This song pertains to eddie love for metal hence songs of the damned.I love how a lot of the lyrics are dealing with the band he loved, i caress that carcass,sugar coated sour,blackwaterparks.This is a metal anthem to die.My fav on the cd.
If your really a metal head,this song will strike a nerve that palpates your heart.Listen
INDEED! Amazing song.
Great song, but I'm pretty sure they are referencing Opeth...
"Our...black metal hearts drown in black water parks Damnation...delivered us back to the start Are my arms your hearse if these metaphors stop?"
Blackwater Park, Damnation, Deliverance, My Arms Your Hearse are all Opeth albums.
Just call me the living dead (Misfits) These songs fuel my lust for her flesh Just hymns for a heart that's a bloody mess I guess we lived like the dead Did we stay young 'til we died? Are we just clarified and classified? I still see the summer sky... Has stripped, raped and strangled ever made you cry? (Cannibal Corpse) Our...black metal hearts drown in black water parks (Opeth) Damnation...delivered us back to the start (Opeth) They feel like songs of the damned Cursed forever...undead...I am Once upon that crucifixion (Deicide) We reigned in blood (Slayer) like death had risen, we destroyed the opposition (Dying Fetus) Our...black metal hearts drown in black water parks (Opeth) Damnation...delivered us back to the start (Opeth) Are my arms your hearse if these metaphors stop? (Opeth) Without these songs, I would just be so lost So lost When she rides, I'm stuck in that horror hotel, cursing all 20 eyes (Misfits) When she rides...when she rides (Danzig) Well it's 2 minutes past the midnight hour (Iron Maiden) and you hate my voice like sugar coated sour (Dillinger Escape Plan) Caress that carcass (Carcass) I miss your heartworks (Carcass) My swansong (Carcass), so insalubrious (Necroticism)
Pouring sweat but the fever remains It's all pretty odd but more our darkest days 'Cause we let it burn and felt strength just the same I don't care if you get it These songs still scream your name
that's all the shit i got. fucking awesome song tho.
It's all pretty odd but more our darkest days<br /> 'Cause we let it burn and felt strength just the same (Ignite)<br /> this could possibly be Ignite as their album is called "Our Darkest Days" and the song on it is "Let it Burn"