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."
In this desert, in darkness
Lying with the gun across his chest
Pretending he's heartless
As the fire flashes in the sky
He was fragile and frozen
When the bullet took away his friend
And now he's somehow more broken
He's pulling his weapons to aside
Loading it full of his goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
He's pulling his weapons to aside
Loading it full of his goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
Sweating and shaking
Lying with her hands across her chest
She wakes with her cravings
As the fire flashes in her eye
She was fragile and frozen
When the needle took away her friend
But now she's somehow more broken
She's pulling her weapons to aside
Loading it full of her goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
She's pulling her weapons to aside
Loading it full of her goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
With every battle he's choosing
With every fight he's loosing
His enemy's not far behind
With every promise she's broken
With every lie she's spoken
Her enemy's not far behind
It's your time
It's your time
It's your time
It's your time
He's pulling his weapons to aside
Loading it full of his goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
She's pulling her weapons to aside
Loading it full of her goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
With every battle he's choosing
With every fight he's loosing
His enemy's not far behind
With every promise she's broken
With every lie she's spoken
Her enemy's not far behind
Lying with the gun across his chest
Pretending he's heartless
As the fire flashes in the sky
He was fragile and frozen
When the bullet took away his friend
And now he's somehow more broken
He's pulling his weapons to aside
Loading it full of his goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
He's pulling his weapons to aside
Loading it full of his goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
Sweating and shaking
Lying with her hands across her chest
She wakes with her cravings
As the fire flashes in her eye
She was fragile and frozen
When the needle took away her friend
But now she's somehow more broken
She's pulling her weapons to aside
Loading it full of her goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
She's pulling her weapons to aside
Loading it full of her goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
With every battle he's choosing
With every fight he's loosing
His enemy's not far behind
With every promise she's broken
With every lie she's spoken
Her enemy's not far behind
It's your time
It's your time
It's your time
It's your time
He's pulling his weapons to aside
Loading it full of his goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
She's pulling her weapons to aside
Loading it full of her goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line
With every battle he's choosing
With every fight he's loosing
His enemy's not far behind
With every promise she's broken
With every lie she's spoken
Her enemy's not far behind
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Across the Line Lyrics as written by Mike Shinoda Robert G. Bourdon
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