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."
hell, your grip is solid on me
i'm delicate you know
i'm delicate i'm told
why can't you be
careful with me?
you never let me go
and i just can't say no
cause you are what i was missing
what, what can i do now?
im taken by you now
you're sizing me up
you're making me blush
i'm not pretty enough
i'm drunk as fuck
you're sizing me up
you're making me blush
i'm not pretty enough
i'm drunk as fuck
i'm yours
hook and sinker
you know you win this round
she's down
you're the winner this time
are you happy you got that girl?
i'm yours
song and singer
you know you won this round
she's down
you're the winner tonight
aren't you happy you got that girl?
why can't you be
(she's down)
careful with me?
(you're the winner this time)
you never let me go
(are you happy you)
and i just can't say no
(got that girl?)
cause you are what i was missing
(she's down
you're the winner tonight)
what, what can i do now?
(aren't you happy you got that girl?)
get that girl
i'm delicate you know
i'm delicate i'm told
why can't you be
careful with me?
you never let me go
and i just can't say no
cause you are what i was missing
what, what can i do now?
im taken by you now
you're sizing me up
you're making me blush
i'm not pretty enough
i'm drunk as fuck
you're sizing me up
you're making me blush
i'm not pretty enough
i'm drunk as fuck
i'm yours
hook and sinker
you know you win this round
she's down
you're the winner this time
are you happy you got that girl?
i'm yours
song and singer
you know you won this round
she's down
you're the winner tonight
aren't you happy you got that girl?
why can't you be
(she's down)
careful with me?
(you're the winner this time)
you never let me go
(are you happy you)
and i just can't say no
(got that girl?)
cause you are what i was missing
(she's down
you're the winner tonight)
what, what can i do now?
(aren't you happy you got that girl?)
get that girl
Lyrics submitted by rokouttilur80
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Uhhh idk about anyone else, but this whole song just sounded like it was about sex to me so here's interpretation 1:
His "grip is solid" and he's being a bit rough (hehehe), but she "can't say no" because she is "taken by [him]" / really likes the guy.
you're sizing me up = you're looking at me up and down you're making me blush = I'm embarrassed i'm not pretty enough = I'm not good enough for you i'm drunk as fuck = but I don't care because I'm drunk as fuck
Then she goes on to say "I'm yours... you win... are you happy?" because she wants him to be happy.
OR here's the "I'm in an abusive as fuck relationship but I still love him for x reason" interpretation #2:
hell, your grip is solid on me = you're very violent i'm delicate you know / i'm delicate i'm told = I'm fragile physically and emotionally why can't you be careful with me? = your abuse hurts me
you never let me go = your abuse never stops and i just can't say no = I can't say no because you're bigger than me cause you are what i was missing = but I need you what, what can i do now? / im taken by you now = because I have nowhere to go if we breakup or divorce because of my current circumstances (maybe housewife with no job, maybe family doesn't/won't accept her, maybe has no friends)
you're sizing me up = you're checking me out because you know you could take me on physically you're making me blush = sometimes you say the sweetest things i'm not pretty enough = but other times you say the meanest things and/or insult me i'm drunk as fuck = I'm numb from it all and turn to drinking (or possibly drugs) to 'escape' my problems
i'm yours hook and sinker = you completely dominate me you know you win this round = you always win she's down = I am probably quite literally 'down' on the floor (ouch) you're the winner this time = I can't stand up to you, therefore you always win arguments are you happy you got that girl? = ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? DOOROODOOROO!! (cough Michelle Branch)
So yeah, I'd be happy to hear someone else's interpretation that they got from the song though.