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."
I wanted this i wanted you
I wanted it to last but you fell through
Now east coast boys don't you see
That here on the west we follow our dreams
I don't wanna know you anymore
The color of your lips are red
And I swear I never wear lipstick
And oh my god I drank too much
Laughing while I'm crying
Don't you let 'em know you're dying, dying
Dying to break out
Dying to get, get, get out
Through the window of the upstairs
Click my heels but I am stuck here
I'm pledging this vow this is the last time
This is the last fight sunsets to sunrise
Morning to midnight and this is my goodbye
So blow out the candle the bottle is dry
And these pages learn to think
You're not even worth my black ink revenge
I guarantee, guarantee you'll miss me
I can't stomach this
I think I'm going to be sick
My heart's made of wick and you
Put the fire out of it with the kerosene
Chalked my feet
She smiled at me and closed the door
But not to sleep
This isn't making any sense
I was yours the night before this
The smell of your sheets is
The remnants of it
This is the last time this is the last fight
Sunsets to sunrise morning to midnight
And this is my goodbye
So blow out the candle the bottle is dry
And these pages learn to think
You're not even worth my black ink revenge
So I'm writing you out of my dreams
And you'll miss me I swear when I leave
Yeah I'm writing you out i'm crossing my T's
And I want back the necklace that
I said you could keep
And you miscomprehend and I
Scorn you till death
My words are as strong as
My last gasp for breath leave nothing behind
Not a trace or a crumb
And no clues to unlock how painful this was
So I'm writing you out of my dreams
And you'll miss me I swear when I leave
This is the last time this is the last fight
Sunsets to sunrise morning to midnight
And this is my goodbye
So blow out the candle the bottle is dry
And these pages learn to think
You're not even worth my
I wanted it to last but you fell through
Now east coast boys don't you see
That here on the west we follow our dreams
I don't wanna know you anymore
The color of your lips are red
And I swear I never wear lipstick
And oh my god I drank too much
Laughing while I'm crying
Don't you let 'em know you're dying, dying
Dying to break out
Dying to get, get, get out
Through the window of the upstairs
Click my heels but I am stuck here
I'm pledging this vow this is the last time
This is the last fight sunsets to sunrise
Morning to midnight and this is my goodbye
So blow out the candle the bottle is dry
And these pages learn to think
You're not even worth my black ink revenge
I guarantee, guarantee you'll miss me
I can't stomach this
I think I'm going to be sick
My heart's made of wick and you
Put the fire out of it with the kerosene
Chalked my feet
She smiled at me and closed the door
But not to sleep
This isn't making any sense
I was yours the night before this
The smell of your sheets is
The remnants of it
This is the last time this is the last fight
Sunsets to sunrise morning to midnight
And this is my goodbye
So blow out the candle the bottle is dry
And these pages learn to think
You're not even worth my black ink revenge
So I'm writing you out of my dreams
And you'll miss me I swear when I leave
Yeah I'm writing you out i'm crossing my T's
And I want back the necklace that
I said you could keep
And you miscomprehend and I
Scorn you till death
My words are as strong as
My last gasp for breath leave nothing behind
Not a trace or a crumb
And no clues to unlock how painful this was
So I'm writing you out of my dreams
And you'll miss me I swear when I leave
This is the last time this is the last fight
Sunsets to sunrise morning to midnight
And this is my goodbye
So blow out the candle the bottle is dry
And these pages learn to think
You're not even worth my
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"Through the window of the abyss"is actually "Through the window of the upstairs"
i must've missed that. thanks.
Actually, this song was NOT written as a copy of My Goodbye. Juliet Simms originally wrote this song after she found out her boyfriend had been cheating on her in the next room while on tour. She was heartbroken and wrote what she had been feeling in the other room and how hurt she was. She showed it to her producers and they didn't feel that it was upbeat enough...they wanted Automatic Loveletter to create a more upbeat tune. She worked for four/five days in her room to recreate a song (My Goodbye) in order for it to be put on the album. They let that pass since it was more upbeat. Since then she has been put on a different record label who let her use her original song Black Ink Revenge on their new album The Kids Will Take Their Monsters On. It has nothing to do with copying My Goodbye...
Personally, this song pisses me off. It's like they thought "Hey! My Last Goodbye was a good song! Let's just change a few words and give it a new name! No one will notice!" We've noticed...
I know Juliet wrote this song a long time ago. Way before My Goodbye. But it never fit on an album. So she probably changed it to My Goodbye but after she decided to make an acoustic album, she wanted to finally release this one? I dunno. I just know this song came way before My Goodbye.
go search black ink revenge on youtube. theres a video of juliet playing it 4 years ago. it was supposed to be on the full length album, but as most fans know, it took years and several record labels to finally put an album out. but the record labels wanted juliet to write an upbeat song, so she had to rewrite it several times to please them, and thats where My Goodbye came from.<br /> <br /> In a video from awhile back, she said that now that her label lets her do what she wants, she wanted to bring it back to its original form. Plenty of fans already knew and loved the song from that first youtube video, so when Juliet decided to do the acoustic album per the fans request, it made sense to put Black Ink Revenge on there. I know I had been begging for a studio version.
@ShannonBB I don't want to seem hostile but.. wow... you are stupid.
Actually, this song was NOT written as a copy of My Goodbye. Juliet Simms originally wrote this song after she found out her boyfriend had been cheating on her in the next room while on tour. She was heartbroken and wrote what she had been feeling in the other room and how hurt she was. She showed it to her producers and they didn't feel that it was upbeat enough...they wanted Automatic Loveletter to create a more upbeat tune. She worked for four/five days in her room to recreate a song (My Goodbye) in order for it to be put on the album. They let that pass since it was more upbeat. Since then she has been put on a different record label who let her use her original song Black Ink Revenge on their new album The Kids Will Take Their Monsters On. It has nothing to do with copying My Goodbye...