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."
Well we met upon a hill,
You know the night was cold,
And the air was kinda still.
All I needed, was to look in her eyes,
No matter what would occur,
I was falling in love with her.
Chorus:
You're all I'm thinking of,
But baby your love's
Under Suspicion.
You're much too confusing,
You never think of losing.
I said oooh-oooh.
She know every way to please me.
Got me weak at the knees,
And I'm coming apart at the seams.
I got a feeling about the future,
And it ain't to good at all,
no not at all.
Chorus:
You're all I'm thinking of,
But baby you love's,
Under Suspicion.
You're much too confusing,
You never think of losing.
I said oooh-oooh.
She's so deceiving,
Got me believing, in things I can't understand.
She's so inviting,
I can't help fighting, it.
Solo
She's so deceiving,
Got me believing, in things I can't understand.
Well her lovin' gives me a thrill,
Every time I think back at
that night upon the hill.
I thought I'd leave her cold, instead,
She left my blood hot and
rising to my head.
Chorus:
You're all I'm thinking of,
But baby your love's,
Under Suspicion.
You're much too confusing,
You never think of losing.
I said oooh-oooh.
You're much too confusing,
You never think of losing,
I said oooh-oooh.
You're much too confusing,
And I think I'm losing you.
You know the night was cold,
And the air was kinda still.
All I needed, was to look in her eyes,
No matter what would occur,
I was falling in love with her.
Chorus:
You're all I'm thinking of,
But baby your love's
Under Suspicion.
You're much too confusing,
You never think of losing.
I said oooh-oooh.
She know every way to please me.
Got me weak at the knees,
And I'm coming apart at the seams.
I got a feeling about the future,
And it ain't to good at all,
no not at all.
Chorus:
You're all I'm thinking of,
But baby you love's,
Under Suspicion.
You're much too confusing,
You never think of losing.
I said oooh-oooh.
She's so deceiving,
Got me believing, in things I can't understand.
She's so inviting,
I can't help fighting, it.
Solo
She's so deceiving,
Got me believing, in things I can't understand.
Well her lovin' gives me a thrill,
Every time I think back at
that night upon the hill.
I thought I'd leave her cold, instead,
She left my blood hot and
rising to my head.
Chorus:
You're all I'm thinking of,
But baby your love's,
Under Suspicion.
You're much too confusing,
You never think of losing.
I said oooh-oooh.
You're much too confusing,
You never think of losing,
I said oooh-oooh.
You're much too confusing,
And I think I'm losing you.
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