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."
Uh, yeah, try to be cool
Tired, feeling all that, you know what I'm sayin'?
Positive, you know what I'm sayin'?
Check it
[Chorus]
So pissed off
Lookin' at life through the glass that you
Shattered
Little shit like love doesn't matter anymore baby,
Whats up?
Nigga, you so ticked off
Can't let up long enough to get over it
Brother can I live, can a sister live
God damn
I tried to find a tree where we could lay happily
In the shade, gradually there were things revealed
To me
I can't even hold down a job, tryna follow up and
Behind me
You're over-protective and you're jealous
Change when you're around the fellows
Every man I speak to, something's goin' on
Look at you, look at you, running around like a damn
Fool
So busy accusing me, when it's your insecurity
[Chorus]
You need an inner appeal so your anger just relieve
I never meant to cause you pain
But it was there before I came
Makin' crazy accusations, tracing all of my
Footsteps
For reactin', got me packin' tryin' to get out before you
Get back in
Look at me, look at me, I can't allow you to live
Rent free
In my heart or in my head, can't let you back in my
Bed
[Chorus: x2]
Baby, what's wrong with you
What's got you so pissed off
Can't get along with you
Love, I got to move on
My love, gotta get him outta my life
Can't let you go on with it
Now 'cause you pissin' me off
I don't want to be stressed out
I don't want to be stressed out
My life, back in my life
[Chorus: Repeats]
Tired, feeling all that, you know what I'm sayin'?
Positive, you know what I'm sayin'?
Check it
[Chorus]
So pissed off
Lookin' at life through the glass that you
Shattered
Little shit like love doesn't matter anymore baby,
Whats up?
Nigga, you so ticked off
Can't let up long enough to get over it
Brother can I live, can a sister live
God damn
I tried to find a tree where we could lay happily
In the shade, gradually there were things revealed
To me
I can't even hold down a job, tryna follow up and
Behind me
You're over-protective and you're jealous
Change when you're around the fellows
Every man I speak to, something's goin' on
Look at you, look at you, running around like a damn
Fool
So busy accusing me, when it's your insecurity
[Chorus]
You need an inner appeal so your anger just relieve
I never meant to cause you pain
But it was there before I came
Makin' crazy accusations, tracing all of my
Footsteps
For reactin', got me packin' tryin' to get out before you
Get back in
Look at me, look at me, I can't allow you to live
Rent free
In my heart or in my head, can't let you back in my
Bed
[Chorus: x2]
Baby, what's wrong with you
What's got you so pissed off
Can't get along with you
Love, I got to move on
My love, gotta get him outta my life
Can't let you go on with it
Now 'cause you pissin' me off
I don't want to be stressed out
I don't want to be stressed out
My life, back in my life
[Chorus: Repeats]
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