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've been spending all my time falling in love
Should know better but it's so much fun when I'm with you
Now there's a missing person poster hanging up at the bar
Cause I
I've got a girl
I think we're in love
But oh for how long
It's got disaster
Written all over
So don't nobody show her
Our horrorscope headline
Disaster
Written all over it
No you didn't
No no you didn't, did you
Pull out the wires
Make a man out of me
I'm trying to figure out
If life's worth living without you
Hope I never have to
The stars could align
Or explode in the sky
Disaster
Baby, you look so sexy
So what do I do when
We get home from church and the baby
Is in her room sleepin'
Or watchin' a movie
You get closer to me
Oh this has disaster written all over it
Yeah yeah yeah
I'm trying to figure out
If life's worth living without you
Hope I never have to
The stars could align
Or explode in the sky
If I already know about
Everything that could bring us down
But I react a bit faster
I'm averting disaster
One day at a time
Disaster
Disaster
Oh, disaster
Disaster
Did you pull out the wires
Make a man out of me
I'm trying to figure out
If life's worth living without you
Hope I never have to
It could be disaster
If I don't even try
If I already know about
Everything that could bring us down
But I react a bit faster
I'm averting disaster
One day at a time
Disaster
Disaster
Disaster
Disaster
Should know better but it's so much fun when I'm with you
Now there's a missing person poster hanging up at the bar
Cause I
I've got a girl
I think we're in love
But oh for how long
It's got disaster
Written all over
So don't nobody show her
Our horrorscope headline
Disaster
Written all over it
No you didn't
No no you didn't, did you
Pull out the wires
Make a man out of me
I'm trying to figure out
If life's worth living without you
Hope I never have to
The stars could align
Or explode in the sky
Disaster
Baby, you look so sexy
So what do I do when
We get home from church and the baby
Is in her room sleepin'
Or watchin' a movie
You get closer to me
Oh this has disaster written all over it
Yeah yeah yeah
I'm trying to figure out
If life's worth living without you
Hope I never have to
The stars could align
Or explode in the sky
If I already know about
Everything that could bring us down
But I react a bit faster
I'm averting disaster
One day at a time
Disaster
Disaster
Oh, disaster
Disaster
Did you pull out the wires
Make a man out of me
I'm trying to figure out
If life's worth living without you
Hope I never have to
It could be disaster
If I don't even try
If I already know about
Everything that could bring us down
But I react a bit faster
I'm averting disaster
One day at a time
Disaster
Disaster
Disaster
Disaster
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