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 walked through the valleys of the wilderness in time (ooh)
Only to find out (Ooh)
That you have love I can’t describe yeah (Ooh)
I need you (need you)
It’s the sunrise (rise)
I just wanted to let you know
I love you (Cara echos)
Don’t ever let go
Cause the sun it don’t shine
When you’re not around mine
Singing I can never
Be without you
(Without you)
Without you
Singing the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
Without you
Without you
Yeah yeah
Though water, space and time
Your love is mine
But the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine without you
Without you
When I saw you rise the other day
I felt my worries just seem to melt away into you
Into you oh
You yeah yeah oh
I just wanted to let you know,
I love you
Don’t ever let go
Cause the sun it don’t shine
When you’re not around mine
Singing I yeah yeah ooh Yeah
Can’t be without you oh yeah
Yeah (Without you) yeah
Singing the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
(You know the sun don’t shine) Singing the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine without you yeah
Without you yeah
Oh through water, space and time
Your love is mine
But the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
Without you
Without you whoa babe yeah
And the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
Singing the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine (the sun it don’t shine)
Without you
Without you you-uh
Yeah yeah yeah
You know the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine (the sun it don’t shine it don’t)
Sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine without you (without you)
With out you (Without you)
Yeah yeah
The sun don’t shine
You know the sun don’t shine
You know the sun don’t shine
Without you
Without you (Ooh Ooh)
Only to find out (Ooh)
That you have love I can’t describe yeah (Ooh)
I need you (need you)
It’s the sunrise (rise)
I just wanted to let you know
I love you (Cara echos)
Don’t ever let go
Cause the sun it don’t shine
When you’re not around mine
Singing I can never
Be without you
(Without you)
Without you
Singing the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
Without you
Without you
Yeah yeah
Though water, space and time
Your love is mine
But the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine without you
Without you
When I saw you rise the other day
I felt my worries just seem to melt away into you
Into you oh
You yeah yeah oh
I just wanted to let you know,
I love you
Don’t ever let go
Cause the sun it don’t shine
When you’re not around mine
Singing I yeah yeah ooh Yeah
Can’t be without you oh yeah
Yeah (Without you) yeah
Singing the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
(You know the sun don’t shine) Singing the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine without you yeah
Without you yeah
Oh through water, space and time
Your love is mine
But the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
Without you
Without you whoa babe yeah
And the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine
Singing the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine (the sun it don’t shine)
Without you
Without you you-uh
Yeah yeah yeah
You know the sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine (the sun it don’t shine it don’t)
Sun don’t shine
The sun don’t shine without you (without you)
With out you (Without you)
Yeah yeah
The sun don’t shine
You know the sun don’t shine
You know the sun don’t shine
Without you
Without you (Ooh Ooh)
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