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."
So I'm just a medicine
You take when you're sick
You get well and that's it
I'm put back
On the shelf in your mirror
And it isn't exeptional
The course of our fate
Because people love and they hate
And I guess
It's just all turned to hate
Yeah, you were just some song I wrote
A poem on a page
A sculpture I made
Out of clay
Desire was the flame
But now you're more of a basketball
Boys just pass you around
They bounce you hard on the ground
And dribble
Then we all get high fives
And you think I'm an asshole now
Well, you're probably right
But at least I'm not blind to the facts
I've been wishing were all lies
But still, I hope you get everything
That you care to possess
And unbelievable sex
With him
Or any one of my friends
But just don't ask about my appetite
I didn't lose it tonight
It's been gone half my life
It's just, I
I've been eating for you
You take when you're sick
You get well and that's it
I'm put back
On the shelf in your mirror
And it isn't exeptional
The course of our fate
Because people love and they hate
And I guess
It's just all turned to hate
Yeah, you were just some song I wrote
A poem on a page
A sculpture I made
Out of clay
Desire was the flame
But now you're more of a basketball
Boys just pass you around
They bounce you hard on the ground
And dribble
Then we all get high fives
And you think I'm an asshole now
Well, you're probably right
But at least I'm not blind to the facts
I've been wishing were all lies
But still, I hope you get everything
That you care to possess
And unbelievable sex
With him
Or any one of my friends
But just don't ask about my appetite
I didn't lose it tonight
It's been gone half my life
It's just, I
I've been eating for you
Lyrics submitted by x_melancholy_x
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Gah, it makes you wanna find the girl and just slap her across the face a few times...oh, wait, most every Bright Eyes song does.
you know conor is gay right..
still, slap the girl.
I don'k know what your sources are mrhurtalot, but he is not gay. He has stated in interviews that he loves women and has dated many women in the past.
the hostility of this song makes it so wonderful
"...put back on the shelf in your mirror"
"...at least i'm not blind to the facts i've been wishing were all lies"
I'm pretty sure that's what they are.
Whabam! conoroberstisgod set all you straight. haha thats cool though, didnt know the song title was wrong.
I think some of you have misinterpretted the eating disorder thing. Its not an intentional thing, I think he wishes he could eat but he just never gets hungry. Ive had the same problem as him since I was young. Some one who is depressed or uses a lot of drugs eventually just loses their appetite completely after a while. For a long time I couldnt eat more than half a meal a day, or else i would start feeling really sick. I think that in this song hes dealing with the same thing, but conor wants to start eating so this girl will think he is happy and healthy. I think maybe some of you have been thinking hes not eating because of annorexia, but its really just an appetite thing.
I also agree with other meanings for the end.... who knows Cocaine and how he's been off it since being with ehr so he's still eating = still staying clean or what i said above or That regardless of the cocaine she would have to remind him and ask him to eat something because of depression or whatever else and he is maintaining a healthier eating pattern despite their break up and because he knows that she would want him to or whatever
how could anyone ever hurt someone as beautiful as conor? he's something you should treasure and never let go. i love conor, more than words could ever express. he's a genious. xxx
he is obsessive and he knows it!<br /> but its cool he wouldnt write half his shit if he wasnt so eccentric,obsessive,and insane.<br />
how could anyone ever hurt someone as beautiful as conor? he's something you should treasure and never let go. i love conor, more than words could ever express. he's a genious. xxx
hey.. does anyone else notice a reference to eating disorders in some of conor's songs? like this and 'neely o'hara'. i've seen it in a few other songs i've failed to remember the titles of. and the cover art to "every day and every night". hate to mention it, but even the desaparecidos song 'what's new for fall' says "i shouldn't eat so much." hm. even so. the songs are great. if you can write and sing and play, you're good to go.
that part from lua is a cocaine reference. <br /> <br /> the part from neely ohara is about alcohol.<br /> <br /> the part from whats new for fall is about insecurity caused by fashion and flash culture media.<br /> <br /> things lose meaning when taken so far out of context.
this has to be one of my favorite bright eyes songs. it hits every memory and feeling ive experienced. it goes from feeling used to denial/wishful thinking to feeling bitter and then finally acceptance.