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."
For anyone, for anyone, anywhere that's ever had mutha fuckers tryin' to step on you,
tryin' to step on your dreams, tryin' to step on your life, tryin' to hold you down,
tryin' to keep you low, we got something for y'all mutha fuckers
Chorus:
Fuck 'em if you're doing your thing
They run point a finger
Figer they got it figered out
This whole life is a contradiction
Your who? Hell naw, I won't listen
Blow the universe into submission
Verse 1:
From eternity I could feel it in me
One love, soul vibe, flow incredibly
I said I believe and Ima bend history
I'ma take what I need you don't owe shit to me
They pissed at me for being careless
I ain't always right, but always true
I could fearless
How they react to what I do
Cause they jealous
Gimmie some room I'm comin' thru with the new
Fuck you
Did what I did, I had to do
Bread up on violence and the blue coats
Seen some people get live and now they gone
If you got hate then bring it on
And if you got love then bring it on
Cars crash, people lie
Planes fall from the sky
Mothers get high and babies die
To keep the fear alive
Bridge:
But you ain't gonna ever steal my shine
No, naw, cause it's mine
Verse 2:
Illuminated, all feeling triple X rated
Try to pull me down, but I made it
I'ma give you somethin' from the heart
If it stands in the way, tear that Mutha fucka down, oops,
Turn that bitch around, oops,
How you feelin' now
Come around, go around
I'm alive trawin' sound time
And space shifta, mood lifta, love bringa
Hole filla, strong like gorilla,
In my dreams tryin' to kill a enemy
How you feelin', bigger than theirs drops in the sea
Top billin', deeper than the thoughts you believe
I can read from your action
You ain't got no action
Hear the message, blast son
Wicked plot, jealous lie
Secrets talk, and money buys
Mothers get high and babies die
To keep their fear alive
Bridge
Chorus
Drop:
Take all the little babies across the whole world
And teach those beautiful little boys and girls
The truth
Chorus
tryin' to step on your dreams, tryin' to step on your life, tryin' to hold you down,
tryin' to keep you low, we got something for y'all mutha fuckers
Chorus:
Fuck 'em if you're doing your thing
They run point a finger
Figer they got it figered out
This whole life is a contradiction
Your who? Hell naw, I won't listen
Blow the universe into submission
Verse 1:
From eternity I could feel it in me
One love, soul vibe, flow incredibly
I said I believe and Ima bend history
I'ma take what I need you don't owe shit to me
They pissed at me for being careless
I ain't always right, but always true
I could fearless
How they react to what I do
Cause they jealous
Gimmie some room I'm comin' thru with the new
Fuck you
Did what I did, I had to do
Bread up on violence and the blue coats
Seen some people get live and now they gone
If you got hate then bring it on
And if you got love then bring it on
Cars crash, people lie
Planes fall from the sky
Mothers get high and babies die
To keep the fear alive
Bridge:
But you ain't gonna ever steal my shine
No, naw, cause it's mine
Verse 2:
Illuminated, all feeling triple X rated
Try to pull me down, but I made it
I'ma give you somethin' from the heart
If it stands in the way, tear that Mutha fucka down, oops,
Turn that bitch around, oops,
How you feelin' now
Come around, go around
I'm alive trawin' sound time
And space shifta, mood lifta, love bringa
Hole filla, strong like gorilla,
In my dreams tryin' to kill a enemy
How you feelin', bigger than theirs drops in the sea
Top billin', deeper than the thoughts you believe
I can read from your action
You ain't got no action
Hear the message, blast son
Wicked plot, jealous lie
Secrets talk, and money buys
Mothers get high and babies die
To keep their fear alive
Bridge
Chorus
Drop:
Take all the little babies across the whole world
And teach those beautiful little boys and girls
The truth
Chorus
Lyrics submitted by kornchick
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