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."
oh quick you look at me
and it all just disappears
what is this? it's my faith
and it's spilled all over you
as i relax
and breathe your name
like i did in high
i go ahead, lie to you
cause borrowed is this time
i cracked - faded - gone
you see my all spilling
it's on the floor 12 stories high
as i watch you wreck yourself
and it's over nothing
cause i could be your anything
and still i'm never younger
i go ahead, i lie to you
cause borrowed is this time
we are perfect when we lie
we're always losing
let's go home...
it's over...
over...
over...
over...
remember this
i always kept a little something to myself
now i can't breathe your name
i'm givin' up that something
i go ahead, i lie to you
cause borrowed is this time
we are perfect when we lie
we're always losing
let's go home
i cracked - faded - gone
i cracked - faded - gone
(whispered/spoken)
[unintelligible] time
[unintelligible] i wait and wait and wait for you
[unintelligible] none of this is real, just remember
none of this is real
(end whispered/spoken)
because we are perfect when we lie
we're always losing
let's go home high
cause we are perfect when we lie
we're always losing
let's go home
it's over...
over...
over...
over...
and it all just disappears
what is this? it's my faith
and it's spilled all over you
as i relax
and breathe your name
like i did in high
i go ahead, lie to you
cause borrowed is this time
i cracked - faded - gone
you see my all spilling
it's on the floor 12 stories high
as i watch you wreck yourself
and it's over nothing
cause i could be your anything
and still i'm never younger
i go ahead, i lie to you
cause borrowed is this time
we are perfect when we lie
we're always losing
let's go home...
it's over...
over...
over...
over...
remember this
i always kept a little something to myself
now i can't breathe your name
i'm givin' up that something
i go ahead, i lie to you
cause borrowed is this time
we are perfect when we lie
we're always losing
let's go home
i cracked - faded - gone
i cracked - faded - gone
(whispered/spoken)
[unintelligible] time
[unintelligible] i wait and wait and wait for you
[unintelligible] none of this is real, just remember
none of this is real
(end whispered/spoken)
because we are perfect when we lie
we're always losing
let's go home high
cause we are perfect when we lie
we're always losing
let's go home
it's over...
over...
over...
over...
Lyrics submitted by Harry Manback
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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(again, i did this by ear. so i'm allowed to be wrong, damn you!)
oh quick you look at me and it all just disappears what is this? it's my faith and it's spilled all over you as i relax and breathe your name like i did in high i go ahead, lie to you cause borrowed is this time
i cracked - faded - gone
you see my all spilling it's on the floor 12 stories high as i watch you wreck yourself and it's over nothing
cause i could be your anything and still i'm never younger i go ahead, i lie to you cause borrowed is this time
we are perfect when we lie we're always losing let's go home...
it's over... over... over... over...
remember this i always kept a little something to myself now i can't breathe your name i'm givin' up that something i go ahead, i lie to you cause borrowed is this time
we are perfect when we lie we're always losing let's go home
i cracked - faded - gone i cracked - faded - gone
(whispered/spoken) [unintelligible] time [unintelligible] i wait and wait and wait for you [unintelligible] none of this is real, just remember none of this is real (end whispered/spoken)
because we are perfect when we lie we're always losing let's go home high cause we are perfect when we lie we're always losing let's go home
it's over... over... over... over...
I think the [unintelligible] are just Aimee breathing into the mic, but I can't be sure.
I'm also not entirely sure this correction was neccessary, but I ADORE this song, so I don't mind.
Fixed...
anybody know what this song is about? I'm having a pretty rough time trying to figure it out......... so far I get the feeling it's about a relationship, but that's about as far as I can get.