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."
Still in bed an hour past
I'm drifting through the void
A fallen star divides the skies of divinity
Taken on a journey
And enlightened to the past
And if I wake, if I wake, will it embrace me?
Awoke at dawn to calm the storm inside of me (inside of me)
Take my last breath as I fall into eternity
Risen to an astral flight, I wander through
Serene with you
Answers to the voices I hear
In a winter's dream, a dream, yeah
Empty minds still wait, I'm here
Captured by light, my spirit rides through the night
And if I dream to wake, will it embrace me?
When the story fades and all is said and done
I can not wait, pray for daybreak
Will it escape me? Escape me, yeah
Awoke at dawn to calm the storm inside of me
Take my last breath as I fall into eternity
Risen to an astral flight, I wander through (inside of me)
Serene with you
Answers to the voices I hear
In a winter's dream, a dream
In a winter's dream, I'll be there for you
In a winter's dream, I'll be there, I'll be there
Risen to an astral flight, I wander through
Serene with you
Answers to the voices I hear
In a winter's dream
Risen to an astral flight, I wander through
Serene with you
Answers to the voices I hear
In a winter's dream, a dream
I'm drifting through the void
A fallen star divides the skies of divinity
Taken on a journey
And enlightened to the past
And if I wake, if I wake, will it embrace me?
Awoke at dawn to calm the storm inside of me (inside of me)
Take my last breath as I fall into eternity
Risen to an astral flight, I wander through
Serene with you
Answers to the voices I hear
In a winter's dream, a dream, yeah
Empty minds still wait, I'm here
Captured by light, my spirit rides through the night
And if I dream to wake, will it embrace me?
When the story fades and all is said and done
I can not wait, pray for daybreak
Will it escape me? Escape me, yeah
Awoke at dawn to calm the storm inside of me
Take my last breath as I fall into eternity
Risen to an astral flight, I wander through (inside of me)
Serene with you
Answers to the voices I hear
In a winter's dream, a dream
In a winter's dream, I'll be there for you
In a winter's dream, I'll be there, I'll be there
Risen to an astral flight, I wander through
Serene with you
Answers to the voices I hear
In a winter's dream
Risen to an astral flight, I wander through
Serene with you
Answers to the voices I hear
In a winter's dream, a dream
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A Winter's Dream: The Ascension, Pt. II Lyrics as written by Michael Pinnella Jason Rullo
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I believe its I'm drifting through the void. Rather than I'm drifting through night. Stor is also storm, which might just be a typo.
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I believe it should be "A fallen star divides the skies of infinity" and not <br /> "As fallen star divides the sky of divinity."