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."
CHORUS:
Give your child a gun to kill a natural reaction
Wrap him up in film and he will be your movie star
It's a sad world...but even the scars forget the wound
So natural to keep the world at your feet
The same children run from vegetables
That speak daily to the dead
It's natural, oxygen dirt bloodstains skin and sexual tension
Wanting more than you can have
Having more than you know what to do with
It's natural, running in front of cars
You'll probably live forever
Paint your face with plastic, naturally
Smile like a sunrise
Smile like a cash register
A smile like only a lonely child can do
He's your last four dollars so spend him well
Like only a lonely child can do
Like only a lonely child can do
Security on a Saturday morning
Fishing glory out of the garbage with a rope of gold
CHORUS
We don't look so good, anonymous bruises and such
Who knew "forgive and forget" would be used as a crutch
Making yea-yea-guy-sparkletooth-photo-op-agreements with our perpetrators
We pay allegiance to the Worldwide Windshiled Wiper.
And it could be a good thing to limp and smile at the same time
But not if you'll be limping through a funeral line
History is last year's fashion design:
Forgetting the whole thing I just said so you can hear my next rhyme.
So natural to keep the world at your feet
Got your name in a book somewhere, there's no need to speak
It's natural oxygen tanks sweat stains Pre-milenium tension
Everything you own in numbers
Looking for love and all you find are numbers
Buying gifts for 146-862 47, 67, 37
XO XO
Natural like maltodextrin and Yellow #5
Life's glow comes from the shoeshine
Naturally one important piece in a big machine
Plug the incubator in and read a magazine
The children will be presidents and beauty queens
So
Smile like a factory
He's your last four dollars so spend him well
Like only a lonely child can do
Like only a lonely child can do
CHORUS
Give your child a gun to kill a natural reaction
Wrap him up in film and he will be your movie star
It's a sad world...but even the scars forget the wound
So natural to keep the world at your feet
The same children run from vegetables
That speak daily to the dead
It's natural, oxygen dirt bloodstains skin and sexual tension
Wanting more than you can have
Having more than you know what to do with
It's natural, running in front of cars
You'll probably live forever
Paint your face with plastic, naturally
Smile like a sunrise
Smile like a cash register
A smile like only a lonely child can do
He's your last four dollars so spend him well
Like only a lonely child can do
Like only a lonely child can do
Security on a Saturday morning
Fishing glory out of the garbage with a rope of gold
CHORUS
We don't look so good, anonymous bruises and such
Who knew "forgive and forget" would be used as a crutch
Making yea-yea-guy-sparkletooth-photo-op-agreements with our perpetrators
We pay allegiance to the Worldwide Windshiled Wiper.
And it could be a good thing to limp and smile at the same time
But not if you'll be limping through a funeral line
History is last year's fashion design:
Forgetting the whole thing I just said so you can hear my next rhyme.
So natural to keep the world at your feet
Got your name in a book somewhere, there's no need to speak
It's natural oxygen tanks sweat stains Pre-milenium tension
Everything you own in numbers
Looking for love and all you find are numbers
Buying gifts for 146-862 47, 67, 37
XO XO
Natural like maltodextrin and Yellow #5
Life's glow comes from the shoeshine
Naturally one important piece in a big machine
Plug the incubator in and read a magazine
The children will be presidents and beauty queens
So
Smile like a factory
He's your last four dollars so spend him well
Like only a lonely child can do
Like only a lonely child can do
CHORUS
Lyrics submitted by ate_16am
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^how did they copy 311? does 311 have sax? does 311 have keyboards? umm noo..so who did they copy off of?
this was the first song i heard form them, i was totally hooked..and now what am i doing? spreading the word about gruvis malt all around town!
Yeah Gruvis malt is an awesome band! I saw them live when they opened for Incubus and I was really impressed by them. They have a great sound and this song rocks.
i saw them when they opened for incubus also!! they were awesome. i was so happy when i heard that they were opening because i had liked them for awhile before then. this song is really good. i just love the lyrics....its really sarcastic. perfect. and their sound, i dont' ever know how to describe them to people but whatever it is, i love it!
ah yeah gruvis malt rocks providence!! hah they are SO good... with a really indescribable sound
they suck, they're trying to rip off 311. you should be ashamed ate 16, for posting such posers. if they were true 311 fans then they'd have cought the message "COME ORIGINAL"
hah yeah queveralives what now?
you fucking retards. their general sound is like that of 311. i'm aware that they don't have a sax or keys.
queveralives, gruvis malt is quite possibly the most original, refreshing bands out today. Their singer sounds a bit like one of the guys from 311, but vocals can sound like other vocals. To conclude, go listen to some shitty nu metal or uncreative music, you homosex.
first off, if i was gay, i probably wouldn't talk like shit like i do, and probably wouldn't fuck girls at night. and anyway, i'm continuning on my quest to hate Gruvis Malt, they suck and are not original whatsoever. so fuck off and go listen to another band trying to be like 311