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."
We won't tell you what to do,
We'll just leave you no choice
We'll take good care of you
The sly way to subdue.
So get a job and earn some money,
Join the ranks and fall in line,
It's a race now can't you see
The only way to remain free
So don't take trouble asking why,
Cause you'll get no reply,
About the bombs that we've built
And what we've done to our seas
The secret games we have to play,
Decisions we had to make,
Long before you noticed,
We're only for your sake
So don't take trouble asking why,
Cause you'll get no reply,
About the bombs that we've built
And what we've done to our seas
Who ever told you
You could raise your voice
Can't you see we're busy
Here making things worse
I guess you thought that
You would have the choice
So don't take trouble asking why,
Cause you'll get no reply,
About the bombs that we've built
And what we've done to our seas
And all the countries on this planet
Are waiting to catch
You out
Someone has to take action
So don't be so surprised
We'll just leave you no choice
We'll take good care of you
The sly way to subdue.
So get a job and earn some money,
Join the ranks and fall in line,
It's a race now can't you see
The only way to remain free
So don't take trouble asking why,
Cause you'll get no reply,
About the bombs that we've built
And what we've done to our seas
The secret games we have to play,
Decisions we had to make,
Long before you noticed,
We're only for your sake
So don't take trouble asking why,
Cause you'll get no reply,
About the bombs that we've built
And what we've done to our seas
Who ever told you
You could raise your voice
Can't you see we're busy
Here making things worse
I guess you thought that
You would have the choice
So don't take trouble asking why,
Cause you'll get no reply,
About the bombs that we've built
And what we've done to our seas
And all the countries on this planet
Are waiting to catch
You out
Someone has to take action
So don't be so surprised
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
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