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."
All the blood in their souls pour out,
look for something in the dark
Blinded they find nothing
another lust given in,
another trust shut within
Listen to him speak so holy,
father God, I'm saved
That's fall that matters let the rest burn in hell
Preach false,
a sin is a sin,
doesn't give you the right to condemn then to hell
they know their wrongs you don't have to tell them their faults
Once you were a sinner
how would you like it
if someone laughed at you because of your wrongs?
I'm not here to accept their sings
but I'm here to show them love within
Listen to him speak so holy, Father God I'm saved
That's all that really matters let the rest burn in hell.
No Matter how hard you try
you can't convince me that you represent Christ
No more, I'm fed up with this... you've already killed too many souls
It's time you wake up and see the truth Christian,
I stand no afraid of my beliefs
Learn to love your enemies,
to open their eyes you must be willing to die
Look at your own wrongs before you look at someone else's
You want to save souls or put souls to death
Giving our savior a bad name,
giving me a bad name
You're so wrong with your beliefs,
sit in church every week,
but never do you help the weak
This is time to take back what's ours,
not to give the world what's ours
Don't you want to see everyone saved
or just yourself with a river of blood on your hands?
look for something in the dark
Blinded they find nothing
another lust given in,
another trust shut within
Listen to him speak so holy,
father God, I'm saved
That's fall that matters let the rest burn in hell
Preach false,
a sin is a sin,
doesn't give you the right to condemn then to hell
they know their wrongs you don't have to tell them their faults
Once you were a sinner
how would you like it
if someone laughed at you because of your wrongs?
I'm not here to accept their sings
but I'm here to show them love within
Listen to him speak so holy, Father God I'm saved
That's all that really matters let the rest burn in hell.
No Matter how hard you try
you can't convince me that you represent Christ
No more, I'm fed up with this... you've already killed too many souls
It's time you wake up and see the truth Christian,
I stand no afraid of my beliefs
Learn to love your enemies,
to open their eyes you must be willing to die
Look at your own wrongs before you look at someone else's
You want to save souls or put souls to death
Giving our savior a bad name,
giving me a bad name
You're so wrong with your beliefs,
sit in church every week,
but never do you help the weak
This is time to take back what's ours,
not to give the world what's ours
Don't you want to see everyone saved
or just yourself with a river of blood on your hands?
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What I think it means is, some Christians are too extreme and look down on people who don't believe in Christianity, when a true Christian should accept everyone and try to show them the "truth" (I'm athiest so I don't believe that) rather than condemning their enemy to hell, because you shouldn't want someone to go to hell. Wasn't this what Jesus did? Anyway this is just my opinion on the meaning of the song.
GhettoAstronaut, I'm really impressed with you. You didn't come in being all "christians suck! you're all wrong!" like most of other athiests on this site. You get an A+ for respect and for the song meaning. =D
And whatsgrimace, that ridiculous is the single best weapon I can use against one of my friends. She is so deathly afraid of clowns it isn't funny.
Ok yes it is. xD
Amazing song from an amazing album. I like playing this song to people who only know Underoath from "Reinventing Your Exit" and beyond. Scares them. :)
correct me if im wrong...but im almost positive this song is about the false beliefs of mormons.
What is with that ridiculous lauging at the beginning of the song? LOL
i love how the intro is laughing, then 5 seconds later brutal screaming
This song to me is about the overdramatic Christians, I guess I can say. There's a lot of them who look at you like "Oh my gosh!!! You don't 100% believe what I do! You're hellbound!" WRONG! This song to me is how some Christians take things too far and we should accept people as they are.
The first time i heard this song... my friend clicked to play ti on my comp, when i heard that laughing i was like "What the HELL are you lsitening too?!?!" then when she said "your music Kate! what the hell!" was pretty funny, awesome song though. i cant beleive how hard it is to find this cd... then it goes for 60$ + at least!! The part where it says "Learn to love your enemies" sounds pretty cool, but im still finding it hard to memorize all the lyrics, cause no doubt, they get kinda hard to understand sometimes... Really good song though, more people should get into what Underoath used to be, cause it's really different, and really good.
"Listen to him speak so holy, father God, I'm saved That's fall that matters let the rest burn in hell Preach false, a sin is a sin, doesn't give you the right to condemn then to hell"
pretty much about how people live by God and the false preachings, also wrongfully condemning people to hell for their "wrong" beliefs.
& "Listen to him speak so holy, Father God I'm saved That's all that really matters let the rest burn in hell. No matter how hard you try you can't convince me that you represent Christ No more, I'm fed up with this... you've already killed too many souls It's time you wake up and see the truth Christian, I stand no afraid of my beliefs Learn to love your enemies, to open their eyes you must be willing to die Look at your own wrongs before you look at someone else's You want to save souls or put souls to death Giving our savior a bad name, giving me a bad name You're so wrong with your beliefs, sit in church every week, but never do you help the weak This is time to take back what's ours, not to give the world what's ours Don't you want to see everyone saved or just yourself with a river of blood on your hands?"
How many Christians can be WAY too literal,hypocrites, and uncaring when all People (Christian or not) should just help "the world" (people) weak or strong.....
Ahh– seriously, Underoath is/was/(will be with their upcoming album) AMAZING.