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."
A little white picket fence around your heart
It's everything you wanted
Now it's tearing you apart
You're gonna raise a family now
But you don't know where to start
I remember you
Me I pack a suitcase
And move from town to town
A little east of Eden
Too late to turn around
Marionettes on wires
You dance out of control
I remember you
Are you crying in your sleep tonight
When you're lying with him
Do you turn out the light
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight
In your world
I will be the ghost in your heart
The ghost in your heart
Well you said you couldn't take it
You had to settle down
And I was the wild one
With both feet off the ground
I could never understand you
But I loved you anyhow
I remember now
Are you crying in your sleep tonight
When you're lying with him
Do you turn out the light
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight
In your world
I will be the ghost in your heart
The ghost in your heart
Yeah
Something in the first kiss
Is written in the sand
We held it for a moment
But it slipped straight through our hands
I stare at your reflection
And sometimes see my face
I remember you
You remember too
Are you crying in your sleep tonight
When you're lying with him
Do you turn out the light
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight
In your world
Are you crying in your sleep tonight
Are you lying with him
Thinkin' 'bout me tonight
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight
In your world
I will be the ghost in your heart
The ghost in your heart
In your heart
In your heart
Ghost in your
It's everything you wanted
Now it's tearing you apart
You're gonna raise a family now
But you don't know where to start
I remember you
Me I pack a suitcase
And move from town to town
A little east of Eden
Too late to turn around
Marionettes on wires
You dance out of control
I remember you
Are you crying in your sleep tonight
When you're lying with him
Do you turn out the light
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight
In your world
I will be the ghost in your heart
The ghost in your heart
Well you said you couldn't take it
You had to settle down
And I was the wild one
With both feet off the ground
I could never understand you
But I loved you anyhow
I remember now
Are you crying in your sleep tonight
When you're lying with him
Do you turn out the light
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight
In your world
I will be the ghost in your heart
The ghost in your heart
Yeah
Something in the first kiss
Is written in the sand
We held it for a moment
But it slipped straight through our hands
I stare at your reflection
And sometimes see my face
I remember you
You remember too
Are you crying in your sleep tonight
When you're lying with him
Do you turn out the light
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight
In your world
Are you crying in your sleep tonight
Are you lying with him
Thinkin' 'bout me tonight
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight
In your world
I will be the ghost in your heart
The ghost in your heart
In your heart
In your heart
Ghost in your
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Does anyone know what is meant by the lyrics..a little east of Eden
@markfaces He had heaven with her - but he went past it when she decided she needed to settle down - so he is a little too far from heaven - but because she married, it is too late to turn around - too late to find the heaven that they could have had together.
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