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."
Show me who you are
I'll show you what you love
I'll give you half the world if that's enough
Let me take you down
Let me hear you smile
Let me rest my head here for a while
In the end we'll leave it all behind
Because the life I think I'm trying to find
Is probably all in my mind
Show me who you are
I'll show you what you love
I'll give you all the world if that's enough
In the end we'll leave it all behind
Because the life I think I'm trying to find
Is probably all in my mind
In the end we'll leave it all behind
In the end we'll leave it all behind
In the end we'll leave it all behind
Because the life I think I'm trying to find
Is probably all in my mind
It's all in the mind
All in the mind
All in the mind
I'll show you what you love
I'll give you half the world if that's enough
Let me take you down
Let me hear you smile
Let me rest my head here for a while
In the end we'll leave it all behind
Because the life I think I'm trying to find
Is probably all in my mind
Show me who you are
I'll show you what you love
I'll give you all the world if that's enough
In the end we'll leave it all behind
Because the life I think I'm trying to find
Is probably all in my mind
In the end we'll leave it all behind
In the end we'll leave it all behind
In the end we'll leave it all behind
Because the life I think I'm trying to find
Is probably all in my mind
It's all in the mind
All in the mind
All in the mind
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Mountain Song
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Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
tune
i can relate.
from the album Heathen Chemistry (i was bored) has a meger tune and beat
Pretty poor Lyrics for Oasis standards. I suppose that's what happens if you start living the rock and roll and believing all the hype. "I think therefore I am" just leave it and think of something original to say.
DJ PartialLaw, lay off the crack, will ya? This song is great lyrically. It sounds a lot like the beatles song 'rain' like 'up in the sky' which also embodies that beatles '66 period.
Okay, maybe the lyrics aren't original, but they're still suitable to the tune.
I like this tune, but Noel owes some thanks to the Stone Roses and there are also similarities with "Sweet Child O'Mine"
maybe so, cuz coldplay's scientist (released after this song) used the last part of the chorus - "I'm going back to the start" sounds a lot like "It's probably all in the mind"...listen to the songs to see
The best part of this song is the improvised part at the end with the mage rumbling chors and johnny marrs solo... tis a highlight of heathen chemistry.
I love the bassline in this song and the beat of it. This song is about letting someone into your world and sharing your experiences with them, then meshing both together and share those experiences together. Some of these experiences are dreams that can't be reached at the moment, but you keep dreaming and keep living.
this is probably not what the song is about.. but to me, its about my college days..
In the end we'll leave it all behind Because the life I think I'm trying to find Is probably all in the mind
its like we're trying to work hard for something thats just in our mind. trying to have something with someone you can never have for life. and in the end, what happens is you move apart, he moves to somewhere else, you move on and the life you were trying to have was just 'for a while' .. just wanting to rest your head there for a while.