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."
Desde alamar
Operación partida
Virgen de regla hermano
Conmigo yema ya
Embarcación confusión
Orientación acecha
Un objetivo solo en la cabeza
Aquí la huida al paraíso
Comentado por todos
Los cubanos emigrados
90 millas de La Habana
Cada vez más, más me alejaba
A golpe trueno rompe
En medio mar tormenta helada
Inmensas olas destrozaban
La locura la barca rota
La amargura
Al mar pido cordura
Mi madre me abrazaba
Yo rezaba
Padre nuestro que estas en
Nuestro cielo
Santificado sea tu nombre
Si tienes que elegir a mi que
Soy el hombre
Coge mi nombre
Ese es otro día
Quien lo diría
Viste asere este
No esta en na'
Que ese plan de loco
Te fallaría
Viste asere este
No esta en na'
Ese es otro día
Quien lo diría
Viste asere este
No está en ná'
Que ese plan de locos
Te fallaría
Te lo dije asere
Este no está en na'
Cae la noche en el manglar
El silencio cubre todo
Menos las olas del mar
Cuatro jóvenes y un niño
Que no para de llorar
Con temor pero aferrados
Se disponen a zarpar
Piden al cielo, fe y piedad
Que dios ponga ya su mano
Contra el furor del mar
El océano endiablado
No descansa, pide más
Tragó sus cuerpos cansados
Es la triste realidad
Crece la furia por toda
La ciudad digo la verdad
Si es que tu la sabes
No hay reproche que retorne
Si sopla el viento fuerza noble
Allí se que lo rodean puros
Tiburones
Más cabrones
El sol castiga las emociones
Quien se repone a los temores
Sueño mas duro que gladiadores
Que le pasó a ese pobre
Balserito que anda
Jugando su suerte óyelo
En las fauces de Neptuno
Su voz se quedó
Dios en la aventura has fallado
Y aquí mi voz en
Lo profundo se ha quedado
Enjaulado, sueño frustrado
Aha
El plan del otro día
Ha fracasado
Operación partida
Virgen de regla hermano
Conmigo yema ya
Embarcación confusión
Orientación acecha
Un objetivo solo en la cabeza
Aquí la huida al paraíso
Comentado por todos
Los cubanos emigrados
90 millas de La Habana
Cada vez más, más me alejaba
A golpe trueno rompe
En medio mar tormenta helada
Inmensas olas destrozaban
La locura la barca rota
La amargura
Al mar pido cordura
Mi madre me abrazaba
Yo rezaba
Padre nuestro que estas en
Nuestro cielo
Santificado sea tu nombre
Si tienes que elegir a mi que
Soy el hombre
Coge mi nombre
Ese es otro día
Quien lo diría
Viste asere este
No esta en na'
Que ese plan de loco
Te fallaría
Viste asere este
No esta en na'
Ese es otro día
Quien lo diría
Viste asere este
No está en ná'
Que ese plan de locos
Te fallaría
Te lo dije asere
Este no está en na'
Cae la noche en el manglar
El silencio cubre todo
Menos las olas del mar
Cuatro jóvenes y un niño
Que no para de llorar
Con temor pero aferrados
Se disponen a zarpar
Piden al cielo, fe y piedad
Que dios ponga ya su mano
Contra el furor del mar
El océano endiablado
No descansa, pide más
Tragó sus cuerpos cansados
Es la triste realidad
Crece la furia por toda
La ciudad digo la verdad
Si es que tu la sabes
No hay reproche que retorne
Si sopla el viento fuerza noble
Allí se que lo rodean puros
Tiburones
Más cabrones
El sol castiga las emociones
Quien se repone a los temores
Sueño mas duro que gladiadores
Que le pasó a ese pobre
Balserito que anda
Jugando su suerte óyelo
En las fauces de Neptuno
Su voz se quedó
Dios en la aventura has fallado
Y aquí mi voz en
Lo profundo se ha quedado
Enjaulado, sueño frustrado
Aha
El plan del otro día
Ha fracasado
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