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."
He never thought someone would come along
And show him a feeling he's always dreamed of.
She didn't plan on falling in love.
Upset the balance she's wanted so long.
This road to recovery
Has taken all I have.
It seems hard
As I try
To succumb once again...again...
Well he lost control and gave up his heart.
To follow the girl that he's always dreamed of.
She pulled away so scared of a love
That might have been more than she had planned on.
This road to recovery
Has taken all I have.
It seems hard
As I try To succumb once again...again...
Well love is a bitch all relationships end.
What happens now
When that persons gone.
The one who you thought
You could always count on.
You fall in love
And they fall out.
Love is a bitch.
All realationships end.
How do I let go of a love
That meant so much to me.
How do I go on
When your part of me.
I'm dying inside
Each time i see you.
Don't lose sight of me
Cause yer all i see.
Your still all i see.
This road to recovery has taken all i have.
And show him a feeling he's always dreamed of.
She didn't plan on falling in love.
Upset the balance she's wanted so long.
This road to recovery
Has taken all I have.
It seems hard
As I try
To succumb once again...again...
Well he lost control and gave up his heart.
To follow the girl that he's always dreamed of.
She pulled away so scared of a love
That might have been more than she had planned on.
This road to recovery
Has taken all I have.
It seems hard
As I try To succumb once again...again...
Well love is a bitch all relationships end.
What happens now
When that persons gone.
The one who you thought
You could always count on.
You fall in love
And they fall out.
Love is a bitch.
All realationships end.
How do I let go of a love
That meant so much to me.
How do I go on
When your part of me.
I'm dying inside
Each time i see you.
Don't lose sight of me
Cause yer all i see.
Your still all i see.
This road to recovery has taken all i have.
Lyrics submitted by Bigpoppad
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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Who are we mistaken
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It's not my family"
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i love this song!!!
this song makes me sad, even a little scared
This song is seriously soooo cute!! ahhh makes you want to fall in love
this song is an excellent view of love in every form i can relate to this song it is telling a story of a guy who falls totally in love with a girl who begins to love him back but doesnt realize the relationships level and gets scared and runs from it
rufio rocks. i just got into them this april even though ive known about them for so long and i love them. great song.
this song here is one of their best songs ever!! i relate more to this song than eny other rufio songs. cuz love is a bitch. i dunno if i feel completely in love with her but i did love her, still do actually. but enywayz.....she ran...twice..."love is a bitch" - tEk
the guy in this song is probably me! i'm not expecting someone to come along, and unfortunely i think that no one is going to fall for me :( ... it has taken all i have
This song is exactly what happend to me, i had the greatest girl and she ran cause she thought it was getting to serious. LOVE blows but i love being in love. i relate to this song more so than any other song on the album. RUFIO is the shit
This is about an entire relationship, strangely, the first two whatchamacolics sound like me and my current love interest... hope it doesnt end up breaking our hearts, even thow its true that 'loves a bitch and all relationships end'
Anyone who thinks this song is "seriously so cute" and makes you want to fall in love isn't listening to the lyrics. This song is about heartbreak. Love sucks.