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."
And some say
Why you follow something so long
So I asked him
And he convinced me before long
Now its over
And I've seen him, don't come back anymore
And he said
I need
I don't ask much anymore
I found something
Throw a stone into the water
The ripple is broke
Burn them, baby
Just for holding the cradle too close
Take it all back
Search for justice, don't live there anymore
And he said
I need
I don't ask much anymore
I found something
Yeah
And why do you see me in this way?
The way that I did
I gave him the means to the end
Yes I did
I bothered not to believe in this way
The way that I did
I made him just to see in this way
The way that I did
I need
I don't ask much anymore
I found something
Why you follow something so long
So I asked him
And he convinced me before long
Now its over
And I've seen him, don't come back anymore
And he said
I need
I don't ask much anymore
I found something
Throw a stone into the water
The ripple is broke
Burn them, baby
Just for holding the cradle too close
Take it all back
Search for justice, don't live there anymore
And he said
I need
I don't ask much anymore
I found something
Yeah
And why do you see me in this way?
The way that I did
I gave him the means to the end
Yes I did
I bothered not to believe in this way
The way that I did
I made him just to see in this way
The way that I did
I need
I don't ask much anymore
I found something
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Pusher Lyrics as written by Chad Kroeger Brandon Kroeger
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Then, in the third verse, the user ODs, and the dealer sort of shrugs, and goes 'I gave him the shit- what he does with it it his deal.' And when the user ODs, he sees it through the dealer's eyes(I made him just to see in this way)- he sees the real, life-ruining effects of drugs.
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