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."
[Jamie Madrox]
They the exact opposite from you ignorant, counterfeit
Normal motherfuckers so proud of the innocence
For ever in this bitch, fuckin' with the dead
With invisible X's in the middle of our foreheads
(What would you call us?) Actin' like you don't know
In the midst of the Twiztid Serial Killin' Juggalos
We stay different, I guess different minds think alike
We the children of the night
You don't want to fight (that's right)
'cause if it gets this way
There's goin' be more than feelin's hurt up in here tonight
That's what it's like when your fuckin' with us
And then you get fucked up and shit is, Oh, so serious
Don't even speak on us
Now I know, that everyone got their own personal reason for hatin' us
But I don't care bitch, shut the fuck up
Try strange, deranged, divine, and different
[Hook]x2
I'M DIFFERENT
I'm not like you
I'M DIFFERENT
I like fuckin' with voodoo
I'M DIFFERENT
I come from the darkside
I'M DIFFERENT
I've seen the dead come alive
[Monoxide Child]
Dispised by the rest of the world, 'cause of my axe
The freaked out raps, and the bugged ass contacts
Not normal, nothin' in comparison
Stop frontin' bitch, you's embarrisin' (HOE)
separated from the rest at birth
And the blood in my viens is cursed
I'm leavin' the Earth, represented by killas and juggalos
And all that don't know should die like some dumb hoes
My contingent mind state spreads quicker than the cold in most states
And I hope you both hate (HATER)
Can't stop what you can't see
I'm slippin' in through your backdoor, tyin' up your family
Unexpected, and unexplained
I'm underground, and I'M INSAAAAANE
People want to talk the talk, but I'mma walk the walk
And even chalk the chalk, bitch
[Hook]
[Monoxide Child]
I'm different like I never exsisted
Different like that 50 pack, smokin' bud toker from Twiztid
I'M DIFFERENT, like I'm segregated
No, hold up, fuck that, a better word is "Player Hated"
DIFFERENT, 'cause it's so for real
And if you fuck with weak shit, the axe I'll wield
I said DIFFERENT, you can see it in my soul
I'm different 'cause I'm Twiztid for life wit' juggalos
[Jamie Madrox]
We walk through walls, sleep with bats
Been to Heaven and Hell and still can't relax
I'M DIFFERENT, at least my mama called my strange
Said that I would be dangerous if I was given a brain
I'm a serial killa, that's what I amounted to be
And there's more than a thin line between you and me
I live behind the mirror and I'm every bad dream
So believe what you heard and see, because I'm different
[Hook] (till end)
They the exact opposite from you ignorant, counterfeit
Normal motherfuckers so proud of the innocence
For ever in this bitch, fuckin' with the dead
With invisible X's in the middle of our foreheads
(What would you call us?) Actin' like you don't know
In the midst of the Twiztid Serial Killin' Juggalos
We stay different, I guess different minds think alike
We the children of the night
You don't want to fight (that's right)
'cause if it gets this way
There's goin' be more than feelin's hurt up in here tonight
That's what it's like when your fuckin' with us
And then you get fucked up and shit is, Oh, so serious
Don't even speak on us
Now I know, that everyone got their own personal reason for hatin' us
But I don't care bitch, shut the fuck up
Try strange, deranged, divine, and different
[Hook]x2
I'M DIFFERENT
I'm not like you
I'M DIFFERENT
I like fuckin' with voodoo
I'M DIFFERENT
I come from the darkside
I'M DIFFERENT
I've seen the dead come alive
[Monoxide Child]
Dispised by the rest of the world, 'cause of my axe
The freaked out raps, and the bugged ass contacts
Not normal, nothin' in comparison
Stop frontin' bitch, you's embarrisin' (HOE)
separated from the rest at birth
And the blood in my viens is cursed
I'm leavin' the Earth, represented by killas and juggalos
And all that don't know should die like some dumb hoes
My contingent mind state spreads quicker than the cold in most states
And I hope you both hate (HATER)
Can't stop what you can't see
I'm slippin' in through your backdoor, tyin' up your family
Unexpected, and unexplained
I'm underground, and I'M INSAAAAANE
People want to talk the talk, but I'mma walk the walk
And even chalk the chalk, bitch
[Hook]
[Monoxide Child]
I'm different like I never exsisted
Different like that 50 pack, smokin' bud toker from Twiztid
I'M DIFFERENT, like I'm segregated
No, hold up, fuck that, a better word is "Player Hated"
DIFFERENT, 'cause it's so for real
And if you fuck with weak shit, the axe I'll wield
I said DIFFERENT, you can see it in my soul
I'm different 'cause I'm Twiztid for life wit' juggalos
[Jamie Madrox]
We walk through walls, sleep with bats
Been to Heaven and Hell and still can't relax
I'M DIFFERENT, at least my mama called my strange
Said that I would be dangerous if I was given a brain
I'm a serial killa, that's what I amounted to be
And there's more than a thin line between you and me
I live behind the mirror and I'm every bad dream
So believe what you heard and see, because I'm different
[Hook] (till end)
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