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."
Now fallen to my knees
Do you want to save me or not
Sound made it to my head
Screaming
Nothing else is right to me so maybe
We will fail to never see
The future has an end
And it’s forever (and) ever
With the key to see forever
With the key to see forever
It’s all-fake then you break, then you’ll go
Reform
Remake
Have regret
Recreate
Found fallen to my knees
Do you want to face me or not
Bound, captured by my pleads
I’m begging
Nothing else is right to me so maybe
We will fail to never see
The future has an end
And it’s forever (and) ever
With the key to see forever
With the key to see forever
It’s all-fake then you’ll break, then you’ll go
Reform
Remake
Have regret
Recreate
And die create
Now fallen to my knees
Do I have to plead?
Do I have to plead?
Begging on my knees
Is this what you wanted?
Cause this is what you got
This is what you wished for
So die with it
Now fallen to my knees
Do you have to plead?
Begging on your knees
Are you gonna save me?
Forever and ever
Nothing else is right to me
Nothing else is right to me
So maybe
We will fail to see
We will fail to never see
The future has an end
And it’s forever (and) ever
With the key to see forever
With the key to see forever
It’s all-fake then you’ll break, then you’ll go
Reform
Remake
Have regret
Recreate
With the key to see forever
With the key to see forever
It’s all-fake then you’ll break, then you’ll go
Die create
Now regret
Die create
Do you want to save me or not
Sound made it to my head
Screaming
Nothing else is right to me so maybe
We will fail to never see
The future has an end
And it’s forever (and) ever
With the key to see forever
With the key to see forever
It’s all-fake then you break, then you’ll go
Reform
Remake
Have regret
Recreate
Found fallen to my knees
Do you want to face me or not
Bound, captured by my pleads
I’m begging
Nothing else is right to me so maybe
We will fail to never see
The future has an end
And it’s forever (and) ever
With the key to see forever
With the key to see forever
It’s all-fake then you’ll break, then you’ll go
Reform
Remake
Have regret
Recreate
And die create
Now fallen to my knees
Do I have to plead?
Do I have to plead?
Begging on my knees
Is this what you wanted?
Cause this is what you got
This is what you wished for
So die with it
Now fallen to my knees
Do you have to plead?
Begging on your knees
Are you gonna save me?
Forever and ever
Nothing else is right to me
Nothing else is right to me
So maybe
We will fail to see
We will fail to never see
The future has an end
And it’s forever (and) ever
With the key to see forever
With the key to see forever
It’s all-fake then you’ll break, then you’ll go
Reform
Remake
Have regret
Recreate
With the key to see forever
With the key to see forever
It’s all-fake then you’ll break, then you’ll go
Die create
Now regret
Die create
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