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."
Nothing ever stops all these thoughts and the pain attached to them
Sometimes I wonder why this is happenin'
It's like nothing I can do would distract me when
I think of how I shot myself in the back again
'Cause from the infinite words I can say I
Put all pain you gave to me on display
But didn't realize instead of setting it free I
Took what I hated and made it a part of me
(Never goes away)
(Never goes away)
And now you've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you
Hearing your name, the memories come back again
I remember when it started happening
I'd see you in every thought I had and then
The thoughts slowly found words attached to them
And I knew as they escaped away
I was committing myself to 'em and everyday
I regret saying those things 'cause now I see that I
Took what I hated and made it a part of me
(Never goes away)
(Never goes away)
And now you've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you
(Never goes away)
(Never goes away)
(It never goes away)
(It never goes away)
(Get away from me)
Give me my space back you gotta just (go)
Everything comes down the memories of (you)
I've kept it in without letting you (know)
I've let you go so get away from (me)
Give me my space back you gotta just (go)
Everything comes down the memories of (you)
I've kept it in without letting you (know)
I've let you go
And now you've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you
I've let myself become you
I've let myself become
Lost inside these thoughts of you
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you
Sometimes I wonder why this is happenin'
It's like nothing I can do would distract me when
I think of how I shot myself in the back again
'Cause from the infinite words I can say I
Put all pain you gave to me on display
But didn't realize instead of setting it free I
Took what I hated and made it a part of me
(Never goes away)
(Never goes away)
And now you've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you
Hearing your name, the memories come back again
I remember when it started happening
I'd see you in every thought I had and then
The thoughts slowly found words attached to them
And I knew as they escaped away
I was committing myself to 'em and everyday
I regret saying those things 'cause now I see that I
Took what I hated and made it a part of me
(Never goes away)
(Never goes away)
And now you've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you
(Never goes away)
(Never goes away)
(It never goes away)
(It never goes away)
(Get away from me)
Give me my space back you gotta just (go)
Everything comes down the memories of (you)
I've kept it in without letting you (know)
I've let you go so get away from (me)
Give me my space back you gotta just (go)
Everything comes down the memories of (you)
I've kept it in without letting you (know)
I've let you go
And now you've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you
I've let myself become you
I've let myself become
Lost inside these thoughts of you
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you
Lyrics submitted by ruben, edited by FruitCakes
Figure.09 Lyrics as written by Chester Charles Bennington Brad Delson
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its allowing yourself to become something you never wanted but cant escape....its finding comfort in a painfull situation ..
This song is about being abused. Most likely as a child. Hating everything about it and instead of ever being healed, keeping it inside and as a result doing exactly what he hated to others. Not making sence at all but becoming the abuser and now accepting what he has become, he wants HIS abuser to just GO AWAY! This is what I think it means because I have lived this very same pain myself!
this song is about suffer bullying and become a bullie and then...<br /> you realize that you become the monster who made u suffer<br /> is not about sexual abuse
The way I always heard it was it’s about abusing yourself because someone abused you. I was abused as a child and internalized my abuser to where I abuse myself through self-criticism and self-destructive behaviors
I like this song alot. I think it's about becoming what you hate - or acting like someone you hate.
This song is played in SWAT during the back shootout.
This song is about what ChaoX. Its about separating with someone. But everytime you think about that someone you get those memories. "You become a part of me" Meaning that everything you do your reminded of that person and the painful rememories is things like saying that you loved the person. That you knew that those word were going to hurt sooner or later but your trying really hard to let go of those feelings but your surrendering to those thoughts and now there haunting you.
i can't say for sure what this song means, but every time i hear it, i think of my father and my brother. to me the song is a message to my dad from my brother, who holds strong resentment of him(lost inside these thoughts of you) he has always brooded over our fathers actions, though in the end it seems that he's begun to do all of the same things(you i can't separate myself from what i've done)<br /> eventually i think he'll realize what's happening and come to realize that the first lines apply to him(Nothin’ ever stops all these thoughts n’ the pain attached to them<br /> Sometimes I wonder why this is happenin)
if they already didnt have a song called "part of me", theyd of probably called it that
Did you know that you can sing "One Step Closer" over this song PERFECTLY? Go ahead, try it.
To me this song is about a guy who has become someone that he doesn't want to be but he can't really help it . anyway great song by LP
This song reminds me of how I used to be in abusive relationships and now that I’m in a good one I say nasty things to her and emotionally abuse her I’ve realized this and we are working together to fix it
As someone else who I replied to said, I think it's about abuse, whether from a step-parent like me, parent, any relative or to a extent anyone. But this is my personal view...get ready it's LONG :P
I link it to the abuse that I suffered over 10 years ago that lasted around 7 years give or take, it links to the anger, fear and lonliness I felt, how I always thought about it and all the pain it caused, I cudn't ever escape it, and it tore me apart. (Until recently, when I started fighting back.)
"Nothing ever stops all these thoughts And the pain attached to them"
This is basically what I was trying to say there, that I cudn't ever get over the pain of it.
"Sometimes I wonder why this is happening Its like nothing I can do will distract me when"
I cudn't ever figure it out, why was it happening, what had I done to deserve it, all that kinda stuff, and nothing could take my mind off it for long.
"I think of how I shot myself in the back again 'Cause from the infinite words I could say / I Put all the pain you gave to me on display / But didn't Realize / Instead of setting it free / I Took what I hated and made it a part of me (It never goes away)"
This whole bit shows how when I tried to tell him, myself or anyone how I felt that I wasn't letting all the anger out like I thought I was, I was letting it take me over. The hate grew even stronger, and the desire and need for revenge did the same. I was making it a part of me, the hate and fear and rage was deciding who I was. (I've only recently started trying to change myself, after over 10 years, more than half my life)
"And now You've become a part of me You'll always be right here You've become a part of me You'll always be my fear"
This is all of what I said earlier, but shortened
"I can't separate myself from what I've done"
Again about the anger, fear and everything, I can't take the person I was away from what this has made me, the anger and everything has become a part of me...
"I've given up a part of me I've let myself become you"
...which leads to this, the fact that a part of me was gone, and tainted by the anger and fear and emotions that I felt.
"Hearing your name / The memories come back again"
I always thought about it but never really spoke about it, once I heard his name it hit even harder, I hate it but not as much.
"I remember when it started happening I'd see you in every thought I had and then"
This bit I can't really explain, I always remembered what happened, but after he was gone I went numb, not thinking about anything, then one day it started, everything went back to him, why I'm so shy, why I am too protective if I let people close to me etc.
"The thoughts slowly found words attached to them"
I took these thoughts and linked them to my lonliness and fear and anger, so normal and even happy thoughts could hurt me.
"And I knew as they escaped away I was Committing myself to them / And every day I Regret saying those things / 'Cause now I see / That I Took what I hated and made it a part of me (It never goes away)"
This is the earlier points again, I have just started to regret everything I thought and said about him, it made the hold he had over me and my life stronger, even if he wasn't "there" anymore and didn't know. There's a strong chance he'll always be there, but I'm not letting the hate consume me, I'm gonna fight back and become myself again.
"Get away from me Gimme my space back / You gotta just go"
This is what I've just started to realize, he terrorized my life for long enough, it's time for me to get my life back.
"Everything comes down to memories of you"
As the rest of what I've said most likely shows my life comes down to the same memories of this one person, it holds me back on everything I love doing, whether it's football, letting people get close to me and trusting them with my emotions or even just talking to people.
"I've kept it in but now I'm letting you know I've let you go"
I've had enough, and I'm now fighting back...
"GET AWAY FROM ME"
...You will NOT ruin my life any longer, you won't get the satisfation. Kthxbi...without the thanks, just f*** off
I've let myself become you I've let myself become lost inside these Thoughts of you Giving up a part of me I've let myself become you
But I think you can interpret this song in anyway, and in as a big a level as you can personally link it to that way. That's why I love it, it's one of them songs that even if you have as strong a view as I do about it. You can still see how it could be linked to other things, such as what other people here have said.
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This is my favorite song of Meteora, i think its about when someone gets out of you life but you keep thinking on her because you can't realy separate from what you've done.