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."
Have faith,
Have faith,
In the blue lady
Have faith,
Have faith,
In the blue lady
Strange how the ears ring
After a night of wrongdoing
Strange how the arms sting
When you're left holding nothing
Have faith,
Have faith,
In the blue lady
Have faith,
Have faith,
In the blue lady
Strange how the ears ring
After a night of wrongdoing
Strange how the arms sting
When you're left holding nothing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
And you already love her
You already love her
You already love her, love her, love her...
Strange how the ears ring
After a night of wrongdoing
Strange how the arms sting
When you're left holding nothing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
And you already love her
You already love her
You already...
You already love her
You all love her, love her, love her...
Have faith,
In the blue lady
Have faith,
Have faith,
In the blue lady
Strange how the ears ring
After a night of wrongdoing
Strange how the arms sting
When you're left holding nothing
Have faith,
Have faith,
In the blue lady
Have faith,
Have faith,
In the blue lady
Strange how the ears ring
After a night of wrongdoing
Strange how the arms sting
When you're left holding nothing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
And you already love her
You already love her
You already love her, love her, love her...
Strange how the ears ring
After a night of wrongdoing
Strange how the arms sting
When you're left holding nothing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
Your conscience is failing
You need contact daily
And you already love her
You already love her
You already...
You already love her
You all love her, love her, love her...
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And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken
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Another mother's breaking
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Um okay this is probably a long shot, but this is what I found when I googled "blue lady":
"According to the ghostly Coastside legend, some 72 years ago a beautiful, young woman met by chance, a handsome dangerous man and fell in love with him. This sophisticated ladies' man was, say some, a piano player in the bar. The naive young woman, always dressed in blue was already married to another but her unsuspecting husband and young son never knew of the illicit affair. She made many trips to the restaurant to be with her lover.
The beautiful lady in blue died in a violent automobile accident and it is here at the Distillery you will now find her searching for her lover."
I believe Self mutilation is close.(referencing one of the comments below) I think it's about the use of stimulates, (Cocaine in particular) "strange how the ears ring after a night of wrongdoing" when you inject cocaine it tends to make the ears ring. It also (depending on the purity) can appear blue when covered in water. "Strange, how the arms sting when you're left holding nothing. " Arms sting could represent a needles prick, and holding nothing means the emptiness of substance abuse. "Have faith in the blue lady" ie: rely on the escape of using. Cocaine has also been referred to as a woman countless times throughout the history of pop culture.
BUT I MAYBE 1000% MISTAKEN.🤷‍♂️
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Strange how the arms sting When you're left holding nothing
I see that as self-mutilation. When the person lost a lover, she went to self harm.
I'm sorry if one does not agree with this.
yoooouuuu alreaaady love her!
one of my favorite songs by rainer maria
i dont know the blue lady? makes me think of the green fairy when you drink absithne, but i kno im probably wrong. the music video had them all at a diner and stuff, not sure exactly but i love her voice because it sounds so desperate.
i think this is about having an afair. the blue lady...i dont know what thats about but... your earing ring when youre embarassed, crying, enjoying something, or feeling blissful so basically any time your filled with emotion. when youre having an afair i assume you, at one time, are filled with one of these emotions. a night of wrong doing means they had the physical afair the night before. youre conscience is failing thus the wrong doing. you need contact daily meaning you want/need the physical part of the afair and perhaps thats why this person turned to another person. perhaps they were "fulfilled" enough. eventually i think they fall in love. OR it could be one of those things when your having sex and you accidently say "i love you" when you really should be saying "i love this" but after one night of sex he already "loves her" you could even look at love a if it meant sex. he loves her. get it? alright. im done.
this song reminds me of my mom. i have no effin clue why.
just from reading some of the words in it like "have faith," "wrongdoing," and "conscience" the reference to "blue lady" might be the bible's Mary. just a thought...
I'm not sure we're supposed to take the "arms sting" line literally. More "it hurts like hell when you lose somebody." I guess this could cause some to turn to self mutilation, but I never read it as such.
given the fact that caithlin's written songs like CT catholic, i always took "the blue lady" as the virgin mary. especially since in catholicism, mary is always wearing blue (yes, i too was a "ct catholic"). just sayin'.