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."
One more game before you go We'll stay up late for one more show Grab the keys were going out were leaving home and We won't come back again were friends til the end We'll take on the world we just don't care at all I never wanted to believe that you could lie that friends discive but here i stand I'm still the same I watched you change you won't come back
I wonder what its like to be like you, I wonder what its like to be like you To never even care how bad it hurts, to never even care about it, so go ahead and lie and keep movin on its all about yourself and your never wrong I'll watch you crash and burn
The day is gone its cold out I walk alone as you fade out I don't know why I'm reachin out and now I know you come back
I wonder what its like to be like you, I wonder what its like to be like you To never even care how bad it hurts, to never even care about it, so go ahead and lie and keep movin on its all about yourself and your never wrong I'll watch you crash and burn
Do you remember the days way back when we use to say nothing could change us no one will stop us I'll never be like you
I'll watch you crash and burn your never wrong and you keep movin on
I'll watch you crash and burn your never wrong and you keep movin on
I'll watch you crash and burn your never wrong and you keep movin on
I'll watch you crash and burn your never wrong and you keep movin on
I wonder what its like to be like you, I wonder what its like to be like you To never even care how bad it hurts, to never even care about it, so go ahead and lie and keep movin on its all about yourself and your never wrong I'll watch you crash and burn
The day is gone its cold out I walk alone as you fade out I don't know why I'm reachin out and now I know you come back
I wonder what its like to be like you, I wonder what its like to be like you To never even care how bad it hurts, to never even care about it, so go ahead and lie and keep movin on its all about yourself and your never wrong I'll watch you crash and burn
Do you remember the days way back when we use to say nothing could change us no one will stop us I'll never be like you
I'll watch you crash and burn your never wrong and you keep movin on
I'll watch you crash and burn your never wrong and you keep movin on
I'll watch you crash and burn your never wrong and you keep movin on
I'll watch you crash and burn your never wrong and you keep movin on
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Crash and Burn Lyrics as written by Sean Syed Hosein Dane Anthony Deviller
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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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."
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I think it's a cool song. It's one of the latter songs I heard by Simple Plan.