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."
Open your eyes and look inside my twisted world.
Hope you realize that I could never go on without you.
Open your eyes and see my walls are crashing down.
Cover my eyes for the last time.
Tell me everything I need to know.
Knowing me I will always loose control.
[Chorus]
Take it all away from me.
Only do I live today to tell you.
Smash my face again for nothing.
And you, you're gonna get what you deserve.
Open your mind and see that there's much more to me.
Hope you realize I know my hope for life's disappearing.
Open your mind and please don't leave me hear all alone.
Cover my eyes for the last time.
Tell me everything I need to know.
Knowing me I will always loose control.
[Chorus]
Take it all away from me.
Only do I live today to tell you.
Smash my face again for nothing.
And you, you're gonna get what you deserve.
Every time that you're getting inside my twisted head.
I find it's crazy corrupt that I wish you were dead.
I keep dealing with all these emotions that are stirring, stirring inside.
You know I felt this pain today.
It's one of many so it doesn't matter anyway.
I keep dealing with all these emotions that are stirring inside.
[Chorus]
Take it all away from me.
Only do I live today to tell you.
Smash my face again for nothing.
And you, you're gonna get what you deserve.
Hope you realize that I could never go on without you.
Open your eyes and see my walls are crashing down.
Cover my eyes for the last time.
Tell me everything I need to know.
Knowing me I will always loose control.
[Chorus]
Take it all away from me.
Only do I live today to tell you.
Smash my face again for nothing.
And you, you're gonna get what you deserve.
Open your mind and see that there's much more to me.
Hope you realize I know my hope for life's disappearing.
Open your mind and please don't leave me hear all alone.
Cover my eyes for the last time.
Tell me everything I need to know.
Knowing me I will always loose control.
[Chorus]
Take it all away from me.
Only do I live today to tell you.
Smash my face again for nothing.
And you, you're gonna get what you deserve.
Every time that you're getting inside my twisted head.
I find it's crazy corrupt that I wish you were dead.
I keep dealing with all these emotions that are stirring, stirring inside.
You know I felt this pain today.
It's one of many so it doesn't matter anyway.
I keep dealing with all these emotions that are stirring inside.
[Chorus]
Take it all away from me.
Only do I live today to tell you.
Smash my face again for nothing.
And you, you're gonna get what you deserve.
Lyrics submitted by /solitarystar
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I love this song. My fav from Twisted Method, who is from my town \m/