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."
Days pass like memories
Nights are as long as years
How dare you leave me alone here
Shedding blood in place of tears.
I have become all of my nightmares
I will become your fears
How dare you leave me alone here
How dare you leave me alone.
When darkness settles in my head
Shudder in dismay
Desecrated soul that screams and writhes
At the horrors of a dying day.
The flesh the perfect medium for steel
Eyes gleam and turn to stone
I carve all impurities from you
I face this pain alone.
Darkness settles in my head
Eyes gleam and turn to stone
Better to be dead than to dread
The horrors that rise with the sun
Rise with the sun.
I saw you once in a dream
Where devils pound nails and angels scream
Can’t look in your eyes anymore
Now I curse the sky that I adored.
You couldn’t take this pain anymore
You’ve waited a long time to be with god
You couldn’t take this life anymore
You just closed your eyes and left with god
You couldn’t take this pain anymore
Forever is a long time to play with god
I can’t take this pain anymore
I’ll just close my eyes and be with god
Just close my eyes and be with god
Can you take this pain anymore
You just closed your eyes and left with god
Can you take this life anymore
Just closed your eyes and left with god.
NO.
The ecstasy of emptiness
The purity of suffering
Divinity of loneliness
Embrace The Nothing.
Embrace The Nothing.
Embrace The Nothing.
Nights are as long as years
How dare you leave me alone here
Shedding blood in place of tears.
I have become all of my nightmares
I will become your fears
How dare you leave me alone here
How dare you leave me alone.
When darkness settles in my head
Shudder in dismay
Desecrated soul that screams and writhes
At the horrors of a dying day.
The flesh the perfect medium for steel
Eyes gleam and turn to stone
I carve all impurities from you
I face this pain alone.
Darkness settles in my head
Eyes gleam and turn to stone
Better to be dead than to dread
The horrors that rise with the sun
Rise with the sun.
I saw you once in a dream
Where devils pound nails and angels scream
Can’t look in your eyes anymore
Now I curse the sky that I adored.
You couldn’t take this pain anymore
You’ve waited a long time to be with god
You couldn’t take this life anymore
You just closed your eyes and left with god
You couldn’t take this pain anymore
Forever is a long time to play with god
I can’t take this pain anymore
I’ll just close my eyes and be with god
Just close my eyes and be with god
Can you take this pain anymore
You just closed your eyes and left with god
Can you take this life anymore
Just closed your eyes and left with god.
NO.
The ecstasy of emptiness
The purity of suffering
Divinity of loneliness
Embrace The Nothing.
Embrace The Nothing.
Embrace The Nothing.
Lyrics submitted by DiecastZ28
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