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."
If you get this note
I'm already gone
I have drowned in a sea
I am just a pawn
These stupid games
That children play
They'd disagree
I'd stay the same
To the earth
From which we came
Now lets take the song
To the refrain
I'm coming down with a cold/I got your disease/So you can take me away/You can do what you please/You can lock me up/In the middle of the night/With your band-aid machines/I won't put up a fight/And I've been tossin' and turnin'/I've been thinking about it/I've been talking about it/To my head about it/I think its time that we start settling the score/Or should I suck it up?/I need something more/I thought that somebody said that time heals all wounds/Now I'm not too sure/Have I broke too soon?/Put a nickel in the graveyard limousine/Fax machine nicotine/I'm hooked on this feeling/Time and time again/We live these fairy tales/Where evil wins and good men cringe/To live by my own words is sin
This could
Be a…
Heart attack
When we talk too much
We don't say much at all
I'm sorry
I'm gonna have to
Bust you up
Killa Style
This war is just on time
Trapped
In a block of ice
Float
In a green and blue abyss
Time
Time it ebbs and flows
Through
The window of my…
Eyes
Eyes are burning now
But I
Can't cry for…
Help
(They say it's on its way)
As I'm
Being torn apart
Apart from everything
Are worlds
Seas with melted souls
I'm already gone
I have drowned in a sea
I am just a pawn
These stupid games
That children play
They'd disagree
I'd stay the same
To the earth
From which we came
Now lets take the song
To the refrain
I'm coming down with a cold/I got your disease/So you can take me away/You can do what you please/You can lock me up/In the middle of the night/With your band-aid machines/I won't put up a fight/And I've been tossin' and turnin'/I've been thinking about it/I've been talking about it/To my head about it/I think its time that we start settling the score/Or should I suck it up?/I need something more/I thought that somebody said that time heals all wounds/Now I'm not too sure/Have I broke too soon?/Put a nickel in the graveyard limousine/Fax machine nicotine/I'm hooked on this feeling/Time and time again/We live these fairy tales/Where evil wins and good men cringe/To live by my own words is sin
This could
Be a…
Heart attack
When we talk too much
We don't say much at all
I'm sorry
I'm gonna have to
Bust you up
Killa Style
This war is just on time
Trapped
In a block of ice
Float
In a green and blue abyss
Time
Time it ebbs and flows
Through
The window of my…
Eyes
Eyes are burning now
But I
Can't cry for…
Help
(They say it's on its way)
As I'm
Being torn apart
Apart from everything
Are worlds
Seas with melted souls
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Mountain Song
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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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