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."
I could float away
I could disappear
I could hang my head
For at least another year
I could give up now
It could be today
I could join the Navy
Piss it all away
I'm not saying it ever could be like it used to be
I remember a time when you liked to pretend for me
Well, I don't care if you believe
In unicorn horses and gravity
In north and south and wrong and right
In the Neverland, lost boys and Jesus Christ
And UFO's in the USA
And in a government that killed JFK
Don't you stop believing in me
Don't you stop believing in me
I could float away
I know you might say
I make too much sense
This empty room, my empty heart
Is all the evidence
No one wants to hear
My point of view
You keep on saying things like that
And I'll believe it, too
I'm not saying it ever could be like it used to be
I remember a time when you liked to pretend for me
Well, I don't care if you believe
In unicorn horses and gravity
In north and south and wrong and right
In the Neverland, lost boys and Jesus Christ
And UFO's in the USA
And in a government that killed JFK
But don't you stop believing in me
Don't you stop believing in me
I could float away
I could float away
I could float away
I could float away
Well, I don't care if you believe
In unicorn horses and gravity
In north and south and wrong and right
In the Neverland, lost boys and Jesus Christ
And UFO's in the USA
And in a government that killed JFK
Don't you stop believing in me
Don't you stop believing in me
Don't you stop believing in me
Don't you stop believing in me
I could float away
I could float away
I could float away
I could float away
I could disappear
I could hang my head
For at least another year
I could give up now
It could be today
I could join the Navy
Piss it all away
I'm not saying it ever could be like it used to be
I remember a time when you liked to pretend for me
Well, I don't care if you believe
In unicorn horses and gravity
In north and south and wrong and right
In the Neverland, lost boys and Jesus Christ
And UFO's in the USA
And in a government that killed JFK
Don't you stop believing in me
Don't you stop believing in me
I could float away
I know you might say
I make too much sense
This empty room, my empty heart
Is all the evidence
No one wants to hear
My point of view
You keep on saying things like that
And I'll believe it, too
I'm not saying it ever could be like it used to be
I remember a time when you liked to pretend for me
Well, I don't care if you believe
In unicorn horses and gravity
In north and south and wrong and right
In the Neverland, lost boys and Jesus Christ
And UFO's in the USA
And in a government that killed JFK
But don't you stop believing in me
Don't you stop believing in me
I could float away
I could float away
I could float away
I could float away
Well, I don't care if you believe
In unicorn horses and gravity
In north and south and wrong and right
In the Neverland, lost boys and Jesus Christ
And UFO's in the USA
And in a government that killed JFK
Don't you stop believing in me
Don't you stop believing in me
Don't you stop believing in me
Don't you stop believing in me
I could float away
I could float away
I could float away
I could float away
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