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."
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Something takes a part of me
Something lost and never seen
Everytime I start to believe
Something's raped and taken from me...from me
Life's gotta always be missing with me
Can't they chill and let me be free
Can't I take away all this pain
I try to every night, all in vain... in vain
Sometimes I cannot take this place
Sometimes it's my life I can't taste
Sometimes I cannot feel my face
You'll never see me fall from grace
Something takes a part of me
You and I were meant to be
A cheap fuck for me to lay
Something takes a part of me
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Feeling like a freak on a leash
Feeling like I have no release
How many times have I felt diseased
Nothing in my like is free...is free
Sometimes I cannot take this place
Sometimes it's my life I can't taste
Sometimes I cannot feel my face
You'll never see me fall from grace
Something takes a part of me
You and I were meant to be
A cheap fuck for me to lay
Something takes a part of me
Freak (freak)
Freak (freak)
Freak (freak)
Freak (freak)
So...fight! something on the...
Fight...somethings they fight
So...fight! something on the...
Fight...somethings they fight
So...fight! something on the...
Fight...somethings they fight
So...fight! something on the...
Fight...somethings they fight
Something takes a part of me
You and I were meant to be
A cheap fuck for me to lay
Something takes a part of me
Go!
Part of me
Go!
Part of me
Go!
Part of me
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Something takes a part of me
Something lost and never seen
Everytime I start to believe
Something's raped and taken from me...from me
Life's gotta always be missing with me
Can't they chill and let me be free
Can't I take away all this pain
I try to every night, all in vain... in vain
Sometimes I cannot take this place
Sometimes it's my life I can't taste
Sometimes I cannot feel my face
You'll never see me fall from grace
Something takes a part of me
You and I were meant to be
A cheap fuck for me to lay
Something takes a part of me
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
Feeling like a freak on a leash
Feeling like I have no release
How many times have I felt diseased
Nothing in my like is free...is free
Sometimes I cannot take this place
Sometimes it's my life I can't taste
Sometimes I cannot feel my face
You'll never see me fall from grace
Something takes a part of me
You and I were meant to be
A cheap fuck for me to lay
Something takes a part of me
Freak (freak)
Freak (freak)
Freak (freak)
Freak (freak)
So...fight! something on the...
Fight...somethings they fight
So...fight! something on the...
Fight...somethings they fight
So...fight! something on the...
Fight...somethings they fight
So...fight! something on the...
Fight...somethings they fight
Something takes a part of me
You and I were meant to be
A cheap fuck for me to lay
Something takes a part of me
Go!
Part of me
Go!
Part of me
Go!
Part of me
Go!
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this song sucks compared to the original
hehehe. I submitted the lyrics for this..but anyways I think its a great song. Awesome music and Jon's vocals in this song are fantastic!
Yeah, I think the remix is even better.
I dunno but this song sure is awesome but I get tired of it since I heard it so many times...
You got the title wrong. It's actually Freak On A Leash (Anal Audio Remix)
lol... catfood n lollipops.. funny. Anal Audio Remix? I gotta remember that.
This song is so cool, I never get tired of hearing it, the first part is the best!
Yeah catfood n lollipops is right it's Anal Audio Mix. They used that version in a porno video of a guy screwing himself with 160-pound dildo.
Also, I think nine inch nails was supposed to have remixed it. Any truth on dat, j0?