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."
Some people die
And even never realize
Man's growing blind
Is seeimg owly with the eyes
We think we're strong
Belive we never could be wrong
But we are fools
Because we're dying by the rules
Though I cannot change the world we're living in
I can always change myself
One more to count in
Wake up the mountain
All colour's slowly
Turning to gray
All world is darkling
Wake up the mountain
And we will find it once more again
Cash and carees
Built on the countless sums of fears
All goods of life
Begin to vanish behimd tears
How do we know
Why did we choose the way we follow
Why do we hurt
Why do we hurt the ones we love
Though I cannot change the worlg we're living in
I can always change myself
One more to count in
Wake up the mountain
All colour's slowly
Turning to gray
All world is darkling
Wake up the mountain
And we will find it once more again
We made the rules and we can change them
Break down the orders one by one
We made the laws and we can break them
Break down the mountain, stone by stone by stone...
One more to count in
Wake up the mountain
All colour's slowly
Turning to gray
All world is darkling
Wake up the mountain
And we will find it once more again
And even never realize
Man's growing blind
Is seeimg owly with the eyes
We think we're strong
Belive we never could be wrong
But we are fools
Because we're dying by the rules
Though I cannot change the world we're living in
I can always change myself
One more to count in
Wake up the mountain
All colour's slowly
Turning to gray
All world is darkling
Wake up the mountain
And we will find it once more again
Cash and carees
Built on the countless sums of fears
All goods of life
Begin to vanish behimd tears
How do we know
Why did we choose the way we follow
Why do we hurt
Why do we hurt the ones we love
Though I cannot change the worlg we're living in
I can always change myself
One more to count in
Wake up the mountain
All colour's slowly
Turning to gray
All world is darkling
Wake up the mountain
And we will find it once more again
We made the rules and we can change them
Break down the orders one by one
We made the laws and we can break them
Break down the mountain, stone by stone by stone...
One more to count in
Wake up the mountain
All colour's slowly
Turning to gray
All world is darkling
Wake up the mountain
And we will find it once more again
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Wake Up the Mountain Lyrics as written by Uli Kusch Andreas Deris
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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Here I'd like to reiterate what I've said in my previous comments of the other lyrics from this album. You have to analyze the songs bearing in mind that this is a conceptual album, inspired by the prophecies from Nostradamus, which means that it has its roots in the occultism.
"Some people die And even never realize Man's growing blind Is seeimg owly with the eyes We think we're strong Belive we never could be wrong But we are fools Because we're dying by the rules"
I think it's clear to everyone. Most people live in an automatic mode, whithout even reflecting about the meaning of their lives. And he end's the verse with a reflection: why are there rules at all?
"One more to count in Wake up the mountain All colour's slowly Turning to gray All world is darkling Wake up the mountain And we will find it once more again"
It is not really clear to me, but IMO, he means by waking up the mountain the fact of reaching a state of absolute consciousness. One more to count in: one more person is reaching his plain counsciousness, while the rest of the world is turning to gray.
"We made the rules and we can change them Break down the orders one by one We made the laws and we can break them Break down the mountain, stone by stone by stone"
By breaking down the mountain, you will built a new one, without its old suffocating rules, that limits the abillity of the person of reaching its plain consciousness. That's what he means, IMO.