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."
These days I feel like I'm watchin' a movie
With subtitles, only I can't read the words
You do your best to make sure I understand you
But these boring topics always seem so absurd
And more and more I find I don't get the meaning
But I do appreciate your likable appeal
Say you're trying to drive us in the right direction
But I get the feeling you're falling asleep at the wheel
So, don't tell me you will, when you know that you won't
Don't say that you do, when you know that you don't
Cause the more that you give, for the less that I get
And the more that we share, is the more I regret
Cause I don't have much to believe in
That's why I am always counting on you
I don't have much to believe in
But if I did, Ya know I'd be doing it for you
These days I feel like I'm talking to no one
It's cause I'm usually not
Keep pushing for a brand new beginning
You can't release me when I haven't been caught
You keep saying that I'm just getting stranger
That you don't even know what I stand for these days
I'd like to say, don't worry we'll get through it
But I get the feeling that this isn't just a phase
Don't tell me to yell, when you want me to whisper
Don't spin the bottle if you don't want to kiss her
Closer we get the further I feel
The less that we fake the more that seems real
Cause I don't have much to believe in
That's why I am always counting on you
I don't have much to believe in
But if I did, Ya know I'd be doing it for you
With subtitles, only I can't read the words
You do your best to make sure I understand you
But these boring topics always seem so absurd
And more and more I find I don't get the meaning
But I do appreciate your likable appeal
Say you're trying to drive us in the right direction
But I get the feeling you're falling asleep at the wheel
So, don't tell me you will, when you know that you won't
Don't say that you do, when you know that you don't
Cause the more that you give, for the less that I get
And the more that we share, is the more I regret
Cause I don't have much to believe in
That's why I am always counting on you
I don't have much to believe in
But if I did, Ya know I'd be doing it for you
These days I feel like I'm talking to no one
It's cause I'm usually not
Keep pushing for a brand new beginning
You can't release me when I haven't been caught
You keep saying that I'm just getting stranger
That you don't even know what I stand for these days
I'd like to say, don't worry we'll get through it
But I get the feeling that this isn't just a phase
Don't tell me to yell, when you want me to whisper
Don't spin the bottle if you don't want to kiss her
Closer we get the further I feel
The less that we fake the more that seems real
Cause I don't have much to believe in
That's why I am always counting on you
I don't have much to believe in
But if I did, Ya know I'd be doing it for you
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Subtitles Lyrics as written by Eric Hutchinson
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