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."
fen lie fen lie
yi mian xiao de tian zhen wu xie
yi mian kan po yi qie
fen lie fen lie
yi mian ai de jin pi li jin
yi mian shen me dou bu xie
dou shi wo yong bao guo ni
yi dian yi di liu zai shou li
dou shi ni yong bao guo wo
mei yong kong jian rang wo hu xi
fen lie fen lie
yi mian jian qiang mian dui yi qie
yi mian xu yao sa ye
fen lie fen lie
shou zhe yi ge ren de shi jie
liu zhe liang ge ren de xue
dou shi na yong bao de huo
yi ban re yi ban leng
dou shi na yong bao de huo
yi ban tian yi ban ti
(si nian de xi bao bu duan fen lie kai qu...fen lie...fen lie...)
dou shi na yong bao de huo
yi dian wo yi dian ni
(si nian de xi bao bu duan fen lie kai qu...fen lie...fen lie...)
dou shi na yong bao de huo
yi dian nan yi dian nu
dou shi na yong bao de huo
yi mian hong yi mian lu
dou shi na yong bao de huo
ruo wu qi shi hu tian qiang ti
(si nian de xi bao bu duan fen lie kai qu..fen lie..fen lie...)
dou shi na yong bao de huo
pin tian dong di ping ping wu qi
(si nian de xi bao bu duan fen lie kai qu...fen lie..fen lie...)
Yi shuang yan jing kan zhe ni yi lian qin qie
zhang kai le shuang yan que kan dao yi lian qing miao
ling hun shui ni fei dao ling yi ge shi jie
shen ti que xiang shi duan liao chi pang de hu die
kan zhe ni wo hui bian de mu kon yi qie
kan bu dao ni de shi hou
mian dui zhi ji que you yi dian dian dan qie
fen lie fen lie
you shi jian qiang mian dui yi qie
you shi xu yao sa ye
fen lie fen lie
shou zhe yi ge ren de shi jie
liu zhe liang ge ren de xue
fen lie fen lie
yi mian xiao de tian zhen wu xie
yi mian kan po yi qie
fen lie fen lie
yi mian ai de jin pi li jin
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
fracture fracture
one side smile so innocently
one side see through everything
fracture fracture
one side love til exhausted
one side nothing's abandoned
its all me embraced you
one dot one drop left in hand
its all you embraced me
no space for me to breathe
fracture fracture
one side strong to face everything
one side needing comfort
fracture fracture
guarding a person's world
bleeding two people blood
its all that embrace incident
half hot half cold
its all that embrace incident
half sky half ground
(Longings cells continuosly fracture away...fracture..fracture..)
its all that embrace incident
a bit me a bit you
(longings cells continuosly fracture away..fracture..fracture)
its all that embrace incident
a bit male a bit female
its all that embrace incident
one side red one side green
its all that embrace incident
as if nothing's happened summoning sky stealing earth
(longing cells continuosly fracture away..fracture..fracture..)
its all that embrace incident
scare the sky shake the ground plain and ordinary
(longing cells continuosly fracture away..fracture..fracture..)
a pair of eyes watching you a face of tenderness
open eyes to see a face of arrogrance instead
spirit follow you flying to another world
body is like a broken winged butterfly instead
watching you i'll become empty
when can't see you
facing myself feel a bit frightened
fracture fracture
sometimes strongly face everything
sometimes need comfort
fracture fracture
guarding a person's world
bleeding two people blood
fracture fracture
one side smile innocently
one side see through everything
fracture fracture
one side love till exhausted....
yi mian xiao de tian zhen wu xie
yi mian kan po yi qie
fen lie fen lie
yi mian ai de jin pi li jin
yi mian shen me dou bu xie
dou shi wo yong bao guo ni
yi dian yi di liu zai shou li
dou shi ni yong bao guo wo
mei yong kong jian rang wo hu xi
fen lie fen lie
yi mian jian qiang mian dui yi qie
yi mian xu yao sa ye
fen lie fen lie
shou zhe yi ge ren de shi jie
liu zhe liang ge ren de xue
dou shi na yong bao de huo
yi ban re yi ban leng
dou shi na yong bao de huo
yi ban tian yi ban ti
(si nian de xi bao bu duan fen lie kai qu...fen lie...fen lie...)
dou shi na yong bao de huo
yi dian wo yi dian ni
(si nian de xi bao bu duan fen lie kai qu...fen lie...fen lie...)
dou shi na yong bao de huo
yi dian nan yi dian nu
dou shi na yong bao de huo
yi mian hong yi mian lu
dou shi na yong bao de huo
ruo wu qi shi hu tian qiang ti
(si nian de xi bao bu duan fen lie kai qu..fen lie..fen lie...)
dou shi na yong bao de huo
pin tian dong di ping ping wu qi
(si nian de xi bao bu duan fen lie kai qu...fen lie..fen lie...)
Yi shuang yan jing kan zhe ni yi lian qin qie
zhang kai le shuang yan que kan dao yi lian qing miao
ling hun shui ni fei dao ling yi ge shi jie
shen ti que xiang shi duan liao chi pang de hu die
kan zhe ni wo hui bian de mu kon yi qie
kan bu dao ni de shi hou
mian dui zhi ji que you yi dian dian dan qie
fen lie fen lie
you shi jian qiang mian dui yi qie
you shi xu yao sa ye
fen lie fen lie
shou zhe yi ge ren de shi jie
liu zhe liang ge ren de xue
fen lie fen lie
yi mian xiao de tian zhen wu xie
yi mian kan po yi qie
fen lie fen lie
yi mian ai de jin pi li jin
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
fracture fracture
one side smile so innocently
one side see through everything
fracture fracture
one side love til exhausted
one side nothing's abandoned
its all me embraced you
one dot one drop left in hand
its all you embraced me
no space for me to breathe
fracture fracture
one side strong to face everything
one side needing comfort
fracture fracture
guarding a person's world
bleeding two people blood
its all that embrace incident
half hot half cold
its all that embrace incident
half sky half ground
(Longings cells continuosly fracture away...fracture..fracture..)
its all that embrace incident
a bit me a bit you
(longings cells continuosly fracture away..fracture..fracture)
its all that embrace incident
a bit male a bit female
its all that embrace incident
one side red one side green
its all that embrace incident
as if nothing's happened summoning sky stealing earth
(longing cells continuosly fracture away..fracture..fracture..)
its all that embrace incident
scare the sky shake the ground plain and ordinary
(longing cells continuosly fracture away..fracture..fracture..)
a pair of eyes watching you a face of tenderness
open eyes to see a face of arrogrance instead
spirit follow you flying to another world
body is like a broken winged butterfly instead
watching you i'll become empty
when can't see you
facing myself feel a bit frightened
fracture fracture
sometimes strongly face everything
sometimes need comfort
fracture fracture
guarding a person's world
bleeding two people blood
fracture fracture
one side smile innocently
one side see through everything
fracture fracture
one side love till exhausted....
Lyrics submitted by justling
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