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 don't like the things you don't say
Leavin' it for such a long, long time
Why do you show me those sad, sad eyes
Each time you decide to pass on by
And when you smile those sad eyes
Look sadder and sadder still
Autumn's hue in those sad eyes
Makes me love and love them more
I'll have a bath, I'll make the dinner
And then I'll go wait for a long, long time
But still you've not passed my door
And when you smile those sad eyes
Look sadder and sadder still
I can tell that you're lonely but it seems now
There's nothing you want me to do
So I won't try to take the sadness
From those eyes that I love
Leave it open for someone else to
And when you smile those sad eyes
Look sadder and sadder still
Trying to hold it together
Keep my love as light as a feather
Sad eyes, baby, it's been such a long time
Keep my heart breaking in the dark
Come and spend the night
Sad eyes [Incomprehensible] hold it together
(Sad eyes, oh)
Keep my love as light as a feather
(Sad eyes)
Sad eyes, baby, it's been such a long time
(Sad eyes)
Keep my heart breaking in the dark
Come and spend the night
Sad eyes
Sad eyes
Sad eyes
Leavin' it for such a long, long time
Why do you show me those sad, sad eyes
Each time you decide to pass on by
And when you smile those sad eyes
Look sadder and sadder still
Autumn's hue in those sad eyes
Makes me love and love them more
I'll have a bath, I'll make the dinner
And then I'll go wait for a long, long time
But still you've not passed my door
And when you smile those sad eyes
Look sadder and sadder still
I can tell that you're lonely but it seems now
There's nothing you want me to do
So I won't try to take the sadness
From those eyes that I love
Leave it open for someone else to
And when you smile those sad eyes
Look sadder and sadder still
Trying to hold it together
Keep my love as light as a feather
Sad eyes, baby, it's been such a long time
Keep my heart breaking in the dark
Come and spend the night
Sad eyes [Incomprehensible] hold it together
(Sad eyes, oh)
Keep my love as light as a feather
(Sad eyes)
Sad eyes, baby, it's been such a long time
(Sad eyes)
Keep my heart breaking in the dark
Come and spend the night
Sad eyes
Sad eyes
Sad eyes
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these lyrics are wrong. the correct words throughout the song are
I don't like the things you don't say Leaving it for such a long long time Why do you show me those sad sad eyes Each time you decide to passo n by?
And when you smile those sad sad eyes look sadder and sadder still...
Autumn's hue in those sad eyes Makes me love and love them more I'll have a bath, I'll make the dinner Then I'll go away for a long, long time But still, you've not passed by door
I can tell that you're lonely but it seems now, there's nothing you want me to do I won't try to take the sadness from those eyes that I love Leave it open for someone else to.
Trying to hold it together Keep my love as light as a feather Keep my heart breaking in the dark Come and spend the night...
this album breaks my heart
I agree with moominhannah
She cant reach out to him and in the end has to just give up
aren't half the lyrics missing at the end?
the end goes like this:
Trying to hold it together Keep my love as light as a feather Sad eyes baby Its been such a long time Keep my heart breaking in the dark Come and spend the night...
Sad eyes I'm trying to hold it together Keep my love as light as a feather Sad eyes baby Its been such a long time Keep my heart breaking in the dark Come and spend the night...
Can't listen to this song once without crying.
My dad's father (my grandpa) died not too long ago, and I can tell that my dad has been feeling depressed. I know that he tries to cover it up when he is around me, because he's not an open person, exactly like me, also an attempt to not worry me. But, like this song describes, I could tell by his sad eyes that he's torn apart.
So beautifully sad it almost draws blood.
The saddest song. I agree with Moominhannah.
Maybe it's not that there's this deep depression, though. Maybe it's just that he doesn't want to be in the relationship anymore but can't tell her. And she, sensing that, lets him go. It's this beautiful, terrible recognition that something she has poured so much of her self into and worked so hard to maintain is gone before it's over.
Can't listen to or sing without crying.
this is song is so beautiful... apparently natasha drank and smoked loads before recording this song just to get into the sad mood... she's so awesome