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."
E.m.p. from the mother and son
Toward the digital down
Dawned at the age of the innocent ones
The indigo children
The indigo children come
The indigo children
The indigo children come
The indigo children
The indigo children come
The indigo children
The indigo children come
The indigo children
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
E.m.p. from the mother and son
Toward the digital down
Dawned at the age of the innocent ones
The indigo children
Analog type piece sky wide
Sync to the ticker inside
Move to the rhythm of the moon and tide
The indigo children
The indigo children
The indigo children
The indigo children
Serious Venus and the lunar child
(get your life up untied)
Giggle and the flames grow higher
Dance in a circle around a central fire
(dance and laugh and love and learn. grow higher)
The indigo children
Wine, song, food and fire
Clothe, shelter and seed
No more need for the old empire (there they were to the empire) the indigo children
Serious Venus and the lunar child
Giggle and the flames grow higher
Dance in a circle around a central fire
The indigo children
Wine, song, food and fire
Clothe, shelter and seed
No more need for the old empire(fare thee well to the empire) the indigo children
The indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
The indigo children
Serious Venus and the lunar child
Giggle and the flames grow higher
Dance in a circle around a central fire
When the indigo children come
Wine, song, food and fire
Clothe, shelter and seed
No more need for the old empire
When the indigo children come
The indigo children come (x13)
The indigo children (x13)
Toward the digital down
Dawned at the age of the innocent ones
The indigo children
The indigo children come
The indigo children
The indigo children come
The indigo children
The indigo children come
The indigo children
The indigo children come
The indigo children
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
E.m.p. from the mother and son
Toward the digital down
Dawned at the age of the innocent ones
The indigo children
Analog type piece sky wide
Sync to the ticker inside
Move to the rhythm of the moon and tide
The indigo children
The indigo children
The indigo children
The indigo children
Serious Venus and the lunar child
(get your life up untied)
Giggle and the flames grow higher
Dance in a circle around a central fire
(dance and laugh and love and learn. grow higher)
The indigo children
Wine, song, food and fire
Clothe, shelter and seed
No more need for the old empire (there they were to the empire) the indigo children
Serious Venus and the lunar child
Giggle and the flames grow higher
Dance in a circle around a central fire
The indigo children
Wine, song, food and fire
Clothe, shelter and seed
No more need for the old empire(fare thee well to the empire) the indigo children
The indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
When the indigo children come
The indigo children
The indigo children
Serious Venus and the lunar child
Giggle and the flames grow higher
Dance in a circle around a central fire
When the indigo children come
Wine, song, food and fire
Clothe, shelter and seed
No more need for the old empire
When the indigo children come
The indigo children come (x13)
The indigo children (x13)
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Indigo Children Lyrics as written by Maynard Keenan
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E.M.P. has a double meaning for this song; both of those meanings are related and work together to create exceptionally rich meaning. What is E.M.P.?
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