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."
Mr. Pay me
you wanna blame me?
Now it's your turn to entertain me
You call me crazy
But hey you made me
and now it's your turn to entertain me
Well you bled me dry
and then deserted me
Fed me acidic lies and called it dignity
Recklessy abandoned but addicted to your venom
Shoving down your shit like meals
never asking "Hey what's in it?"
Always felt psychotic never knew you were the menace
Cloaked within your shame
but somehow you made me love it
What a cruel disguise that almost murdered me
Mr. Pay me
you wanna blame me?
Now it's your turn to entertain me
You call me crazy
But hey you made me
and now it's your turn to entertain me
I helped you clean the knife that you stabbed me with
Ripped me into shreds then made me puck up all the pieces
Turned my life to toxic waste and then you made me eat it
Like Moses in the desert no I never stopped believing
You took everything I had, and left me begging you for it
Mr. Pay me
you wanna blame me?
Now it's your turn to entertain me
You call me crazy
But hey you made me
and now it's your turn to entertain me
I hope one day you feel old like me
I hope you feel cold like me
I hope you feel every scratch, every wound,
and everywhere that I bleed
That's what you get for never knowing me
for never holding me
I hope you feel everything
Mr. Pay me
you wanna blame me?
Now it's your turn to entertain me
You call me crazy
But hey you made me
and now it's your turn to entertain me
you wanna blame me?
Now it's your turn to entertain me
You call me crazy
But hey you made me
and now it's your turn to entertain me
Well you bled me dry
and then deserted me
Fed me acidic lies and called it dignity
Recklessy abandoned but addicted to your venom
Shoving down your shit like meals
never asking "Hey what's in it?"
Always felt psychotic never knew you were the menace
Cloaked within your shame
but somehow you made me love it
What a cruel disguise that almost murdered me
Mr. Pay me
you wanna blame me?
Now it's your turn to entertain me
You call me crazy
But hey you made me
and now it's your turn to entertain me
I helped you clean the knife that you stabbed me with
Ripped me into shreds then made me puck up all the pieces
Turned my life to toxic waste and then you made me eat it
Like Moses in the desert no I never stopped believing
You took everything I had, and left me begging you for it
Mr. Pay me
you wanna blame me?
Now it's your turn to entertain me
You call me crazy
But hey you made me
and now it's your turn to entertain me
I hope one day you feel old like me
I hope you feel cold like me
I hope you feel every scratch, every wound,
and everywhere that I bleed
That's what you get for never knowing me
for never holding me
I hope you feel everything
Mr. Pay me
you wanna blame me?
Now it's your turn to entertain me
You call me crazy
But hey you made me
and now it's your turn to entertain me
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Mountain Song
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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."
Punchline
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Amazing
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