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."
In the deepest of each heart
Twinkles a forgotten star
Precious haven, stainless land
Buried under merciless flow of life and time
Ancient words, deep voices inside, glimmer in my soul
Answers to nightmares and misery, warming my fears and wonders again
I hear the voice, feel its breathe on me
わたしがほしをまもる
(Watashi ga, hoshi wo mamoru)
dancing through eternity
ときが つづくよに
(Tokiga tsuzu ku yooni)
Silently
Take my hand, lead me to the confines of skies
I will never be afraid again, glitter in my soul
Answers to secrets and mysteries, warming my mind again...
Take my hand, avoid the death, my mind...
my eyes are starting to see clarer
In the deepest of each heart
Twinkles a forgotten star
Precious haven, stainless land
Deep voices inside
Soon, you'll see a blinding light, don't be afraid of death, let it begin,
come
Now that you've found the knowledge, it will never be the same...
Ancient words
わたしがほしをまもる
(Watashi ga, hoshi wo mamoru)
dancing through eternity
ときが つづくよに
(Tokiga tsuzu ku yooni)
Silently
Never be the same
The process is engaged, your mind will fly away, let it begin,
come
My soul's falling into past, it will never be the same
In the deepest of my heart
I found my forgotten star
Precious haven, stainless land
Soft deliverance is entering my empire
Brilliant light in my mind, burning flame of desires
Close my eyes, I'm floating with the stars
Precious haven
close your eyes you'll see the light inside your heart,
deep voices inside dancing through eternity again...
Twinkles a forgotten star
Precious haven, stainless land
Buried under merciless flow of life and time
Ancient words, deep voices inside, glimmer in my soul
Answers to nightmares and misery, warming my fears and wonders again
I hear the voice, feel its breathe on me
わたしがほしをまもる
(Watashi ga, hoshi wo mamoru)
dancing through eternity
ときが つづくよに
(Tokiga tsuzu ku yooni)
Silently
Take my hand, lead me to the confines of skies
I will never be afraid again, glitter in my soul
Answers to secrets and mysteries, warming my mind again...
Take my hand, avoid the death, my mind...
my eyes are starting to see clarer
In the deepest of each heart
Twinkles a forgotten star
Precious haven, stainless land
Deep voices inside
Soon, you'll see a blinding light, don't be afraid of death, let it begin,
come
Now that you've found the knowledge, it will never be the same...
Ancient words
わたしがほしをまもる
(Watashi ga, hoshi wo mamoru)
dancing through eternity
ときが つづくよに
(Tokiga tsuzu ku yooni)
Silently
Never be the same
The process is engaged, your mind will fly away, let it begin,
come
My soul's falling into past, it will never be the same
In the deepest of my heart
I found my forgotten star
Precious haven, stainless land
Soft deliverance is entering my empire
Brilliant light in my mind, burning flame of desires
Close my eyes, I'm floating with the stars
Precious haven
close your eyes you'll see the light inside your heart,
deep voices inside dancing through eternity again...
Lyrics submitted by exil
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