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 got so much love
For you darlin' and I,
I wanna let you know how I feel
And its true that I love you
And it's true your the only one and I do,
I adore you
And its true girl
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-i-ive
You say, you say, you say
That I'm the only one
You say that I'm your number one
Now your gone and I feel numb
Tell me where do we go wrong
You are my best friend and boyfriend
Now its seems like you're my worst friend
I gotta do soul searching
Without you I'm a whole different person
I ain't acting like I used to
I don't feel loved like I used to
It was your love I was used to
Why did I have to lose
Your love your love your love
Your love is what it was
That had me feeling buzzed
You are my true love
And its true that I love you
And it's true your the only one and I do,
I adore you
And its true girl
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-i-ive
Hey girl your the only one
Supposed to be my number one
Now your gone I feel so numb
Tell me how do we go wrong
First friends then we became best-friend
You used to be my girlfriend
Now your my worst friend
Yeah I gotta do a lil' soul searching
Without you I'm a whole different person
I don't even act like I used to
I don't even feel loved like I used to
I guess its your love that I used to
And I feel bad that I had to lose you
I get so many things that I wanna (sa-sa-sa-sa)
I guess this mean that I'm missing you
Sorry for the things that I did to you
I'm so lost without you
And its true that I love you
And it's true your the only one and I do,
I adore you
And its true girl
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-i-ive
La di di da la di da la da
La di da la di da
La di di da la di da la da
La di da la di da
I got so much love
La di di da la di da la da
La di da la di da
I got so much love
La di di di di di di di da la la la la
And its true girl
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-i-ive
So easy to fall in love with you
And all the things that you do
Baby girl your so remarkable
So special, so wonderful
So special, so wonderful
So special, so wonderful
Baby girl your so remarkable
So speci-al-al-al-al-al-al
For you darlin' and I,
I wanna let you know how I feel
And its true that I love you
And it's true your the only one and I do,
I adore you
And its true girl
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-i-ive
You say, you say, you say
That I'm the only one
You say that I'm your number one
Now your gone and I feel numb
Tell me where do we go wrong
You are my best friend and boyfriend
Now its seems like you're my worst friend
I gotta do soul searching
Without you I'm a whole different person
I ain't acting like I used to
I don't feel loved like I used to
It was your love I was used to
Why did I have to lose
Your love your love your love
Your love is what it was
That had me feeling buzzed
You are my true love
And its true that I love you
And it's true your the only one and I do,
I adore you
And its true girl
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-i-ive
Hey girl your the only one
Supposed to be my number one
Now your gone I feel so numb
Tell me how do we go wrong
First friends then we became best-friend
You used to be my girlfriend
Now your my worst friend
Yeah I gotta do a lil' soul searching
Without you I'm a whole different person
I don't even act like I used to
I don't even feel loved like I used to
I guess its your love that I used to
And I feel bad that I had to lose you
I get so many things that I wanna (sa-sa-sa-sa)
I guess this mean that I'm missing you
Sorry for the things that I did to you
I'm so lost without you
And its true that I love you
And it's true your the only one and I do,
I adore you
And its true girl
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-i-ive
La di di da la di da la da
La di da la di da
La di di da la di da la da
La di da la di da
I got so much love
La di di da la di da la da
La di da la di da
I got so much love
La di di di di di di di da la la la la
And its true girl
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-ive
You make me feel alive-i-i-i-ive
So easy to fall in love with you
And all the things that you do
Baby girl your so remarkable
So special, so wonderful
So special, so wonderful
So special, so wonderful
Baby girl your so remarkable
So speci-al-al-al-al-al-al
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