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."
You were the last thing I saw when
I dropped out of sight
For the first time in ages completely alive
These three A.M. stars
They got me to crawl back
I should've never left
Slowly replacing the years you spent chasing these fears
Now faced here with all that you could have been
Drown in neon and smoke
It's killing us slowly
There had to be something
There had to be someone
We stared at the headlights
Is this what we've become?
I guess something much bigger than life is holding you down
I bet now that you're older you're lying
He was the last thing you saw when the sedative hit
For the last time you just couldn't deal with it
Under three A.M. stars
Convinced you to come back
There had to be something
There had to be someone
We stared at the headlights
Is this what we've become?
I guess something much bigger than life is holding you down
I bet now that you're older this lie is nailing you into the ground
Into the ground
Your fears they grew into a mountain
Where you're freezing alone at the top
Still I'll wait everyday at the bottom
Just to catch you the second you drop
I guess something much bigger than life is holding you down
I bet now that you're older you're lying
I guess something much bigger than life is holding you down
I bet now that you're older this lie is nailing you into the ground
Into the ground
Into the ground
I dropped out of sight
For the first time in ages completely alive
These three A.M. stars
They got me to crawl back
I should've never left
Slowly replacing the years you spent chasing these fears
Now faced here with all that you could have been
Drown in neon and smoke
It's killing us slowly
There had to be something
There had to be someone
We stared at the headlights
Is this what we've become?
I guess something much bigger than life is holding you down
I bet now that you're older you're lying
He was the last thing you saw when the sedative hit
For the last time you just couldn't deal with it
Under three A.M. stars
Convinced you to come back
There had to be something
There had to be someone
We stared at the headlights
Is this what we've become?
I guess something much bigger than life is holding you down
I bet now that you're older this lie is nailing you into the ground
Into the ground
Your fears they grew into a mountain
Where you're freezing alone at the top
Still I'll wait everyday at the bottom
Just to catch you the second you drop
I guess something much bigger than life is holding you down
I bet now that you're older you're lying
I guess something much bigger than life is holding you down
I bet now that you're older this lie is nailing you into the ground
Into the ground
Into the ground
Lyrics submitted by jamiexo
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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."
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