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."
Don't you go leaving, baby I'll find you
Tell all your secrets, no one will want you
It's for your own good, I know what's best for you
If you won't sleep with me, there'll be no rest for you
Until the day you're broke
Until you drop and choke
I'll be your man
This much I know
Until the empire falls
Until you think it all
You gave your love to me and now you are my property
You sold your soul you can't retrieve the love I stole from you, it's true, deny with everything you do
You're my property
You're my property
Sell you into bondage
Baby I own you
You'll entertain all my friends
Dressed in the latest trendy frocs
You'll get a tattoo that I am your patriarch
It's your ambition, soon you will fear the dark
Because I'll lurk in your bed
Until the day you see that you mean nothing to me
Until the day I find someone to fall in line
Without a single sin, without an opinion
You gave your love to me and now you are my property
You sold your soul you can't retrieve the love I stole from you, it's true, deny with everything you do
You're my property
You're my property
Spoken:
Baby I know you've got all those crazy, lofty goals
Going to art school and following your dreams and whatnot
Blah blah blah
Just throw it to the side; you know I can support us all on my own
And worst case I'll just have to sell some drugs to my little brother's friends
If you do have to sell your body once or twice or seven times, it'll be worth it
And trust me, one day my band is going to make it
and this will all be just a distant, distant dream
Until the earth's removed or daddy don't approve
Whatever happens first depending on my mood
You gave your love to me and now you are my property
You sold your soul you cant retrieve the love I stole from you, it's true, deny with everything you do
You're my property
You're my property
You're my property!!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Tell all your secrets, no one will want you
It's for your own good, I know what's best for you
If you won't sleep with me, there'll be no rest for you
Until the day you're broke
Until you drop and choke
I'll be your man
This much I know
Until the empire falls
Until you think it all
You gave your love to me and now you are my property
You sold your soul you can't retrieve the love I stole from you, it's true, deny with everything you do
You're my property
You're my property
Sell you into bondage
Baby I own you
You'll entertain all my friends
Dressed in the latest trendy frocs
You'll get a tattoo that I am your patriarch
It's your ambition, soon you will fear the dark
Because I'll lurk in your bed
Until the day you see that you mean nothing to me
Until the day I find someone to fall in line
Without a single sin, without an opinion
You gave your love to me and now you are my property
You sold your soul you can't retrieve the love I stole from you, it's true, deny with everything you do
You're my property
You're my property
Spoken:
Baby I know you've got all those crazy, lofty goals
Going to art school and following your dreams and whatnot
Blah blah blah
Just throw it to the side; you know I can support us all on my own
And worst case I'll just have to sell some drugs to my little brother's friends
If you do have to sell your body once or twice or seven times, it'll be worth it
And trust me, one day my band is going to make it
and this will all be just a distant, distant dream
Until the earth's removed or daddy don't approve
Whatever happens first depending on my mood
You gave your love to me and now you are my property
You sold your soul you cant retrieve the love I stole from you, it's true, deny with everything you do
You're my property
You're my property
You're my property!!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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