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."
This chest is full of memories
Of gold and silver tears
I'll give you more to own than
All of this
And I'll give you more than years
For you were once a child of
Innocence
And I see you just the same
Your burdens couldn't win or
Lose a thing
Oh, I'd tell you once
Again
But you're always on
The run
Slow your breath down
Just take it slow
Find your heart now, oh
You can trust and love again
Slow your breath down, just take it slow
Find your smile now, oh
You can trust and love again
If you leave I'll still be close to you
When all your fears rain down
I'll take you back a thousand times again
I'll take you as my own
I would sing you songs of innocence
'Til the light of morning comes
'Til the rays of gold and honey
Cover you
In the sweetness of the dawn
But you're always on the run
You're not alone
You're now a part of me
You feel the cure
I'll find the toil it brought you
Of gold and silver tears
I'll give you more to own than
All of this
And I'll give you more than years
For you were once a child of
Innocence
And I see you just the same
Your burdens couldn't win or
Lose a thing
Oh, I'd tell you once
Again
But you're always on
The run
Slow your breath down
Just take it slow
Find your heart now, oh
You can trust and love again
Slow your breath down, just take it slow
Find your smile now, oh
You can trust and love again
If you leave I'll still be close to you
When all your fears rain down
I'll take you back a thousand times again
I'll take you as my own
I would sing you songs of innocence
'Til the light of morning comes
'Til the rays of gold and honey
Cover you
In the sweetness of the dawn
But you're always on the run
You're not alone
You're now a part of me
You feel the cure
I'll find the toil it brought you
Lyrics submitted by naiveSimon86
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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."
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
First of all, everyone needs to know about FOF. They're such an awesome band.
As for this song, I take it as a plea from God to just slow down your life from all the things we are running to and come back to Him. He will not only forgive, but actually remove our burdens. He has power over sin, and humbly relying on Him is the only way we can have the strength to overcome our sin and guilt. He wants to help us so bad if we'll just stay close to Him!
I love this band so much, and this is one of my favorite songs by them. I think its about how he's going through something, maybe he's lost something important. He feels he can never love or trust again, he's hurt. I see this as God telling him to relax, because its going to be alright, and that He's there for him no matter what. And it will get better. No matter what he does He will still love him, and will always be there to accept him as if he were an innocent, because He loves him. I'm going through something right now, I lost something important and this song means much to me. Its gives me hope, that one day I will be able to trust and love again, and the hurt won't last forever.
While I can see the angle of god speaking to him as a very solid interpretation of the song I like to see it in a different light.
I feel it just perfectly captures the importance of accepting other people as human, that we are still the children we were born as and not above mistakes. The importance and the greatness of forgiveness for both the offended and the offender. His last line gives me a chill because I can't help but relate it to the idea of both parties expressing there soul to the fullest and understanding each other.
I'm not Christian, but I fully support Jesus' message of forgiving others and loving them instead of growing angry at there trespasses.
@Cmcwill09 i appreciate your sharing your interpretation. I am a follower of Christ... I try to live according to His commands and tenets. However, as you pointed out, we are ALL born into brokenness. \r\n\r\nThe beauty i am compelled to share with you is this: "we are called to love people right where they are when they enter into our life-circle, but we are compelled to love them (you) too much to leave then there!"\r\n\r\nWhat that means to me, is this. I appreciate your perspective; I agree it applies thusly to your context, but, i go to the point that this forgiveness is offered from a Devine perspective as well... He, Jesus = God, forgives us... you. He\'s just a gentleman and allows you to choose to ask Him to apply it to you. \r\n\r\nI believe this song, chat, etc exists to give you that opportunity right now. \r\n\r\nHope, Matt
We don't gain anything by carrying burdens around only to say at the end "I've been carrying this hurt all my life and I demand compensation for it", so it's better to give it to God. His grace is sufficient for all our mistakes and makes us new again. He has more to give us than we could ever give to him (memories and tears). We're never too busy to spend time with God. We either make time, or He will for us, even if that means destroying our sense of security in something that isn't him. But he always does so in the perfect way to reach us. For some of us it's like a bandaid, for others it's gentle.
It's a song of acceptance. A song of forgiveness. A song of God's never-ending grace.
"Slow your breath down, just take it slow." Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God..."
You're not alone, you're now a part of me. John 15:4 "Remain in me, and I will remain in you..."
You'll feel the cure, I'll feel the toil that brought you. Is 53:3,4,5 "He was despised and rejected– a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on Him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses He carried; it was our sorrows that weighed Him down. And we thought His troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for His own sins! But He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed."
No matter what I've done, He welcomes me with open arms and calls me His own. He wipes away all I've done and claims ME as His son!
all the previous comments say this is about God but I think its about Anxiety. Like a song to sing for comfort if someone is in an panic episode.
"find your heart now, oh" This can be something to bring the person back to reality.
"When all your fears rain down I'll take you back a thousand times again I'll take you as my own" A personification of Anxiety