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."
shepherd me from pain and the doubt
through the broken streets and the hearts
herd me home through hurt and the past
then leave me alone you have no choice
and now there is a white horse caged in my heart
and it's going to kill me just to get out
now there is a white horse caged in my heart
and it's trying to kill me just to get out
though we're different creeds, wear different masks
If you only could conceive that there's a chance
and hell is bent on showing me the dark
shepherd me to light, make it stop.
through the broken streets and the hearts
herd me home through hurt and the past
then leave me alone you have no choice
and now there is a white horse caged in my heart
and it's going to kill me just to get out
now there is a white horse caged in my heart
and it's trying to kill me just to get out
though we're different creeds, wear different masks
If you only could conceive that there's a chance
and hell is bent on showing me the dark
shepherd me to light, make it stop.
Lyrics submitted by coldchardonnay
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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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This is my absolute favourite song :)
It took me long to understand what this is about, it is a song that grew on me, I think. When I heard it first, I did not really like it. I do not even like any other of his songs; maybe I should listen to them some more times. For a few weeks, I listened to this song all day long. Yeah well who cares :D
I'll just say what I think this song means.
Scott Matthews sings about being in such a mess, everything's terrible and you see no end of the pain. I think everyone has to point out for himself what this means, for me it was a horrible end of a relationship. And I wanted to help me to get trough everything, to shepherd me from all the pain and the heartache and the betrayal so bad, I wanted someone who could just explain to me what this all was about and how I could get rid of it. I think everyone knows this feeling, “herd me home through hurt and the past“, if you just think that you can‘t do it alone and you need someone to get you out. But then again you are the only one who can really stop all this, and no one can do this for you. “then leave me alone you have no choice“
And although it hurts so much you have to go trough the hurt, so that the white horse (I think it’s a metaphor for the hope) can get out of its cage which is your heart. Or maybe the white horse is everything good that happened but is unimportant now and you have to let it go before the pain can leave.
But the song is not really about how you got to do that or how you can fix yourself again, it’s just about the endless pain which make you feel so small and helpless. Hell keeps on showing the dark and they keep on bringing you down. And deep down you know everyone has felt this way before, no matter what they tell or what masks they wear. Deep down everyone felt lost before at some point and could not take it anymore.
Oh, I really love this song.