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've been waiting for the weekend
Cause I think it's safe to say
I've had a little too much,
And we're a little too far
From the thing we used to be.
I could say that I'm alright
With the way things had to go
But I'm a little tied up
And a little slowed down
From the things I'll never know
*prechorus*
Show me a sign, so I'll realize
It's over, is it over?
Show me a sign, so I'll realize
It's over
*end chorus*
*chorus*
It's Six in the morning,
I'm counting the sheep
Convincing my self that I need to get some sleep
But I won't cause I can't and you don't
Really even give a damn
About the fact that
I miss you.
*end chorus*
Is it wrong of me to say that
In the end it's for the best
Because I know you never knew
All the shit that you would do
Would be the very end of us.
And we tried our best to hold on
But there was nothing we could do
At the end of everything
It doesn't matter what we need
All I know is that we're through
*prechorus*
Show me a sign, so I'll realize
It's over, is it over?
Show me a sign, so I'll realize
It's over
*end chorus*
*chorus*
It's Six in the morning,
I'm counting the sheep
Convincing my self that I need to get some sleep
But I won't cause I can't and you don't
Really even give a damn
About the fact that
I miss you.
*end chorus*
You know what I know
Turn around, Turn around,
Cause we're running from ourselves
You know what I know
Turn around, Turn around,
Cause we're running from ourselves
*chorus*
It's Six in the morning,
I'm counting the sheep
Convincing my self that I need to get some sleep
But I won't cause I can't and you don't
Really even give a damn
About the fact that
I miss you.
*end chorus*
Cause I think it's safe to say
I've had a little too much,
And we're a little too far
From the thing we used to be.
I could say that I'm alright
With the way things had to go
But I'm a little tied up
And a little slowed down
From the things I'll never know
*prechorus*
Show me a sign, so I'll realize
It's over, is it over?
Show me a sign, so I'll realize
It's over
*end chorus*
*chorus*
It's Six in the morning,
I'm counting the sheep
Convincing my self that I need to get some sleep
But I won't cause I can't and you don't
Really even give a damn
About the fact that
I miss you.
*end chorus*
Is it wrong of me to say that
In the end it's for the best
Because I know you never knew
All the shit that you would do
Would be the very end of us.
And we tried our best to hold on
But there was nothing we could do
At the end of everything
It doesn't matter what we need
All I know is that we're through
*prechorus*
Show me a sign, so I'll realize
It's over, is it over?
Show me a sign, so I'll realize
It's over
*end chorus*
*chorus*
It's Six in the morning,
I'm counting the sheep
Convincing my self that I need to get some sleep
But I won't cause I can't and you don't
Really even give a damn
About the fact that
I miss you.
*end chorus*
You know what I know
Turn around, Turn around,
Cause we're running from ourselves
You know what I know
Turn around, Turn around,
Cause we're running from ourselves
*chorus*
It's Six in the morning,
I'm counting the sheep
Convincing my self that I need to get some sleep
But I won't cause I can't and you don't
Really even give a damn
About the fact that
I miss you.
*end chorus*
Lyrics submitted by felicia2011
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