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 run so far away from you
Don't matter where I've been
Run around the world from you
And here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker
A real crook, obscene
I'd call you a heartbreaker
But I reserve that for prettier things
I tried to kill the memory
?
You must get a psychic sting
And here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker
A real crook, obscene
I'd call you a heartbreaker
But I reserve that for nicer things
I run so far away from you
It don't matter where I've been
I run around the world from you
And here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker
A real crook, obscene
I'd call you a heartbreaker
But I reserve that for nicer things
Don't matter where I've been
Run around the world from you
And here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker
A real crook, obscene
I'd call you a heartbreaker
But I reserve that for prettier things
I tried to kill the memory
?
You must get a psychic sting
And here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker
A real crook, obscene
I'd call you a heartbreaker
But I reserve that for nicer things
I run so far away from you
It don't matter where I've been
I run around the world from you
And here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker
A real crook, obscene
I'd call you a heartbreaker
But I reserve that for nicer things
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yeah preety much thats it. i think "I try to kill the memorie by shaking up with living things" is her saying i try to forget the bad memories by having sex with other people to not think obout my partner. and the "Living things" verse probably is her calling her former partner a dead person; not a loving, living person?
I run so far away from you It don't matter where I've been I run around the world from you Here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker A real crook obscene I'd call you a heartbreaker But I reserve that for nicer things
I tried to kill the memory By shacking up with living things But you must get a psychic sting Here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker A real crook obscene I'd call you a heartbreaker But I reserve that for nicer things
I run so far away from you It don't matter where I've been I run around the world from you Here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker A real crook, obscene I'd call you a heartbreaker But I reserve that for nicer things
i try to kill the memory by shacking up with living things but you must get that psychic sting here you are again
DrippingBlueBlood has the correct lyrics.
I think it's obviously about someone who's had their heart broken by someone they dont even particularly like or think that well of, but fell for anyway, and tried to get away from because they could only be hurt but that person always found them and brought back the bad memories.