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 need new feet, these are all worn out
I need a new head cause I'm all strung out
I pull my hair, I scream and shout to no one
I need to find a way to spend my time
So you are not always on my mind
I talk to fast, I walk the line, I'm frozen
And I'm trying to keep it together
It's not getting better
I'm falling faster
I'm walking on the ashes
One more time
I'll say goodbye
But I can't move on
I'm going in circles
Going down
Take these dreams
Cause they're killing me
Hanging by a thread
And I don't know how
To get unaddicted
I need your air, can I breathe you in?
Well you're my light, my prayer, my sin
I'm going down, I'm sinking in to nowhere
I'm everything I don't want to be
I waste my nights thinking you're thinking of me
I draw this line, I still unwind, it's poison
And I'm dying
I just need a savior
Catty behavior
I'm not a traitor
I'm sinking like a stone
One more time
I'll say goodbye
But I can't move on
I'm going in circles
Going down
Take these dreams
Cause they're killing me
Hanging by a thread
And I don't know how
To get unaddicted
You're my judge, you're my favorite thing
You're the only song that I wanna sing
Can I be your number one failure?
Your little piece of insane?
Just like a habit that I can't break
Easy to say I learned my mistakes
But I just keep making 'em over and over again
One more time
I'll say goodbye
But I can't move on
I'm going in circles
Going down
One more time
I'll say goodbye
But I can't move on
I'm going in circles
Going down
Take these dreams
Cause they're killing me
Hanging by a thread
And I don't know how
To get unaddicted
I need a new head cause I'm all strung out
I pull my hair, I scream and shout to no one
I need to find a way to spend my time
So you are not always on my mind
I talk to fast, I walk the line, I'm frozen
And I'm trying to keep it together
It's not getting better
I'm falling faster
I'm walking on the ashes
One more time
I'll say goodbye
But I can't move on
I'm going in circles
Going down
Take these dreams
Cause they're killing me
Hanging by a thread
And I don't know how
To get unaddicted
I need your air, can I breathe you in?
Well you're my light, my prayer, my sin
I'm going down, I'm sinking in to nowhere
I'm everything I don't want to be
I waste my nights thinking you're thinking of me
I draw this line, I still unwind, it's poison
And I'm dying
I just need a savior
Catty behavior
I'm not a traitor
I'm sinking like a stone
One more time
I'll say goodbye
But I can't move on
I'm going in circles
Going down
Take these dreams
Cause they're killing me
Hanging by a thread
And I don't know how
To get unaddicted
You're my judge, you're my favorite thing
You're the only song that I wanna sing
Can I be your number one failure?
Your little piece of insane?
Just like a habit that I can't break
Easy to say I learned my mistakes
But I just keep making 'em over and over again
One more time
I'll say goodbye
But I can't move on
I'm going in circles
Going down
One more time
I'll say goodbye
But I can't move on
I'm going in circles
Going down
Take these dreams
Cause they're killing me
Hanging by a thread
And I don't know how
To get unaddicted
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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I wish I did not have to relate to this song. This song is about a girl who, no matter how much she tries, cannot get over a guy. She knows he is wrong for her and she should move on. But, she is glued to him, stuck on him like a drug. The more she thinks about him, the more she years to be with him. And being with him has become a necessity for her. Hence, she sings "I need your air, can I breathe you in? Well you're my light, my prayer, my sin".
The line 'I need your air' sums up her entire emotion regarding him. This line describes his influence over her, how he is potent enough to be her fundamental reason for her existence. When they are together, she is complete. Everything that he is defines her, which is why she talks about breathing the same air as him.
*yearns<br /> <br /> not years. Sorry.