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."
Ahhh shit motherfucker I'm a kick yo fuckin ass!
This is stress relief, this is stress relief, this this is stress relief!
(C'mon and sing it with me)
? Who you talkin to? What you wanna do? What the hell you thinkin?
Who da fuck are you? Where my fuckin money? I'm a beat yo ass!
What's so fuckin funny? Nigga I'm a need mo cash!
Why you try n play me? I'm a slump you till you delirious!
You niggas must be crazy. Are you fucking serious?
Fuck this goddamn job. You know what I quit!
I'm ready to go in on you. You lyin son of a bitch!
You don't know shit! Don't get yo throat slit.
Stop movin slow trick! Go bitch!
I don't give a damn! I don't wanna hear, which one of em did it nigga.
Why you shake n shiver? Pull the fuckin trigger!
Ahhh shit motherfucker I'm a kick yo fuckin ass!
This is stress relief, this is stress relief, this this is stress relief!
(C'mon and sing it with me)
What you say to me? What you wanna fight? This ain't what you want, bitch I got all night!
Just say what ya wanna say.
I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID! She had sex with WHO? In my fuckin bed!
Don't call me no more. You fuckin whore! Get down on the floor. Shut that god damn door!
I'm ready to smash!
You ready to blast! Get ready ta pull it dump some bullets in these haters ass!
Mothafuck the judge! You holdin a grudge? You fucked up ma plug!
You killin ma buzz! I'm a fuck up this club! Ah you wanna push n shove.
You reppin tha cause. What's with it blood!
Ahhh shit motherfucker I'm a kick yo fuckin ass!
This is stress relief, this is stress relief, this this is stress relief!
(C'mon and sing it with me)
Yeah!
Somtimes ya gotta let loose n, flip on a fuckin nuisance.
Stress release when you can not give a damn about they 2 cents.
Cussin em out reduce them shoutin it out ya mouth then lose them.
Clout not arout no doubt get gruesome. Out n about get
As a punching bag with ma blunt n drunkin ass want some funkin somthin fast.
Hunt tha chump n dumpin mags. Got you punked n mad. Wanna dump n clash.
Jump tha punks them bunks are crunk n? munch they lunch n dash?
We go to jail! We know the cell. It's cold as hell.
You think I'm spo ta fail, bitch go to hell!
Ahhh shit motherfucker I'm a kick yo fuckin ass!
This is stress relief, this is stress relief, this this is stress relief!
(C'mon and sing it with me)
This is stress relief, this is stress relief, this this is stress relief!
(C'mon and sing it with me)
? Who you talkin to? What you wanna do? What the hell you thinkin?
Who da fuck are you? Where my fuckin money? I'm a beat yo ass!
What's so fuckin funny? Nigga I'm a need mo cash!
Why you try n play me? I'm a slump you till you delirious!
You niggas must be crazy. Are you fucking serious?
Fuck this goddamn job. You know what I quit!
I'm ready to go in on you. You lyin son of a bitch!
You don't know shit! Don't get yo throat slit.
Stop movin slow trick! Go bitch!
I don't give a damn! I don't wanna hear, which one of em did it nigga.
Why you shake n shiver? Pull the fuckin trigger!
Ahhh shit motherfucker I'm a kick yo fuckin ass!
This is stress relief, this is stress relief, this this is stress relief!
(C'mon and sing it with me)
What you say to me? What you wanna fight? This ain't what you want, bitch I got all night!
Just say what ya wanna say.
I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID! She had sex with WHO? In my fuckin bed!
Don't call me no more. You fuckin whore! Get down on the floor. Shut that god damn door!
I'm ready to smash!
You ready to blast! Get ready ta pull it dump some bullets in these haters ass!
Mothafuck the judge! You holdin a grudge? You fucked up ma plug!
You killin ma buzz! I'm a fuck up this club! Ah you wanna push n shove.
You reppin tha cause. What's with it blood!
Ahhh shit motherfucker I'm a kick yo fuckin ass!
This is stress relief, this is stress relief, this this is stress relief!
(C'mon and sing it with me)
Yeah!
Somtimes ya gotta let loose n, flip on a fuckin nuisance.
Stress release when you can not give a damn about they 2 cents.
Cussin em out reduce them shoutin it out ya mouth then lose them.
Clout not arout no doubt get gruesome. Out n about get
As a punching bag with ma blunt n drunkin ass want some funkin somthin fast.
Hunt tha chump n dumpin mags. Got you punked n mad. Wanna dump n clash.
Jump tha punks them bunks are crunk n? munch they lunch n dash?
We go to jail! We know the cell. It's cold as hell.
You think I'm spo ta fail, bitch go to hell!
Ahhh shit motherfucker I'm a kick yo fuckin ass!
This is stress relief, this is stress relief, this this is stress relief!
(C'mon and sing it with me)
Lyrics submitted by hornbogen34
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Its one of those songs, where you are really pissed off and all you want to do is listen to this. Whenever I feel really upset, or just had it...I just turn this really loud.
I sing to this to let out my stress. I have to say it is a relief to let it out.