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."
Go to his house, He’ll make you a big star
Offer your power, turn and face the camera
Makin’ a movie, isn’t that what you want?
Dying to recover, never really knowing better
Spinning all the things you thought that you deserved
Dying to recover, never really knowing
Ready or not! I can’t support you with my part-time gig.
It’s all that I’ve got – what would it take to walk away from this?
You say we can make it, what’s the difference?
Think that we can make it on our own.
Wish all your life that you’ll be forgiven
Feelin’ the weight of your new addiction
Searching outside you for all the answers
Dying to recover, never really knowing better
Spinning all the things you thought that you deserved
Dying to recover, never really knowing
Ready or not! I can’t support you with my part-time gig
It’s all that I’ve got – what would it take to walk away from this?
You say we can make it, what’s the difference?
Think that we can make it . . . oh no
Honey what’s the face? We won’t live forever in this way
You look good as spoon fed in a daze, if you’re wondering
Honey, what’s the face? We’re just getting by inside a cage
I think this is borderline insane, If you’re wondering
Ready or not! I can’t support you with my part-time gig
I said it’s all that I’ve got – what would it take to walk away from this?
You say we can make it, what’s the difference?
Think that we can make it . . . oh no
Say that we can make it
Hide the pictures and put us in our places
On our own
Offer your power, turn and face the camera
Makin’ a movie, isn’t that what you want?
Dying to recover, never really knowing better
Spinning all the things you thought that you deserved
Dying to recover, never really knowing
Ready or not! I can’t support you with my part-time gig.
It’s all that I’ve got – what would it take to walk away from this?
You say we can make it, what’s the difference?
Think that we can make it on our own.
Wish all your life that you’ll be forgiven
Feelin’ the weight of your new addiction
Searching outside you for all the answers
Dying to recover, never really knowing better
Spinning all the things you thought that you deserved
Dying to recover, never really knowing
Ready or not! I can’t support you with my part-time gig
It’s all that I’ve got – what would it take to walk away from this?
You say we can make it, what’s the difference?
Think that we can make it . . . oh no
Honey what’s the face? We won’t live forever in this way
You look good as spoon fed in a daze, if you’re wondering
Honey, what’s the face? We’re just getting by inside a cage
I think this is borderline insane, If you’re wondering
Ready or not! I can’t support you with my part-time gig
I said it’s all that I’ve got – what would it take to walk away from this?
You say we can make it, what’s the difference?
Think that we can make it . . . oh no
Say that we can make it
Hide the pictures and put us in our places
On our own
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