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."
Where'd you go, huh?
They all think I know you
It's so hard to motivate
Me to devote a
Single inch of me to
Something I can't see I
Don't mean to cry but why
Would you even make the eyes?
I don't believe my errors
And I'm scared of my own head
I will deny you for years
Then I'll make you raise me from the dead
And if I said that I would live for you
For nothing in return
Well I'm sorry Mr. Gullible
But lying's all I've learned
So be concerned
So be concerned
(Uh, uh)
No music
And I could talk about anything
Whether or not it's worth while
Is based on who's listening
Most of us listen if it's
Something we can relate to
All of us relate if it's something we've just been through
Take it for granted
Trust is damaged and now we panic
Living empty-handed
Living lives like we can't manage, I can't feel you
But still know where home is feeling like Jonah did
Almost dropped the bat like every base was fully loaded
So be concerned (yeah, aha, aha)
So be concerned (yeah, yeah, you should, yeah)
(Ok, alright, uh)
I am disappearing
Inside my bird's eye theories
I try to say goodbye, defy, and deny
What it is I'm fearing
Clearly I am dying, dearly I am writing
Merely testifying, that the test to fly requires I
Pass the test with colors flying
I don't believe you most the time
I'm lying 'cause I say I am fine
You are the pearl, I am the swine
So break my life and take this rhyme
I'm so sorry but I do believe
That all my bridges, I have burned
And I've earned a policy of no return
So be concerned
So be concerned
So be concerned
So be concerned (ah) (yo)
They all think I know you
It's so hard to motivate
Me to devote a
Single inch of me to
Something I can't see I
Don't mean to cry but why
Would you even make the eyes?
I don't believe my errors
And I'm scared of my own head
I will deny you for years
Then I'll make you raise me from the dead
And if I said that I would live for you
For nothing in return
Well I'm sorry Mr. Gullible
But lying's all I've learned
So be concerned
So be concerned
(Uh, uh)
No music
And I could talk about anything
Whether or not it's worth while
Is based on who's listening
Most of us listen if it's
Something we can relate to
All of us relate if it's something we've just been through
Take it for granted
Trust is damaged and now we panic
Living empty-handed
Living lives like we can't manage, I can't feel you
But still know where home is feeling like Jonah did
Almost dropped the bat like every base was fully loaded
So be concerned (yeah, aha, aha)
So be concerned (yeah, yeah, you should, yeah)
(Ok, alright, uh)
I am disappearing
Inside my bird's eye theories
I try to say goodbye, defy, and deny
What it is I'm fearing
Clearly I am dying, dearly I am writing
Merely testifying, that the test to fly requires I
Pass the test with colors flying
I don't believe you most the time
I'm lying 'cause I say I am fine
You are the pearl, I am the swine
So break my life and take this rhyme
I'm so sorry but I do believe
That all my bridges, I have burned
And I've earned a policy of no return
So be concerned
So be concerned
So be concerned
So be concerned (ah) (yo)
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Be Concerned Lyrics as written by Tyler Joseph
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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."
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