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."
It's great to be young
Didn't anyone tell you
That life was a lousy substitute
You're not packing angels now
In your undertaker's suit
It's funky down in the gutter
That's what all the bitches say
I'll just call it a celebration
If the devil walks my way
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
Welcome into the garden sarah
Come see how my roses die
We were looking for heaven
Couldn't bear to pass you by
There are stories of bad luck, yeah
But they come to bless us all
If it's true that you doubt it
Go ask alice when she's ten feet tall
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
I was talking to sweet thing
She said hang your horses high
There are jokers and tokers
Here's some pills you ought to try
Some say it's a vacation
Some say i will never die
God won't stop at my station
Hear all the mothers cry
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
You keep saying kick it, quit it
Lord but did you ever try.
To turn your sick soul inside out
So that the world can watch you die
Home is where i live inside
My home is filled with pain
And it might not be such a bad idea
If i never went home again
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
There are stories of bad luck, yeah
But they come to bless us all
If it's true that you doubt it
Go ask alice when she's ten feet tall
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
You know that it's true
Didn't anyone tell you
That life was a lousy substitute
You're not packing angels now
In your undertaker's suit
It's funky down in the gutter
That's what all the bitches say
I'll just call it a celebration
If the devil walks my way
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
Welcome into the garden sarah
Come see how my roses die
We were looking for heaven
Couldn't bear to pass you by
There are stories of bad luck, yeah
But they come to bless us all
If it's true that you doubt it
Go ask alice when she's ten feet tall
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
I was talking to sweet thing
She said hang your horses high
There are jokers and tokers
Here's some pills you ought to try
Some say it's a vacation
Some say i will never die
God won't stop at my station
Hear all the mothers cry
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
You keep saying kick it, quit it
Lord but did you ever try.
To turn your sick soul inside out
So that the world can watch you die
Home is where i live inside
My home is filled with pain
And it might not be such a bad idea
If i never went home again
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
There are stories of bad luck, yeah
But they come to bless us all
If it's true that you doubt it
Go ask alice when she's ten feet tall
You are my heroin
You are my heroin
You know that it's true
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