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've given up on love
But I gave up on the chance
That I'd ever fall
Head over heels
And all the stars
I wished upon
I never thought
That one would fall
Down on me
Ooh, it's good to know
There's somebody
Somebody who feels like me
(Ooh, it's good to know)
There's Somebody
Somebody who loves like me
(Yeah, I waited all my life)
For somebody
For somebody who can do
It like me
(And ooh, tt's good to know)
Found somebody
Found somebody
Who's just like me
(Somebody who's just like me)
Now here we are
And I want to
Make the most of it
Want to hold you
And get close to it
Baby, let me love you
Don't let go
And promise that you won't forget
I want you for myself
Better know I'm not gonna share
I want to feel you
Deep inside of me
I'm so happy
That you came to me
And ooh, I can't believe
There's somebody
Somebody who feels like me
(Whoa, that there's somebody who can do
It like me)
There's somebody
Somebody who loves like me
(I've been waiting all my life)
For somebody
For somebody who can do
It like me
(Who can do it like me)
Found somebody
Found somebody
Who's just like me
(Somebody who's just like me)
Every time I look
Into your eyes
(When I look in your eyes I)
I just think of
How you changed my life
Every kiss
(Kiss)
Every touch
(Touch)
Even scent of you
All over me
When you leave
(When you leave, I can't sleep)
Til your back in my arms
(And I need you)
Can't you see
Before you babe
I wasn't living
But now
There's Somebody
Somebody who feels like Me
(There's Somebody Like Me)
There's somebody
Somebody who loves like me
(Said you know, didn't know somebody)
For somebody
For somebody who can do
It like me
(Waited all my Life)
Found somebody
Found somebody
Who's just like me
(Somebody who's just like me)
There's somebody
Somebody who feels like me
There's somebody
Somebody who loves like me
For somebody
For somebody who can do it like me
Found somebody
Found somebody
Who's just like me
But I gave up on the chance
That I'd ever fall
Head over heels
And all the stars
I wished upon
I never thought
That one would fall
Down on me
Ooh, it's good to know
There's somebody
Somebody who feels like me
(Ooh, it's good to know)
There's Somebody
Somebody who loves like me
(Yeah, I waited all my life)
For somebody
For somebody who can do
It like me
(And ooh, tt's good to know)
Found somebody
Found somebody
Who's just like me
(Somebody who's just like me)
Now here we are
And I want to
Make the most of it
Want to hold you
And get close to it
Baby, let me love you
Don't let go
And promise that you won't forget
I want you for myself
Better know I'm not gonna share
I want to feel you
Deep inside of me
I'm so happy
That you came to me
And ooh, I can't believe
There's somebody
Somebody who feels like me
(Whoa, that there's somebody who can do
It like me)
There's somebody
Somebody who loves like me
(I've been waiting all my life)
For somebody
For somebody who can do
It like me
(Who can do it like me)
Found somebody
Found somebody
Who's just like me
(Somebody who's just like me)
Every time I look
Into your eyes
(When I look in your eyes I)
I just think of
How you changed my life
Every kiss
(Kiss)
Every touch
(Touch)
Even scent of you
All over me
When you leave
(When you leave, I can't sleep)
Til your back in my arms
(And I need you)
Can't you see
Before you babe
I wasn't living
But now
There's Somebody
Somebody who feels like Me
(There's Somebody Like Me)
There's somebody
Somebody who loves like me
(Said you know, didn't know somebody)
For somebody
For somebody who can do
It like me
(Waited all my Life)
Found somebody
Found somebody
Who's just like me
(Somebody who's just like me)
There's somebody
Somebody who feels like me
There's somebody
Somebody who loves like me
For somebody
For somebody who can do it like me
Found somebody
Found somebody
Who's just like me
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