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."
If loneliness is stealing
Then my heart goes out to you
I got nothing left to lose
What's the point of trying?
I gave my word but you weren't moved
I can't believe you took it all
I'm giving it up on you
For all those things you put me through
Like petals on the floor
Crashed my world and faked it away
And you should know just what to do
I hope that time heals those that fall
I can't believe, this can't be true
Why can't you see we've got too much to lose?
A broken dream, a broken you
'Cause nothing else will mean the same for you
You say I must be dreaming
I won't be taken like a fool
You just can't rearrange the rules
I say that hadn't been there
And all the lies you told before
See the cracks upon the wall
I'm giving it up on you
For all those things you put me through
Like petals on the floor
Crashed my world and faked it all
And you should know just what to do
I hope that time heals those that fall
I can't believe, this can't be true
Why can't you see we've got too much to lose?
A broken dream, a broken you
'Cause nothing else will mean the same for you
I used to think my world is home
And now my world is going on
I'm all alone, I'm so alone
The pain will last forever
I used to think my world is home
And now my world is going on
I'm all alone, I'm so alone
The pain will last forever
Can't believe, this can't be true
Why can't you see we've got too much to lose?
A broken dream, a broken you
'Cause nothing else will be the same for you
Then my heart goes out to you
I got nothing left to lose
What's the point of trying?
I gave my word but you weren't moved
I can't believe you took it all
I'm giving it up on you
For all those things you put me through
Like petals on the floor
Crashed my world and faked it away
And you should know just what to do
I hope that time heals those that fall
I can't believe, this can't be true
Why can't you see we've got too much to lose?
A broken dream, a broken you
'Cause nothing else will mean the same for you
You say I must be dreaming
I won't be taken like a fool
You just can't rearrange the rules
I say that hadn't been there
And all the lies you told before
See the cracks upon the wall
I'm giving it up on you
For all those things you put me through
Like petals on the floor
Crashed my world and faked it all
And you should know just what to do
I hope that time heals those that fall
I can't believe, this can't be true
Why can't you see we've got too much to lose?
A broken dream, a broken you
'Cause nothing else will mean the same for you
I used to think my world is home
And now my world is going on
I'm all alone, I'm so alone
The pain will last forever
I used to think my world is home
And now my world is going on
I'm all alone, I'm so alone
The pain will last forever
Can't believe, this can't be true
Why can't you see we've got too much to lose?
A broken dream, a broken you
'Cause nothing else will be the same for you
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