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."
Looking for someone to love me
I'm-m-m looking for someone to love me
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
I'm no angel
There so much I can take
Calm down, patience
Don't lose your temper hold on wait
I've got issues just like you
Sometimes I get so confused
I'm strong but I can break
I'll be praying so hard
To get through the day
Bad thoughts in my mind I can't shake
Having nightmares in the day can you relate?
Please, somebody kindly wake me
I can't let this cold world take me
I'm looking
My drama, my karma
My love my life, dear mama
The war's I've fought, scars that I've garnered
The hustle, I got that honest from my father
Mix me with violence, blend me with peace
Combine me with hate and I can't face defeat (nope)
I did it all in a week
Still incomplete as I stand on my feet
It take a lot to still dance to the beat
Skin more cold and callous than concrete
I love swimming but there's just one ski
In a rich man's chique hotel with bed sheets
Uh ah, you know what I'm looking for
Looking for someone to love me
I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm looking for someone to love me
Yeh-yeh-yeah
It's my life, my life, word to Mary
Niggas can't fuck with me, Virgin Mary
Go ahead make my day, dirty Harry
Weezy, fuck the World pop ya cherry
Everybody pushing but I don't fall back
And everybody looking but blind to the fact
The clock on the wall say it's time for some action
Now you can take that to the bank and cash in
I'm feeling myself, fuck if they feeling me
Can't spell them without me
It's them or me
Yesterday was a memory
Looking in the mirror at my enemy
But today I'm
Looking for someone to love me
I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm looking for someone to love me
Yeh-yeh-yeah
My rise, my falls
Enemies wanna see me crawl
My ups, my downs
Ya'll know I've been around
But sometimes it bothers me
When I hear people say a non truth
Am I sane, am I crazy?
Pick one there all the same
In this World we're living in
I'ma make mistakes, I'm only human
I was
Looking for someone to love me
I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm looking for someone to love me
Yeh-yeh-yeah
(Everybody need somebody to love 'em)
(Yeah)
(Feel me?)
(Yeah)
(Feel the bass)
(Can you feel it?)
I'm-m-m looking for someone to love me
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
I'm no angel
There so much I can take
Calm down, patience
Don't lose your temper hold on wait
I've got issues just like you
Sometimes I get so confused
I'm strong but I can break
I'll be praying so hard
To get through the day
Bad thoughts in my mind I can't shake
Having nightmares in the day can you relate?
Please, somebody kindly wake me
I can't let this cold world take me
I'm looking
My drama, my karma
My love my life, dear mama
The war's I've fought, scars that I've garnered
The hustle, I got that honest from my father
Mix me with violence, blend me with peace
Combine me with hate and I can't face defeat (nope)
I did it all in a week
Still incomplete as I stand on my feet
It take a lot to still dance to the beat
Skin more cold and callous than concrete
I love swimming but there's just one ski
In a rich man's chique hotel with bed sheets
Uh ah, you know what I'm looking for
Looking for someone to love me
I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm looking for someone to love me
Yeh-yeh-yeah
It's my life, my life, word to Mary
Niggas can't fuck with me, Virgin Mary
Go ahead make my day, dirty Harry
Weezy, fuck the World pop ya cherry
Everybody pushing but I don't fall back
And everybody looking but blind to the fact
The clock on the wall say it's time for some action
Now you can take that to the bank and cash in
I'm feeling myself, fuck if they feeling me
Can't spell them without me
It's them or me
Yesterday was a memory
Looking in the mirror at my enemy
But today I'm
Looking for someone to love me
I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm looking for someone to love me
Yeh-yeh-yeah
My rise, my falls
Enemies wanna see me crawl
My ups, my downs
Ya'll know I've been around
But sometimes it bothers me
When I hear people say a non truth
Am I sane, am I crazy?
Pick one there all the same
In this World we're living in
I'ma make mistakes, I'm only human
I was
Looking for someone to love me
I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm looking for someone to love me
Yeh-yeh-yeah
(Everybody need somebody to love 'em)
(Yeah)
(Feel me?)
(Yeah)
(Feel the bass)
(Can you feel it?)
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