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."
Uhh you lost me
A hundred circle with a burnin
They took a love away
We wanted it this way
We wanted it this way
Face down in the dirt, in your mini skirt
Touch the ground
Back oh I got your back
I don't want you to see me this way
I don't want you to see me this way
I don't want you to see me this way
But I wait and die, but I wait and die
Took a breath, took a breath
I'm never gonna lie to you,
But I'm gonna have to tell the truth
Uhh you lost me
Down in the ground if you feel so
Took a breath, took a breath
I'm never gonna lie to you,
But I'm gonna have to tell the truth
Uhh you lost me
Uhh you lost me
has in eternal verse
Close in do you favorite fans
All your favorite fans
You love the only ones
Telling me the son
I'm never have any fun
You walk around way down
I don't want you to see me this way
I don't want you to see me this way
I don't want you to see me this way
But I wait and die, but I wait and die
Took a breath, took a breath
I'm never gonna lie to you,
But I'm gonna have to tell the truth
Uhh you lost me
Down in the ground if you feel so
Took a breath, took a breath
I'm never gonna lie to you,
But I'm gonna have to tell the truth
Uhh you lost me
A hundred circle with a burnin
They took a love away
We wanted it this way
We wanted it this way
Face down in the dirt, in your mini skirt
Touch the ground
Back oh I got your back
I don't want you to see me this way
I don't want you to see me this way
I don't want you to see me this way
But I wait and die, but I wait and die
Took a breath, took a breath
I'm never gonna lie to you,
But I'm gonna have to tell the truth
Uhh you lost me
Down in the ground if you feel so
Took a breath, took a breath
I'm never gonna lie to you,
But I'm gonna have to tell the truth
Uhh you lost me
Uhh you lost me
has in eternal verse
Close in do you favorite fans
All your favorite fans
You love the only ones
Telling me the son
I'm never have any fun
You walk around way down
I don't want you to see me this way
I don't want you to see me this way
I don't want you to see me this way
But I wait and die, but I wait and die
Took a breath, took a breath
I'm never gonna lie to you,
But I'm gonna have to tell the truth
Uhh you lost me
Down in the ground if you feel so
Took a breath, took a breath
I'm never gonna lie to you,
But I'm gonna have to tell the truth
Uhh you lost me
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You Lost Me Lyrics as written by Sydney Alexis Krauss Derek Miller
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I always hear the first or second, "what a way to die" as "but I'm ready to die." Even sadder.