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."
[Aaron Blackwell]
How could I let it get this far
To the edge I've been drawn by promises
And what's the reason
For A heart to only misguide me
Blind me, tear myself apart?
[Epiphany]
When darkness falls and silence talks
At the edge of thoughts that you memorised
I'm the truth between the lines
They read and deny me and tie me to fantasy
And they'll curse this darktest hour
When in oblivion I'll die
[Aaron Blackwell]
Oh will you make me turn the page, one after another
If only you would make a mark the eye can see
[Epiphany]
You're dancing in a round
Through the dark you long to find
A light at the midnight sky
To persuade the night
[Aaron Blackwell]
Don't leave me blind, give me one sign
Grant me just one look into the mystery behind
Fire and flames, heartache and pain:
You break me just to make me feel like a golden child
What if it's nothing but a dream
The great mystery, great mystery
[Sciece]
We carry the flame to accelerate
the evolution of an age
Cast your eyes into the crystal ball - alright
We embrittle the weak that isn't meant to be
We're gonna make it coronate the chosen ones
Who never sined against their vocation
[Reason]
Don't be afraid: just look around
Don't question what your eyes can see
[Aaron Blackwell]
Don't leave me blind, give me one sign
Grant me just one look into the mystery behind
Fire and flames, heartache and pain:
I've born for my devotion
Oh she won't see me, she won't feel me
She's lost on her own, and so am I?
[Empiphany]
I see a cold moon rise above those empty streets
And I see movements part their lives
I hear the ticking leaving scars you can't conceal
Ain't it poignant how you try
Impatiently they're giving up on hearts
Whose signs they cannot read
As silence doesn't talk, eternity will cease
And as you marvel at the artwork in your hands
Rich in detail, so frail and beautiful
And you forget the rules
The elder's always made up for you
To save you precious time
You watch them pile up, they are saving on and on
Even you don't know where stey store it all
You've got to be a fool if you don't save along
A thousand screaming
And silence doesn't speak to thousand screaming
No, silence doesn't wanna speak...
[lead guitar: Bruce Kulick]
[Aaron Blackwell]
And I see tears shed over days when all was good
A child didnt care for what never really mattered
[Epiphany]
I see tears shed over days
When all was good and time
they had a lot to give away
When their hearts had eyes to see
And the final mystery
was more than a fancy tale
And answers you did find
to dare what you would find inside, no
[Aaron Blackwell]
Don't leave me blind, give me one sign
Grant me just one look into the mystery behind
Fire and flames, heartache and pain:
You break me just to make me feel like a golden child
Don't leave me blind, give me one sign
Grant me just one look into the mystery behind
Fire and flames, heartache and pain:
You break me just to make me feel like a golden child
Don't leave me blind, send a sign
Oh is it really not a dream?
The great mystery
How could I let it get this far
To the edge I've been drawn by promises
And what's the reason
For A heart to only misguide me
Blind me, tear myself apart?
[Epiphany]
When darkness falls and silence talks
At the edge of thoughts that you memorised
I'm the truth between the lines
They read and deny me and tie me to fantasy
And they'll curse this darktest hour
When in oblivion I'll die
[Aaron Blackwell]
Oh will you make me turn the page, one after another
If only you would make a mark the eye can see
[Epiphany]
You're dancing in a round
Through the dark you long to find
A light at the midnight sky
To persuade the night
[Aaron Blackwell]
Don't leave me blind, give me one sign
Grant me just one look into the mystery behind
Fire and flames, heartache and pain:
You break me just to make me feel like a golden child
What if it's nothing but a dream
The great mystery, great mystery
[Sciece]
We carry the flame to accelerate
the evolution of an age
Cast your eyes into the crystal ball - alright
We embrittle the weak that isn't meant to be
We're gonna make it coronate the chosen ones
Who never sined against their vocation
[Reason]
Don't be afraid: just look around
Don't question what your eyes can see
[Aaron Blackwell]
Don't leave me blind, give me one sign
Grant me just one look into the mystery behind
Fire and flames, heartache and pain:
I've born for my devotion
Oh she won't see me, she won't feel me
She's lost on her own, and so am I?
[Empiphany]
I see a cold moon rise above those empty streets
And I see movements part their lives
I hear the ticking leaving scars you can't conceal
Ain't it poignant how you try
Impatiently they're giving up on hearts
Whose signs they cannot read
As silence doesn't talk, eternity will cease
And as you marvel at the artwork in your hands
Rich in detail, so frail and beautiful
And you forget the rules
The elder's always made up for you
To save you precious time
You watch them pile up, they are saving on and on
Even you don't know where stey store it all
You've got to be a fool if you don't save along
A thousand screaming
And silence doesn't speak to thousand screaming
No, silence doesn't wanna speak...
[lead guitar: Bruce Kulick]
[Aaron Blackwell]
And I see tears shed over days when all was good
A child didnt care for what never really mattered
[Epiphany]
I see tears shed over days
When all was good and time
they had a lot to give away
When their hearts had eyes to see
And the final mystery
was more than a fancy tale
And answers you did find
to dare what you would find inside, no
[Aaron Blackwell]
Don't leave me blind, give me one sign
Grant me just one look into the mystery behind
Fire and flames, heartache and pain:
You break me just to make me feel like a golden child
Don't leave me blind, give me one sign
Grant me just one look into the mystery behind
Fire and flames, heartache and pain:
You break me just to make me feel like a golden child
Don't leave me blind, send a sign
Oh is it really not a dream?
The great mystery
Lyrics submitted by 2006200720082009, edited by wes2new
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