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."
Wrote a thousand love songs
Got every one so wrong
But if you're not loving then you're not living
'Cause to live is just to love
Painted a hundred hearts so blue
Made a melody for each of you
Stolen every story made
Oh your soul was never mine to take
I can be better than the ground I lay under
I can be better than the ground I lay under
It won't last for ever, no nothing does
A day feels like forever when you're young and you're in love
Nothing really fits when you're changing every day
Sing and love your heart out while you're finding your own way
For pieces fallen must we start
There's never just one broken heart
Taken every gift that was given
I'll give it back and you'll start living
Brown eyed child it's time to go
Your dreams can breathe bright you know
The heat is rising, feel it coming
Let it come
I can be better than the ground I lay under
I can be better than the ground I lay under
It won't last for ever, no nothing does
A day feels like forever when you're young and you're in love
Nothing really fits when you're changing every day
Sing and love your heart out while you're finding your own way
My heart is beating louder at the thought of you
My heart is beating louder at the thought of you
My heart is beating louder at the thought of you
My heart is beating louder at the thought of you
My heart is beating louder at the thought of you
My heart is beating louder and I don't know what to do
Because It won't last for ever, no nothing does
A day feels like forever when you're young and you're in love
Nothing really fits when you're changing every day
Sing and love your heart out while you're finding your own way
It won't last for ever, no nothing does
A day feels like forever when you're young and you're in love
Nothing really fits when you're changing every day
Sing and love your heart out while you're finding your own way
Got every one so wrong
But if you're not loving then you're not living
'Cause to live is just to love
Painted a hundred hearts so blue
Made a melody for each of you
Stolen every story made
Oh your soul was never mine to take
I can be better than the ground I lay under
I can be better than the ground I lay under
It won't last for ever, no nothing does
A day feels like forever when you're young and you're in love
Nothing really fits when you're changing every day
Sing and love your heart out while you're finding your own way
For pieces fallen must we start
There's never just one broken heart
Taken every gift that was given
I'll give it back and you'll start living
Brown eyed child it's time to go
Your dreams can breathe bright you know
The heat is rising, feel it coming
Let it come
I can be better than the ground I lay under
I can be better than the ground I lay under
It won't last for ever, no nothing does
A day feels like forever when you're young and you're in love
Nothing really fits when you're changing every day
Sing and love your heart out while you're finding your own way
My heart is beating louder at the thought of you
My heart is beating louder at the thought of you
My heart is beating louder at the thought of you
My heart is beating louder at the thought of you
My heart is beating louder at the thought of you
My heart is beating louder and I don't know what to do
Because It won't last for ever, no nothing does
A day feels like forever when you're young and you're in love
Nothing really fits when you're changing every day
Sing and love your heart out while you're finding your own way
It won't last for ever, no nothing does
A day feels like forever when you're young and you're in love
Nothing really fits when you're changing every day
Sing and love your heart out while you're finding your own way
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