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."
Misty, when you want to hit those wedding bells,
you should stop yourself. You should see yourself angry.
Screaming to the ceiling, girl, you look like hell.
But when riding pills we get heavenly, on a balcony.
And baby's not a wreck on the wayside yet,
although she stuck out her neck to see how dark she could take it.
The wind is wild. Why, the spray is wet!
And a heart gets high as a heart can get, on a balcony, high above the sea.
You are the woman, on some Firefall.
Do you wanna ball on that brilliant beach?
So hard I thought I hear my future daughter call
through the static wall of a flashing dream.
And it's a wild, weaving ride to the sea.
Little demon, believe it from me.
They say that you're living off something-and-soda,
some fine wine from 1983. They say you're a fantasy.
Clap, like a comma. Hear the sentence sing.
Hear the whole world ring. Hey, it's bursting with bravery.
And, Misty, when it's whittled down to just one thing it amazes me, that simplicity.
I wandered through the supermarket like a slumming king.
And the sun, it stings. Hell, I hadn't seen the sun for weeks.
When we finally walk away from everything on our own four feet,
I hear you call my name from a balcony.
And I like the way you say it.
you should stop yourself. You should see yourself angry.
Screaming to the ceiling, girl, you look like hell.
But when riding pills we get heavenly, on a balcony.
And baby's not a wreck on the wayside yet,
although she stuck out her neck to see how dark she could take it.
The wind is wild. Why, the spray is wet!
And a heart gets high as a heart can get, on a balcony, high above the sea.
You are the woman, on some Firefall.
Do you wanna ball on that brilliant beach?
So hard I thought I hear my future daughter call
through the static wall of a flashing dream.
And it's a wild, weaving ride to the sea.
Little demon, believe it from me.
They say that you're living off something-and-soda,
some fine wine from 1983. They say you're a fantasy.
Clap, like a comma. Hear the sentence sing.
Hear the whole world ring. Hey, it's bursting with bravery.
And, Misty, when it's whittled down to just one thing it amazes me, that simplicity.
I wandered through the supermarket like a slumming king.
And the sun, it stings. Hell, I hadn't seen the sun for weeks.
When we finally walk away from everything on our own four feet,
I hear you call my name from a balcony.
And I like the way you say it.
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