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."
You think you know me
Think I give a damn
The boy who was foolish has made me a man
Is it wrong that I don't care
That I don't want you anywhere
Near my face or near my friends
Don't shed a tear when my life ends
Well I told you not to call me cause
I just can't stand your voice
And all it takes is your name mentioned
To ignite the fear of suffering
Don't even say you're sorry cause I know it's a lie
Here's goodbye forever can't you give me just a little
Room to breathe
(can't you just leave it alone now)
Give me just a little room to breathe
(don't you think you've taken enough now)
Nothing you say now can change anything
I don't care how you feel
I don't care what you mean
Save it all for someone else
You can drag them through your hell
For all I care and I don't
You've killed me once wasn't that enough
Well I told you not to call me cause
I just can't stand your voice
And all it takes is your name mentioned
To ignite the fear of suffering
Don't even say you're sorry cause I know it's a lie
Here's goodbye forever can't you give me just a little
Room to breathe
(can't you just leave it alone now)
Give me just a little room to breathe
(don't you think you've taken enough now)
Can't get far enough away
Well I told you not to call me cause
I just can't stand your lies
I said goodbye forever can't you give me just a little
Room to breathe
Well I told you not to call me cause
I just can't stand your voice
And all it takes is your name mentioned
To ignite the fear of suffering
Don't even say you're sorry cause I know it's a lie
Here's goodbye forever can't you give me just a little
Room to breathe
(can't you just leave it alone now)
Give me just a little room to breathe
(don't you think you've taken enough now)
Think I give a damn
The boy who was foolish has made me a man
Is it wrong that I don't care
That I don't want you anywhere
Near my face or near my friends
Don't shed a tear when my life ends
Well I told you not to call me cause
I just can't stand your voice
And all it takes is your name mentioned
To ignite the fear of suffering
Don't even say you're sorry cause I know it's a lie
Here's goodbye forever can't you give me just a little
Room to breathe
(can't you just leave it alone now)
Give me just a little room to breathe
(don't you think you've taken enough now)
Nothing you say now can change anything
I don't care how you feel
I don't care what you mean
Save it all for someone else
You can drag them through your hell
For all I care and I don't
You've killed me once wasn't that enough
Well I told you not to call me cause
I just can't stand your voice
And all it takes is your name mentioned
To ignite the fear of suffering
Don't even say you're sorry cause I know it's a lie
Here's goodbye forever can't you give me just a little
Room to breathe
(can't you just leave it alone now)
Give me just a little room to breathe
(don't you think you've taken enough now)
Can't get far enough away
Well I told you not to call me cause
I just can't stand your lies
I said goodbye forever can't you give me just a little
Room to breathe
Well I told you not to call me cause
I just can't stand your voice
And all it takes is your name mentioned
To ignite the fear of suffering
Don't even say you're sorry cause I know it's a lie
Here's goodbye forever can't you give me just a little
Room to breathe
(can't you just leave it alone now)
Give me just a little room to breathe
(don't you think you've taken enough now)
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Room To Breathe Lyrics as written by Brian Mcfadden Stuart Crichton
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
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