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."
(Iak–Iak–Iak–Iak–Iak–Iak–Sakkak)
"You're so free"
That's what everybody's telling me
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound
Pushed around, refugee something's wrong
Got a feeling that I don't belong
As if I had come from outer space
Out of place, like King Kong
I'm a marionette, just a marionette
Pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet
Just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette
Round and round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette
Just a silly old clown
Like a doll
Like a puppet with no will at all
And somebody told me how to talk
How to walk, how to fall can't complain
I've got no-one but myself to blame
Something's happening I can't control
Lost my hold, it's insane
I'm a marionette, just a marionette
Pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet
Just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette
Round and round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette
Just a silly old clown
"Look this way
Just a little smile, " is what they say
"You look better on the photograph
If you laugh, that's okay" "You're so free"
That's what everybody's telling me
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound
Pushed around, refugee
I'm a marionette, just a marionette
Pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet
Just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette
Round and round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette
Just a silly old clown
"You're so free"
That's what everybody's telling me
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound
Pushed around, refugee something's wrong
Got a feeling that I don't belong
As if I had come from outer space
Out of place, like King Kong
I'm a marionette, just a marionette
Pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet
Just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette
Round and round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette
Just a silly old clown
Like a doll
Like a puppet with no will at all
And somebody told me how to talk
How to walk, how to fall can't complain
I've got no-one but myself to blame
Something's happening I can't control
Lost my hold, it's insane
I'm a marionette, just a marionette
Pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet
Just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette
Round and round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette
Just a silly old clown
"Look this way
Just a little smile, " is what they say
"You look better on the photograph
If you laugh, that's okay" "You're so free"
That's what everybody's telling me
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound
Pushed around, refugee
I'm a marionette, just a marionette
Pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet
Just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette
Round and round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette
Just a silly old clown
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