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."
(Omnipotent, omnipotent)
You are our secret
It's worth keeping
And now I'm keeping my mouth shut
On the weekends
I won't hang out with anybody else
The pavement
Always begging
What's it want from me?
And I keep falling backwards
Looking for relief
Want to be free
Well, I've been counting all the minutes
And the days have been counting me
I want to live my life again
But you won't
I'll never understand the winds
But you do
I didn't know I was afraid
But you did
I want to do it again
Well I've been sleeping
Waiting for something
But to feel nothing
At all, avoid the call
Sometimes I'm reckless
Sometimes misdirected
And sometimes when I'm tested
I tend to do nothing at all
And when I'm alone
There's a ghost that keeps talking
And I know there's gotta be more
For sure
I want to live my life again
But you won't
I'll never understand the winds
But you do
I didn't know I was afraid
But you did
I want to do it again
Omnipotent (omnipotent)
I've been numbing my thoughts for hours
I know you wanted to save me from myself
We've been wilting our young for seeds
And I can't compete
We're too strung to feel
What's real?
I want to live my life again
But you won't
I'll never understand the winds
But you do
I didn't know I was afraid
But you did
I want to do it again
(Omnipotent)
Do you want to live forever?
Do you want to live forever?
I would
You are our secret
It's worth keeping
And now I'm keeping my mouth shut
On the weekends
I won't hang out with anybody else
The pavement
Always begging
What's it want from me?
And I keep falling backwards
Looking for relief
Want to be free
Well, I've been counting all the minutes
And the days have been counting me
I want to live my life again
But you won't
I'll never understand the winds
But you do
I didn't know I was afraid
But you did
I want to do it again
Well I've been sleeping
Waiting for something
But to feel nothing
At all, avoid the call
Sometimes I'm reckless
Sometimes misdirected
And sometimes when I'm tested
I tend to do nothing at all
And when I'm alone
There's a ghost that keeps talking
And I know there's gotta be more
For sure
I want to live my life again
But you won't
I'll never understand the winds
But you do
I didn't know I was afraid
But you did
I want to do it again
Omnipotent (omnipotent)
I've been numbing my thoughts for hours
I know you wanted to save me from myself
We've been wilting our young for seeds
And I can't compete
We're too strung to feel
What's real?
I want to live my life again
But you won't
I'll never understand the winds
But you do
I didn't know I was afraid
But you did
I want to do it again
(Omnipotent)
Do you want to live forever?
Do you want to live forever?
I would
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When im alone theres a ghost that keeps talking and i know theres gotta be more, for sure