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."
Yeah, yeah, yeah
little bit more
Just a bit more, yeah
A little bit more voice, yeah
That's good yeah ok
The origin of numbers is a questionable hypothesis
Yeah
This is the most ancient form of a sign
This is a more recent sign
Give me a sign
Shoes of stars
Beads of prayer
Tattooed shoulder
Speaking, you say -
Fall before you fly
But I don't look
And you don't look old enough
To have suffered so much
What do I know?
Look, a heart, on your arm
What does it mean?
I mean, what's that about?
New tattoo wild man I cry
Its so nice
Easy up
Payback, the hotel
Free shoes
"Hey, fly"
Never one wings is enough
Unavailable dog, tied to,
telly, yawns
flickers
give toys found in a box
Manhattan swoons
Tomato paints
The pirate radio hisses
Life isn't s#it (life is in shift?)
Waiting, texting
Go tell the nation
guide to the new
"Have a good time"
crisscross angel
Honey pot
Smoldering smoking
Failed succeeded
Home and away
Keep moving
Beach body blonde
White van
Valhalla
Shimmer
I don't blame her,
You don't look so good
You didn't look so normal
People, struggle, shimmer
I don't blame her,
You don't look so good
You didn't look so normal
People, struggle,
Listening to cars
Nice clean animation
Silent message
"Don't have pain"
When I wake up
Wreck
Drive around the wheel
Jimmy, Jimmy
Chicken head
Rebel
What's up?
Pop up
Life just bores me
There like silent
passion die
18 tons
One six oh five
Another guy
Luna luna luna luna
Luna luna luna luna
Luna luna luna luna
Radiant mirror
Luna luna luna
Luna luna
In love with
Hello can you hear me?
In a perfect storm
Luna luna luna luna
Luna luna luna luna
Luna luna luna luna
Illuminate
Luna luna luna
Luna luna
In love with
You didn't look so normal People struggle
little bit more
Just a bit more, yeah
A little bit more voice, yeah
That's good yeah ok
The origin of numbers is a questionable hypothesis
Yeah
This is the most ancient form of a sign
This is a more recent sign
Give me a sign
Shoes of stars
Beads of prayer
Tattooed shoulder
Speaking, you say -
Fall before you fly
But I don't look
And you don't look old enough
To have suffered so much
What do I know?
Look, a heart, on your arm
What does it mean?
I mean, what's that about?
New tattoo wild man I cry
Its so nice
Easy up
Payback, the hotel
Free shoes
"Hey, fly"
Never one wings is enough
Unavailable dog, tied to,
telly, yawns
flickers
give toys found in a box
Manhattan swoons
Tomato paints
The pirate radio hisses
Life isn't s#it (life is in shift?)
Waiting, texting
Go tell the nation
guide to the new
"Have a good time"
crisscross angel
Honey pot
Smoldering smoking
Failed succeeded
Home and away
Keep moving
Beach body blonde
White van
Valhalla
Shimmer
I don't blame her,
You don't look so good
You didn't look so normal
People, struggle, shimmer
I don't blame her,
You don't look so good
You didn't look so normal
People, struggle,
Listening to cars
Nice clean animation
Silent message
"Don't have pain"
When I wake up
Wreck
Drive around the wheel
Jimmy, Jimmy
Chicken head
Rebel
What's up?
Pop up
Life just bores me
There like silent
passion die
18 tons
One six oh five
Another guy
Luna luna luna luna
Luna luna luna luna
Luna luna luna luna
Radiant mirror
Luna luna luna
Luna luna
In love with
Hello can you hear me?
In a perfect storm
Luna luna luna luna
Luna luna luna luna
Luna luna luna luna
Illuminate
Luna luna luna
Luna luna
In love with
You didn't look so normal People struggle
Lyrics submitted by ErwinHarrie
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