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."
[Intro: Marshall Applewhite]
Planet Earth is about to be recycled
Your only chance to survive
Or evacuate is to leave with us
Leave with us
We are the vessel
We are the light seeds
We may forever leave this rock
Hail the forever presence
This is what you've been waiting for
Studied for years
This ancient presence will show its face
As it paints across our sky
Why stay and suffer with your kind?
Won't you
Won't you join and leave with us?
Here before your eyes
This holy moment
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Won't you join and leave with us?
Here before your eyes
This holy moment
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Do you understand?
Are you even listening?
This is the moment I will finally witness
I will finally witness
We all will witness
As it paints across our sky
Why stay and suffer with your kind?
Won't you
Won't you join and leave with us?
Here before your eyes
This holy moment
Can you feel it?
I can feel it
I can see it
I can taste it
This holy moment
Do you feel it?
I can feel it
Do you see it?
I can see it
Do you taste it?
I can taste
This holy moment
Come and take us
Come and take us
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
End of suffering
This is the end
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
End of suffering
This is the
End
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
End of suffering
This is the end
Planet Earth is about to be recycled
Your only chance to survive
Or evacuate is to leave with us
Leave with us
We are the vessel
We are the light seeds
We may forever leave this rock
Hail the forever presence
This is what you've been waiting for
Studied for years
This ancient presence will show its face
As it paints across our sky
Why stay and suffer with your kind?
Won't you
Won't you join and leave with us?
Here before your eyes
This holy moment
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Won't you join and leave with us?
Here before your eyes
This holy moment
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Do you understand?
Are you even listening?
This is the moment I will finally witness
I will finally witness
We all will witness
As it paints across our sky
Why stay and suffer with your kind?
Won't you
Won't you join and leave with us?
Here before your eyes
This holy moment
Can you feel it?
I can feel it
I can see it
I can taste it
This holy moment
Do you feel it?
I can feel it
Do you see it?
I can see it
Do you taste it?
I can taste
This holy moment
Come and take us
Come and take us
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
End of suffering
This is the end
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
End of suffering
This is the
End
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
This will be the end of all suffering
End of suffering
This is the end
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