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."
I want a new girl, the kind everybody wants
The kind that shout it out and then we laugh it off
I'll be a terrorist if she will be a looter
Eye of Fatima painted on her motor scooter and
She puts on eye shadow
A deeper shade, a deeper shade of blue
And then she gets in bed with you
I want a new girl
Who can show me how to have a good time
And get closer to my life's design
In the darkness
Candle light across my face
I feel myself fall into grace and
She puts on eye shadow
A deeper shade, a deeper shade of blue
And then she gets in bed with you
Man, sometimes I get the feeling so left out
And then I'm here again
I'm crying in my beer again
Loneliness closes down like a jail
This is a lonely town
I'm singing in my jail cell
She's got a smile so wide to ease the pain
The pain I'm going through
And then she gets in bed with you
She's brand new, she's brand new, she's brand new
We walk Manhattan in a dark silver suit
In the blowing wind, no demons persecuted
And in the darkness, candle light across my face
In my mind I see
She's got a smile so wide it eats the pain
The pain I'm going through
And then she gets in bed with you
She's brand new, she's brand new, she's brand new
Man, sometimes I get the feeling so left out
But then I'm here again
I'm crying in my beer again
Loneliness closes down like a jail
This is a lonely tale
This is a jail cell
She puts on eye shadow
A deeper shade, a deeper shade of blue
I'm very pleased with meeting you
She's got a smile so wide to ease the pain
The pain I'm going through
But then she gets in bed with you
The kind that shout it out and then we laugh it off
I'll be a terrorist if she will be a looter
Eye of Fatima painted on her motor scooter and
She puts on eye shadow
A deeper shade, a deeper shade of blue
And then she gets in bed with you
I want a new girl
Who can show me how to have a good time
And get closer to my life's design
In the darkness
Candle light across my face
I feel myself fall into grace and
She puts on eye shadow
A deeper shade, a deeper shade of blue
And then she gets in bed with you
Man, sometimes I get the feeling so left out
And then I'm here again
I'm crying in my beer again
Loneliness closes down like a jail
This is a lonely town
I'm singing in my jail cell
She's got a smile so wide to ease the pain
The pain I'm going through
And then she gets in bed with you
She's brand new, she's brand new, she's brand new
We walk Manhattan in a dark silver suit
In the blowing wind, no demons persecuted
And in the darkness, candle light across my face
In my mind I see
She's got a smile so wide it eats the pain
The pain I'm going through
And then she gets in bed with you
She's brand new, she's brand new, she's brand new
Man, sometimes I get the feeling so left out
But then I'm here again
I'm crying in my beer again
Loneliness closes down like a jail
This is a lonely tale
This is a jail cell
She puts on eye shadow
A deeper shade, a deeper shade of blue
I'm very pleased with meeting you
She's got a smile so wide to ease the pain
The pain I'm going through
But then she gets in bed with you
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there's the eye of fatima... reference going back to how 3eb got their name :)