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."
Every day I love him a little bit more
A little bit more, a little bit more
Every day I love him just a little bit more
And he loves me the same
Every day I love her a little bit more
A little bit more, a little bit more
Every day I love her just a little bit more
And she loves me the same
Baby if ya wanna get on, baby if ya wanna get off
It makes no sense at all, I saw red, I saw red, I saw red
One more secret lover that I shot dead
Every day I wake up, just a little bit more
Feelin' like a dog in the yard because it's just how we are
And every day I wonder if it's over
When I wake up I realize no it isn't, and break down the wall
You say it's black but I just can't believe you
And if I say it's white say I'm just trying to deceive you
And baby, I'm aware of the high and the low
And I'll be waiting for you in the middle, but I just lack control
Baby if ya wanna get low, baby if ya wanna get high
It makes no sense at all, I saw red, I saw red
One more secret lover that I shot dead
Girls don't go crazy, girls don't go crazy, oh girls don't crazy when the men use you
Women hold your men tight, if it makes you feel all right
It's your own life
A little bit more, a little bit more
Every day I love him just a little bit more
And he loves me the same
Every day I love her a little bit more
A little bit more, a little bit more
Every day I love her just a little bit more
And she loves me the same
Baby if ya wanna get on, baby if ya wanna get off
It makes no sense at all, I saw red, I saw red, I saw red
One more secret lover that I shot dead
Every day I wake up, just a little bit more
Feelin' like a dog in the yard because it's just how we are
And every day I wonder if it's over
When I wake up I realize no it isn't, and break down the wall
You say it's black but I just can't believe you
And if I say it's white say I'm just trying to deceive you
And baby, I'm aware of the high and the low
And I'll be waiting for you in the middle, but I just lack control
Baby if ya wanna get low, baby if ya wanna get high
It makes no sense at all, I saw red, I saw red
One more secret lover that I shot dead
Girls don't go crazy, girls don't go crazy, oh girls don't crazy when the men use you
Women hold your men tight, if it makes you feel all right
It's your own life
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i think this song is about heroin addiction. i made an account just to comment this, lol.
Every day I love her a little bit more A little bit more, a little bit more And she loves me the same ------he's using a girl to describe heroin. he gets more and more addicted, but of course, heroin remains the same.
Baby if ya wanna get low Baby if ya wanna get high It makes no sense at all ------when you get high on heroin, people call it getting low.
I saw red I saw red I saw red One more secret lover that I shot dead -------i read something on here that said shooting up h and seeing red means you fucked it up, and thats what bradley's singing about. i've heard of some heroin turning brownish/red like blood when it's cooked down.
Every day I wake up, just a little bit more feelin' like a dog in the yard Because it's just how we are And every day I wonder if it's over When I wake up I realize that it not And I break down the wall --------a day not doing heroin "wake up just a little bit more" can make you sick "feeling like a dog in the yard cause thats just how we are"
You say it's black but I can't believe you And if I say it's white say I'm just trying to decieve you And baby, I'm aware of the high and the low And I'll be waiting in the middle But I just lack control ---------heroin can be white (china) black (tar)... he's aware of the highs it'll give him either way, bc he's a heroin addict and just 'lacks control'
Baby if ya wanna get low Baby if ya wanna get high It makes no sense at all I saw red I saw red I saw red One more secret lover that I shot dead
Girls don't go crazy Girls don't go crazy Oh girls don't crazy when the men use you oh Women hold your men tight -------"girls" dont go crazy when the men use "you" = heroin. hold your men tight....
If it makes you feel alright It's your own life -------- self explainatory
I think you are one of the few that have a clue ,though lyrics can be interpreted in a variety of ways; I believe its about smack "getting low" is a way of saying "getting off" or shooting dope. When a junky sees red its like heaven you are finally in a vein about to be HIGH. The white n black can either be pros n cons of talking to someone about your use. Alsothe reference to wakin like a dog trapped in a yard is a junkies worst feeling goin to sleep without a wakeup. Thgough maybe about relationship but with H not another person!!