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."
Yes take time
To realize what you have
Yes i did
But suspended
And now i hang
Beneath the ground that we have made
For us
To walk on.
See me now
Crawl away, crawl away
See me now
Crawl away
Yes take time
To realize what you have
Content
But descended
And now i swim
Beneath currents of hope and faith
Now it is time
To surface.
??
See me now
Crawl away, crawl away
See me now
Crawl with me
Belive me now
Crawl away, crawl away
Come crawl with me
To realize what you have
Yes i did
But suspended
And now i hang
Beneath the ground that we have made
For us
To walk on.
See me now
Crawl away, crawl away
See me now
Crawl away
Yes take time
To realize what you have
Content
But descended
And now i swim
Beneath currents of hope and faith
Now it is time
To surface.
??
See me now
Crawl away, crawl away
See me now
Crawl with me
Belive me now
Crawl away, crawl away
Come crawl with me
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It seems as though the writer has thought..and come to the realization that what he has is nothing... the idea of being "beneath ground" and "beneath the currents of hope and faith" portrays stagnancy...the realization that all our hopes and faiths are unfounded..
quite dim don't u think?
but he doesn't seem to have a problem with it...cause the knowledge has brough an eery "content"
I think the idea of this song is very similar to Yatahaze
it's part of the journey that leads back to the start... as Yatahaze outlines
This song is really awesome...
To really understand the song's lyrics, it's absolutely necessary to read the story which accompanies Leitmotif.
this isnt Lechium, this is crosswind minuet, btw. but whatever. its my fav dredg song of all. whenever i listen to this song in the dark i float away to another world, its crazy. theyre the only band thats done that to me.
this IS lechium! i also thought it was Crosswind Minuet for some time, but then someone told me the first song is actually the symbol song, and not movement 1.. the intermission is in "traversing through the artic cold..."'s track..
i don't know much about this song's meaning, but i don't think that "Beneath currents of hope and faith " is associated to stagnancy... currents imply movement to me. It's like people are driven by religion/beliefs (hope and faith), but it's time to get rid of that control ("Now it is time To surface.")..
yeah it is lechium, stupid.
Does anyone actually know what the ? part is? I've never been able to come close to getting it by listening, and thus far it doesn't seem like anyone else has. Any ideas?
Well, it starts with 'Eee-yah-yah-yahyah' but aside from that, no.
This is my favourite dredg song, I love the intro build up and the big distortion bit that comes in. It's perfect. I wish they still played it live.
Listening to a live version of this song, I have deciphered the first line of the elusive "????" (after the aa-ee-aah part that is).
"Break the bubble"
Dying to know what he's screaming. "Let me on your back?" That can't be right...
Getting closer. Hope the next person that sees this takes a stab at deciphering the missing bit in parentheses. Can't find the rest in the liner notes. Maybe I'll figure it out one day.
Break the bubble S(a) (ra) (ai) Let's / Move / On, Progress, And when / You / Grow
@dan_daed my take is:<br /> <br /> Break the bubble<br /> Step on through<br /> Let's move on, Progress<br /> And when you grow
@dan_daed my take is:<br /> <br /> Break the bubble<br /> Step on through<br /> Let's move on, Progress<br /> And when you'll grow