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."
You're not my eater
I'm not your food
Love you for God
Love you for the mother
Eat me in the space
Within my heart
Love you for God
Love you for the mother
Mother fountain
Only Your not at all
The most black road
Son kid child
Love you for God
Love you for the mother
All's there to love
Only love
I'm not your food
Love you for God
Love you for the mother
Eat me in the space
Within my heart
Love you for God
Love you for the mother
Mother fountain
Only Your not at all
The most black road
Son kid child
Love you for God
Love you for the mother
All's there to love
Only love
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Goddamn, I don't even care what it means, I just love this song to pieces.
I think the last line is my favorite, like she's only capable of loving, and that's why she's hurting so much.
I think this song is about being in a destructive marriage, and the loss of your own identity. Sacrificing yourself for someone who sucks the life out of you, eating you piece by piece until there is nothing left.
For me, the meaning of "love you for God, love you for the mother" is that she is not loving him for any other reason than it's what she is supposed to do. For the institution of marriage, ordained by God.
No, I think its about being sacrificed or perhaps just plain murdered (perhaps by Nazis)<br /> <br /> Imagine long lines of people waiting to be burned, ashes raining down...Auschwitz...<br /> <br /> There is a poem by Paul Celan. Its not called Black Milk, but the first two words of the poem are "Black Milk"<br /> <br /> The first line reads: "Black milk of morning we drink you at dusktime"<br /> <br /> Death Fugue (by Paul Celan)<br /> <br /> poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16961<br /> <br />
this song, i think, is about someone "eating" metaphorically her ego, and taking atvantage of her. someone she loves deeply enough to sacrifice for. they put her down and make them more confident about themselves. When she's making references to God, she's talking about sacrifices made at an alter. Mother is a little bit tougher. I think she's talking about some symbol of maturnity, and Mother fountain, is like the pool that one drinks from to replinish or rejuvinate their self. Like a fountain of love. Or mother could be like the catholic symbol of Mother Mary. I'm not sure really.
Here's an interesting poem that mentions the term "black milk": certando.net/celan.html
"death fugue"
Haven't figured out what the poem means though.
@vitalic - had to think of this poem too. it's about the mass murder of the jews in auschwitz in WW2. black milk might be a symbol of hopelessness and despair.
To listen to this song is almost the same as having unselfish sex. Seduction dominates throughout - as if someone is looking at you while they are pleasing you. Rhythm, yall!
The lyrics are "Our blood, your food" not "I’m not your food" if you listen to it closely
I’m guessing this song is about polygamy, the person singing is going through an arranged marriage, but to stay true to God and to the Mother (her religion so to speak) or her family, she goes through with it, she has too. First she says:
<i>You're not my eater Our blood, your food Love you for God Love you for the Mother</i>
I’m guessing that she's already married to him, and tells him straight that, "you're not my eater" you wont eat me like you eat them, as she sees the other zombie-trophy-child-bearing wives and how they are willing to share him and praise him like God himself, she doesn't see what they see. My religion made me love you. I love you, for God and for the Mother etc. With "OUR blood, your food" she plays the role of women in the relationship whether they can see it or not, they're blood is treated like his food. This probably relates to his control over them.
<i>Eat me In the space Within my heart Love you for God Love you for the Mother</i>
By this stage she has learned to love him, herself becoming a good obeying wife. Or perhaps she truly loves him now, because of the fact that she is willing to accept his eating of her. <i>Eat me </i>. Eating of the heart probably relates to the pain she experiences when she has to share him. Love you for God and for the Mother.
<i>Mother fountain Or live or not at all</i>
I think this imagery relates to sex, I dunno why but I can see that she has to bare children for this family, or she has to die. Mother fountain = mother who gives births constantly. Imagine children gushing out of her like water.
<i>The most level Sunken chapel Love you for God Love you for the Mother</i>
I think this relates to a new girl to be married, to become his next wife. She probably feels for the girl but doesn’t really care. The chapel is sunken because it is like a grave. She feels dead by this stage, everyone is dead and robotic. She has probably lost her passion for anything else other than her religion and this family. “Love you for God, Love you for the Mother” repeats it again, this message is engraved in her soul. It reinforces the love that she has to feel, to keep herself in tune with the others in the family. That we all must love this man, he is our support, so we must love him. * I'm not really sure how polygamous marriages work or the background info for it, so I apologise if I offended anyone.
<i>All's there to love Only love</i>
Love. Only for love. She tells herself this, and also tells everyone inc. that new girl this.
shit i have no idea what this song means, its just a good song
At first hearing I thought it's the animals talking to humans in general. Think of it as a vegetarian's anthem LOL. "Black milk" is interesting, the paradox clearly alludes to some sort of distortion of reality, or a dystopia where something so pristine white like milk is turned black (it's blue in Star Wars though) :P
Well, I LOVE this song... It speaks my mind out... It perfectly describes my current situation...