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 told another lie today
And I got through this day
No one saw through my games
I know the right words to say
Like "I don't feel well"
"I ate before I came"
Then someone tells me how good I look
and for a moment
For a moment I am happy
But when I'm alone
No one hears me cry
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day
I don't know the first time I felt unbeautiful
The day I chose not to eat
What I do know is how I changed my life forever
I know I should know better
There are days when I'm okay
And for a moment
For a moment I find hope
But there are days when I'm not okay
And I need your help
So I'm letting go
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day
You should know you're not on your own
These secrets are walls that keep us alone
I don't know when but what I know now
Together we'll make it through somehow
Together we'll make it through somehow
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day
And I got through this day
No one saw through my games
I know the right words to say
Like "I don't feel well"
"I ate before I came"
Then someone tells me how good I look
and for a moment
For a moment I am happy
But when I'm alone
No one hears me cry
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day
I don't know the first time I felt unbeautiful
The day I chose not to eat
What I do know is how I changed my life forever
I know I should know better
There are days when I'm okay
And for a moment
For a moment I find hope
But there are days when I'm not okay
And I need your help
So I'm letting go
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day
You should know you're not on your own
These secrets are walls that keep us alone
I don't know when but what I know now
Together we'll make it through somehow
Together we'll make it through somehow
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day
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It's anorexia nervosa. Anorexia is technically incorrect as the term "anorexia" may be misinterpreted as a symptom of reduced appetite while the medical condition is technically called anorexia nervosa (where the person has a psychiatric illness that describes an eating disorder characterized by extreme low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Individuals with anorexia nervosa are known to control body weight commonly through the means of voluntary starvation, excessive exercise or other weight control measures such as diet pills or diuretic drugs). Bulimia nervosa, on the otherhand, is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating, followed by compensatory behaviors such as purging and self-induced vomiting. I'm a medical student as well as a psychology student so I know a lot about these disorders and have suffered from both illnesses in my past and am currently battling one at the moment.
Anyway, the song is pretty obvious that it's about anorexia nervosa and someone striving for help from another (friend, family member, etc.) but it being difficult to come clean about the issue and overcome it. When it says "Like 'I don't feel well'/'I ate before I came'" and "The day I chose not to eat" that's what makes it sound like it's anorexia nervosa and not bulimia nervosa.
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I listen to this song on my iPod, whenever a certain friend comes around. he's not the one with the ED; I am. but I just like to hope that, maybe, he'll take a headphone. and maybe, he'll listen to the right part of the lyrics the right way, and he'll get the hint.
because I'm too afraid to tell him.
yeah, i know what you mean
It's about someone struggling with an eating disorder. I really like this song, it shows how people with eating disorders need the help of others to make it through, but that its a slow process.
this song means sooo much to me! I used to struggle and do everyday with the same problem.
oh how sadly true this song is.
"I ate before I came" - how many times have I used that line?
the day i chose not to eat i have changed my life forever. for better or for worse? either way, im now stuck with that i adore this song stay stong
this song made me cry it reminded me of my older sister and once i started thinking about her i couldn't stop crying thank God she is still alive but i was so scared!
man this relates to the old me
It's about anorexia.. this song used to relate to me. But then i recovered.
One of my closest friend suffers from an eating disorder.. She is the most remarkable person I have ever met. And I love her so dearly.. This song relates completely to her, and it makes me cry everytime I listen to it.