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 see myself there waiting by the roadside
Laid claim to nothing but a black bag and the attire I stand in
No name, no history
Just a target on my temple and a hole in my head
I could've been one of kings
The shell of a boy of the man that I used to be
A monkey in a man suit
I stand here as nothing to you
Wind me up and watch me go
Lay down your guns
Cut me from ear to ear
Eye for an eye
The glass is long gone broken
Lay down your guns
Cut me from ear to ear
Eye for an eye
The glass is long gone broken
I walk this road alone
No thanks to you
I walk this road alone
No thanks to you
No thanks to
Load up your six-shot baby
Put it to my head
Pull the trigger, blank I'd figured
Put it to me, dead
Lay your guns, your six-shot baby, put it to my head
Pull the trigger, blank I'd figured
Put it to me, dead
Lay your guns, your six-shot baby put it to my head
Pull the trigger, blank I'd figured
Put it to me, dead
Lay your guns
Load up your six-shot baby put it to my head
Pull the trigger, blank I'd figured
Put it to me, dead
Lay your guns down let me die (why won't you just let me die)
Lay your guns down let me die (why won't you just let me die)
Lay your guns down let me die
Scars don't heal when you keep
Cutting
Always cutting
Cutting deeper
Always deeper
Scars don't heal when you keep cutting
Laid claim to nothing but a black bag and the attire I stand in
No name, no history
Just a target on my temple and a hole in my head
I could've been one of kings
The shell of a boy of the man that I used to be
A monkey in a man suit
I stand here as nothing to you
Wind me up and watch me go
Lay down your guns
Cut me from ear to ear
Eye for an eye
The glass is long gone broken
Lay down your guns
Cut me from ear to ear
Eye for an eye
The glass is long gone broken
I walk this road alone
No thanks to you
I walk this road alone
No thanks to you
No thanks to
Load up your six-shot baby
Put it to my head
Pull the trigger, blank I'd figured
Put it to me, dead
Lay your guns, your six-shot baby, put it to my head
Pull the trigger, blank I'd figured
Put it to me, dead
Lay your guns, your six-shot baby put it to my head
Pull the trigger, blank I'd figured
Put it to me, dead
Lay your guns
Load up your six-shot baby put it to my head
Pull the trigger, blank I'd figured
Put it to me, dead
Lay your guns down let me die (why won't you just let me die)
Lay your guns down let me die (why won't you just let me die)
Lay your guns down let me die
Scars don't heal when you keep
Cutting
Always cutting
Cutting deeper
Always deeper
Scars don't heal when you keep cutting
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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wow i love this song, but the title is off. It is supposed to be "I was once Possibly, maybe perhaps a Cowboy king"
This is posted awhile ago which means this is going off the demo, not the new version..<br />
You forgot the "yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee hawwwwww!" after 'always deeper'
:)
@ashxbaby yes the ye haw ifs my favorite part
His voice is beautiful.
@reginakitteh Danny's voice is always beautiful
does any one knw the meaning of this song? :)
the bass drum during the "load up your six shot baby" breakdown is fucking wicked. - or at least on the album version, i don't really listen to the demo version much.
I agree with tylerxbrighten, the breakdown is for sure the best part of the song.
As for the lyrics, the "Load up your six shot, baby, put it to my head. Pull the trigger, blank I'd figured, put it to me dead" lines are probably referring to the game of Russian Roulette. It'd make sense.
Sick band, sick song. <3
I think this song is pretty obvious. It is a failed relationship. The beginning is how he ends up (hence the target on my temple and a hole in my head line). The shell of a boy lines is, again, how he is left after the relationship ends.
The rest of the song is his bitch of a girlfriend (well, ex) just breaking him down and making him feel like shit. He feels worthless. The gun to the head is symbolic of her verbal abuse and how it is figuratively killing him. The "blank I figured" part in the breakdown is saying "you're trying to kill me with the things you're saying, but it isn't lethal."
The lay your guns down, why wont you just let me die lines go towards her again. He's saying "stop, let me just fade out of this relationship." Instead, she continues to insult him and belittle him. Scars dont heal when you keep cutting supports this as well.
I could be totally wrong, but this is the way I take it.
I love this band <33
Wow the lyrics...
By the way. this was the original title.. but when they put it on the album they changed it. idk why.
I love this band. :] ugh. they make it all flow together. its perfect.
oh my lord, this songgggggg!!! ahhh im seeing them tonight. omgahhhh so exciteddd!
Mmmm breakdown sooo yummmy :D
@jessX3baby Did you see them on tour or at a festival? They're perfect live!