He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
You say that they've all left you behind
Your heart broke when the party died
Drape your arms around me and softly say
Can we dance upon the tables again?
When your smile is so wide and your heels are so high
You can't cry
Get your glad rags on and let's sing along
To that lonely song
You're the train that crashed my heart
You're the glitter in the dark, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
And in this horror show
I've got to tell you so, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
You say that you're stuck in a pale blue dream
And your tears feel hot on my bed sheets
Drape your arms around me and softly say
Can we dance upon the tables again?
Your smile is so wide and your heels are so high,
You can't cry
Put your glad rags on and let's sing along
To that lonely song
You're the train that crashed my heart
You're the glitter in the dark, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
You'll be famous for longer than them
Your name is tattooed on every boy's skin, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
You're the train that crashed my heart
You're the glitter in the dark, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
And in this old horror show
I've got to let you know, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
You're more than a superstar, read more at
Your heart broke when the party died
Drape your arms around me and softly say
Can we dance upon the tables again?
When your smile is so wide and your heels are so high
You can't cry
Get your glad rags on and let's sing along
To that lonely song
You're the train that crashed my heart
You're the glitter in the dark, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
And in this horror show
I've got to tell you so, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
You say that you're stuck in a pale blue dream
And your tears feel hot on my bed sheets
Drape your arms around me and softly say
Can we dance upon the tables again?
Your smile is so wide and your heels are so high,
You can't cry
Put your glad rags on and let's sing along
To that lonely song
You're the train that crashed my heart
You're the glitter in the dark, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
You'll be famous for longer than them
Your name is tattooed on every boy's skin, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
You're the train that crashed my heart
You're the glitter in the dark, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
And in this old horror show
I've got to let you know, oh, Laura
You're more than a superstar
You're more than a superstar, read more at
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
The Night We Met
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Mountain Song
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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 reckon this song is about a girl -obviously named Laura- who's dropped out of high school with no respect for herself and a girl she never really noticed before is singing the song to try to remind her what she's worth. IE:
"You say that they've all left you behind Your heart broke when the party died"
Is the sound of Laura's lamentations, because she used to be the life of the party, and everybody from school seemed to love her until the is was over and the people she used to know either forgot about her or degraded her by calling her a slut while she wasn't watching.
"You're the train that crashed my heart You're the glitter in the dark Oh, Laura"
The girl singing the song has always admired Laura, even after she dropped out of school and nobody ever really heard from her, except in relation to blowjobs and promiscuous meetings and all the boys abuse her and all the girls hate her. But the singer still holds her in high regard, and can't stand to think that Laura isn't what she used to be.
"You’re more than a superstar And in this horror show I’ve got to tell you so Oh, Laura You’re more than a superstar"
The singer finally gets in touch with Laura and she just burts it all out because she wants her to know the way she feels.
"You say that you're stuck in a pale blue dream And your tears feel hot on my bed sheets"
The two girls become friends, and Laura is crying all the time, wishing she could wake up and go back to dancing on tabletops while the teacher's back was turned. The imagery of a "pale blue dream" to me implies that se's growing emotionally distant and perhaps a little depressed.
"Put your glad rags on And let's sing along To that lonely song"
The singer knows that her friend is uoset, but doesn't know what to do, hence the reason she writes wthis song. And finally:
"You’ll be famous for longer than them Your name is tattooed on every boy’s skin Oh, Laura You’re more than a superstar"
The singer reminds Laura that her "name it tattooed on every boy's skin", meaning that she really did break the hearts of all the boys she ever met. She is assured that she'll be "famous for longer than them" because, the more the kids that stayed in school try to hate her, they'll only end up keeping her memory alive while they themseves sink into the background.
So yeah.
I never thought of it like that but that's a great idea I love it it makes so much sense