I’m kind of an “innocent”, “heartfelt” type, so the first time I heard Jane’s Addiction, they did manage to “shock” me. But they also kept me coming back. I was uncomfortable with a lot of their hedonistic lyrics at first (obviously repetition desensitizes you) but I felt a great sadness beneath it all. Not only that, there was a side of it that appealed to some self-destructive side of me. Jane’s is a raw, heavy drug trip, but it’s not fun. It’s a weird mixture of epileptic freedom, painful darkness, and utter beauty. I think Perry Ferrel is a genius - and I don’t use the word lightly, I mean I actually think he’s a Van Gogh type. Maybe not every single thing he does, but the ones that work are truly inspired. His childlike nature, both free and honest, only served to increase his human vulnerability amid his devilry. And Dave Navarro is seriously an underrated guitar player - he was a big reason why Jane’s was able to create such an exotic, black, intoxicating world. Nothing’s Shocking is a masterpiece. Although I look back on the music fondly, it always reminds me of some very troubled times in my life.   

Ted, Just Admit It

Camera got them images
Camera got them all
Nothing’s shocking…
Showed me everybody
Naked and disfigured
Nothing’s shocking…
And then he came
Now sister’s
Not a virgin anymore
Her sex is violent…

The T.V.’s got them images
T.V.’s got them all
It’s not shocking!
Every half an hour
Someone’s captured and
The cop moves them along…
It’s just like the show before
And the news is
Just another show
With sex and violence…

Sex is violent…
Sex is violent…
Sex is violent…
Sex is violent…
Sex is violent…
Sex is violent…
Sex is violent!

I am the killer of people
You look like a meatball
I’ll throw away your toothpick
And ask for your giveness

Because of this thing!
Because of this thing!
Because of this thing!

That’s in me
Is it not in you?
Is it not your problem?
A baby to a mother…

You talk too much
To your scapegoat
That’s what I say
He tells you everyone is stupid
That’s what he thinks!

Snapshots
Make a girl look cheap
Like a tongue extended
A baby’s to a mother

Sex is violent!
Sex is violent!
Sex is violent!
Sex is violent!

Jane Says

Jane says
I’m done with Sergio
He treats me like a ragdoll
She hides
The television
Says I don’t owe him nothing,
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me
Or just
Try again tomorrow

I’m gonna kick tomorrow
Gonna kick tomorrow

Jane says
Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it
She knows
They all want her to go
But that’s O.K. man
She dont like them anyway
Jane says
I’m goin away to Spain
When I get my money saved
I’m gonna start tomorrow

I’m gonna kick tomorrow
Gonna kick tomorrow

She gets mad
Starts to cry
She takes a swing but
She can’t hit
She don’t mean no harm
She just don’t know
What else to do about it

Jane goes
To the store at 8
She walk up on St. Andrews
She waits
And gets her dinner there
She pulls her dinner
From her pocket
Jane says
I ain’t never been in love
I don’t know what it is
I only know if someone wants me
I want them if they want me
I only know they want me

She gets mad
And she starts to cry
She takes a swing man
She can’t hit!
She don’t mean no harm
She just don’t know
What else to do about it

Jane says
Jane says

Pigs in Zen

Pig in the mud
When he tires

Pig’s in zen
Pig’s in zen

Pig is nude
Unashamed

Pig’s in zen
Pig’s in zen

Talkin’ bout the pig
the pig
the pig - uh
pa-pa-pa-pa-pig
oh yeah,
the god damn pig! 

Pig mounts sow
When he’s wound

Pig’s in zen
Pig’s in zen

Pig eats s***
But only when he hungers

Pig’s in zen
I know, the Pig’s in zen

Talkin’ bout the pig
The pig
The pig - uh!
The pa-pa-pa-pa-pig, yeah
The god damn pig

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