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Rollercoaster Lyrics
there's my favorite rollercoaster
next to the blue water
the one only sissies ride
there's the sun
going down
creating that florescent glow
reminding me i'll never be able
to relive this day
except in memory
there's those big barking fish
in the concrete stream
growling for dog food
bulging dead eyes that gleam
but where's dad
and where is mom
looks like from here on out
it's just me and you
looks like from here on out
it's just me and you
next to the blue water
the one only sissies ride
there's the sun
going down
creating that florescent glow
reminding me i'll never be able
to relive this day
except in memory
in the concrete stream
growling for dog food
bulging dead eyes that gleam
but where's dad
and where is mom
looks like from here on out
it's just me and you
looks like from here on out
it's just me and you
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it's hard to tell since most of RHP's lyrics are cryptic
"the one only sissies ride"--perhaps this symbolizes a fragility he feels
this all sounds like a vague dream; some distant déjá vú; a faint dream from his childhood he knows he enjoyed but remembers little about. he'd like to relive it but it's impossible to bring it back.
i think you nailed it.
melancholy and beautiful song
Achingly beautiful song about loss of youth, impermanence, nostalgia and memory... as someone who remembers family trips to seaside amusement parks in the New England summers, the warmth and the light and a child's impressions and joys, this song brings up a wellspring of poignant heartache.
Someone above wrote about New England parks on the water. Wow -- Rollercoaster put me right in Salisbury Park, Mass -- defined the place, actually. Every one of MK's songs puts me somewhere. Lyrics, tone, mood -- a true genius.