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The eight track from the album Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, “Roller Coaster” tells the story of an actual “roller coaster” relationship Mark had.
[Chorus: Mark Hoppus]
Breathing deeply, walking backwards
Finding strength to call and ask her
Roller coaster, favorite ride
Let me kiss you one last time
[Verse 1: Mark Hoppus]
Leave me standing here, act like I'm not around
The coast will probably never clear, can I please go home now?
[Pre-Chorus 1: Mark Hoppus]
I had that dream about you again
Where I wait outside until you let me in
And there I stayed
[Verse 2: Mark Hoppus]
Lay beside me and listen at the wall
We'll keep on lying until the summer comes
[Pre-Chorus 2: Mark Hoppus]
I had that dream about you again
Where you drive my car right off a fucking cliff
[Chorus: Mark Hoppus]
And now I'm breathing deeply, walking backwards
Finding strength to call and ask her
Roller coaster, favorite ride
Let me kiss you one last time
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 3: Mark Hoppus]
Make me promise that I will never tell
All I remember is the way her bedroom smelled
[Pre-Chorus 1: Mark Hoppus]
I had that dream about you again
Where I wait outside until you let me in
[Chorus: Mark Hoppus]
And now I'm breathing deeply, walking backwards
Finding strength to call and ask her
Roller coaster, favorite ride
Let me kiss you one last time, goodnight
Goodnight
Roller Coaster was written by Travis Barker & Tom DeLonge & Mark Hoppus.
Roller Coaster was produced by Jerry Finn.
blink-182 released Roller Coaster on Tue Jun 12 2001.
In the official program for the band’s 2001 TOYPAJ tour, Mark wrote:
I used to date this girl, and I couldn’t tell anyone about it. The whole situation sucked, so I wrote a song about it.