Rollercoaster Rider
Chris Cohen * Track #4 On Overgrown Path
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Rollercoaster Rider by Chris Cohen
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While the instrumental arrangement of this song is rousing by the standards of Cohen’s muted and languid solo project, the lyrics suggest various themes of neuroticism such as social anxiety, the desire for escapism and helplessness in the face of emotional turbulence. Even while the narrator’s voic...
Rollercoaster Rider Lyrics
And way down there by the gate
You can almost hear the sound
Of the bumper cars' crash
And laughter all around
Like the ferris wheel spinning
Whirry circle in your mind
So you board the rollercoaster
To leave them all behind
And you're riding
Right on the track
You go all around
But then you come back
You go upward
Then you go down
You go upward then you go down
You go upward then you go down
On to the giant dipper
And pay them what is owed
They let you go up to the top
Of gravity pressure road
The mountainous potential
You spend it all at once
When you're riding
Right on the track
You go all around
Then you come back
You go upward
Then you go down
You go upward then you go down
You go upward then you go down
That mile you do over
That mile you do over
That mile you do over
That mile you do over
Again
I can tell you go back
I can tell you go back