Rollercoaster

from Carcassette feat Lisa Meilen: Songs from Another Time by carcassette

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Some people you meet seem to have a non-stop series of dramas in life. They want peace and serenity but somehow, something in them compels them to manifest these dramas. They create their own rollercoasters and are unable to unstrap themselves from the ride. But there is also something in them which needs the crises, the dramas, to remind them that they are alive and living a life. Lisa Meilen was such a person. Without me having to tell her, as soon as she heard the lyric, she said 'this one is about me, isn't it?' And yes, it is.

lyrics

I have to ride a roller-coaster
I'd never choose a life so wild
So tight the harness is across my shoulder
So steep the tracks ahead, the corners blind

Some struts are wood and they might splinter
To hold the rails of steel so high
I try to give the ride a stable structure
To bear the train that tends to rise and fall

Resigned to ride a roller-coaster
To loop the loop beneath the sky
Could be that I enjoy the fear and pressure
The vertigo to prove that I'm alive

Roller-coaster
Roller-coaster
Roller-coaster

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from Carcassette feat Lisa Meilen: Songs from Another Time, released August 28, 2021
Voice: Lisa Meilen
Music: Steve Aungle

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Lisa Meilen was a Canadian/Welsh singer who passed away in March 2021. This album is dedicated to her.

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