The Story of My Life (Roller Coaster), Inspired by Social Distortion's Story of My Life

"And the girl in the front of the room
So close yet so far you know
She never seemed to notice
That my silly schoolboy crush
Wasn't just pretend."
--Social Distortion, Story of My Life


When I was eleven I met a girl.
I saw myself in her
And she saw the same in me.
We became good friends,
But it was screwed up in the end.
All because I was young
And immature.
Now she won't say a word to me,
All 'cuz I was young and immature
back then.

It took some time for me to get the guts
To ask out another girl.
But when I did, all I heard was a resounding "No."
'Cuz she said "You're like a brother to me."
And my hopes and dreams were shattered
then and there.
Nothing hurts more than that wound
Buried deep inside, but I've moved on.

All the rejection hurt so I took some time alone.
Two years worth to be precise.
But towards the end of junior year,
it started happening again.
This time I knew it would be alright.
She liked me and I liked her.
But we were shy and couldn't talk
to each other.
I was so afraid of rejection,
That I never asked her.
She wanted to go to prom with me,
I wanted to ask her out.
Just couldn't find the courage.
Ended up losing out.
Graduation day I cried,
That same day I said goodbye.
It is the end for now.

"Life goes by so fast
And all you wanna do is what you think is right
Close your eyes and its past
The story of my life" -Social Distortion, Story of My Life