


Anthy's Fast Car

by Sarasusamiga



Category: Utena
Genre: Poetry
Language: English
Status: Completed
Published: 2003-12-31
Updated: 2003-12-31
Packaged: 2013-06-25 18:13:09
Rating: K
Chapters: 1
Words: 615
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1666743/1/
Author URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/510361/Sarasusamiga
Summary: Himemiya Anthy's song for her lost Prince...with inspiration from Tracy Chapman.





	Anthy's Fast Car

Author's Note: Shoujo Kakumei Utena and all its lovely characters are the intellectual property of Be-Papas. The original lyrics and the music of "Fast Car" are the intellectual property of Tracy Chapman. I submit this filk as a tribute to both these sources of creative genius. ^_^

Warning: this song includes spoilers, however cryptic, through the end of the series.

Anthy's "Fast Car"  
  
You rode a white horse  
Standing by the door, I watched you ride  
Your body too weak for fighting  
Your soul too bright to let them die  
The fathers, the mothers with swords and knives  
Wanted more from you than you could give  
I said, "Someone's got to take care of him"  
So I blocked their path and that's what I did  
  
  
She remembers  
You were riding, riding a white horse  
Knelt by her when all she'd loved was gone  
Said the words that would keep her going  
As you slipped that ring onto her finger  
And she--  
made the promise that she'd stay strong  
she--  
made the promise that she would save someone  
save someone  
save someone  
  
Now you've got a fine school  
I'm still the key to your dreams and plans  
I work each day in the garden  
We weave the webs to catch the Duellists in  
Maybe things will get better  
Among these children we'll find the one  
To break us out of our coffins  
Me myself, my heart for it's gone  
  
You drive a red car  
They each have a reason to fly away  
They have to make a decision  
Win the Duels or live and die this way  
  
I remember--  
she came striding up the spiral stair  
Eyes so fierce I felt I had to blink  
Her bamboo stick held out before her  
Saionji mocking her as he drew closer  
And I   
realized this was something new  
recognized   
the bright power that she got from you  
that came through you  
came shining through  
  
Now we're keeping house together  
She keeps winning the Duels, to your surprise  
She urges me to make friendships  
I lose track of time looking in her eyes  
You and I, we are troubled  
We've known nothing like this in many years  
Our souls are old and forgetful  
Our bodies too young not to feel the longing...  
  
I can see her--she is riding, riding in your car  
speed so fast it feels like she is drunk  
fairground lights spread out before her   
and her rose-pink hair flows round her shoulders  
But in your arms--comes the feeling that something's wrong  
with your kiss--comes the feeling that she has lost someone,  
lost someone,  
lost someone.  
  
This final cycle's been turning,  
She thinks she has won now and I am safe.  
She calls your name when she's dreaming;  
I watch her. Inside, the blades stir awake.  
One midnight, stars you've projected  
Glint mockingly on blue shell-shocked eyes.  
And I pray that she sees defeat now,  
I'm begging her to reject our lies.  
  
Still she stays here--she is angry, but she won't give up,  
her grip is tight upon what she loves,  
her heart is broken and her dreams are tarnished  
but her mind's made up and she will not falter.  
Though long ago I decided what must be done,  
Deep inside I feel terror: for now I trust someone,  
trust someone,  
trust someone.  
* * * * *  
You've got a fast car;  
But is it fast enough so you can fly away?  
Her love was my revolution:  
I'll cross that threshhold and keep on walking...


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