Moving Too Fast Lyrics – Ben Platt, Rachel Zegler

Read the full Moving Too Fast lyrics by Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler from the album The Last Five Years along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Ben Platt’s music, you can also explore The Schmuel Song and The Next Ten Minutes, two other songs by Ben Platt.

[JAMIE]
Did I just hear an alarm start ringing?
Did I see sirens go flying past?
Though I don’t know what tomorrow’s bringing
I’ve got a singular impression things are moving too fast

I’m gliding smooth as a figure skater
I’m riding hot as a rocket blast
I just expected it ten years later
I’ve got a singular impression things are moving too fast

But you say, “Oh, no
Step on the brakes
Do whatever it takes
But stop this train!
Slow, slow! The light’s turning red!”
But I say, “No, no
Whatever I do
I barrel on through
And I don’t complain
No matter what I try, I’m flying full speed ahead”

I’m never worried to walk the wire
I won’t do anything just half-assed
But with the stakes getting somewhat higher
I’ve got a singular imprеssion things are moving too fast

I’ve found a woman I love
And I’vе found an agent who loves me—
Things might get bumpy, but

Some people analyze every detail
Some people stall when they can’t see the trail
Some people freeze out of fear that they’ll fail
But I keep rolling on

Some people can’t get success with their art

Some people never feel love in their heart
Some people can’t tell the two things apart
But I keep rolling on

Oh, oh—maybe I can’t follow through
But oh, oh—what else am I supposed to do?

[CATHY, spoken]
Hi, this is Catherine Hyatt calling for a Michael Winofsky, please
Yes, of course, thank you
Hi, Mike, it’s Cathy
Hiatt
Yes, look, I’ll, I’ll be fast, I promise
I’m sorry if I’m interrupting
Look, two things
Um, first, I was wondering if maybe you had gotten those reviews that I had sent you?
Yes, I got some nice notices from the local papers
I thought you might like to see them
Sure, I can send another set of those right away
Look, secondly, I just
Look, I was wondering if maybe you had seen anything
You might want to send me in for?
I think I’m in a really good place right now and I—
Yes
Yeah, of course, I understand
And I will let you know as soon as I’m doing something in the city
Okay
Yeah, no, thank you, Mike, thank you
Um, I’ll call you soon

[JAMIE]
I dreamed of writing like the high and mighty
Now I’m the subject of a bidding war
I met my personal Aphrodite
I’m doing things I never dreamed of before

We start to take the next step together—
Found an apartment on Seventy-Third
The Atlantic Monthly’s printing my first chapter
Two thousand bucks without rewriting one word

I left Columbia and don’t regret it
I wrote a book and Sonny Mehta read it
My heart’s been stolen
My ego’s swollen
I just keep rolling along!

And I think, “Well, well, what else is in store?
Got all this and more
Before twenty-four”
It’s hard not to be sure I’m spinning out of control
Out of control!

I’m feeling panicked and rushed and hurried
I’m feeling outmaneuvered and outclassed
But I’m so happy I can’t get worried
About this singular impression—
I’ve got a singular impression things are moving too fast