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Sprinter by TORRES
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“‘Sprinter’ is definitely about my love and appreciation for my upbringing, but also my desire to run away. I was raised in the Baptist Church in Georgia. My parents are very sweet, churchgoing people. They’re content in that; I wasn’t.”
Mackenzie on Pitchfork
Sprinter Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Word of life on severed tree
I picked it up and took a swing
My pastor told us, "Don't you worry
Even Zacchaeus found his glory"
[Chorus]
I was a sprinter then
Living to see it end
[Verse 2]
Well, pastor lost his position
Went down for pornography
So I found myself some ground to stand
Bound to be the better man
[Chorus]
'Cause I was a sprinter then
Living to see it end
[Bridge]
Wound up, in a holding pattern
Circled my landing in a lather
Unnerved, I laughed, "I planned the snag!"
Then went down for a dipso jag
[Chorus]
'Cause I was a sprinter then
Dying to see it end
I was a sprinter then
Dying to see it end
[Outro]
There's freedom to and freedom from
Freedom to run from everyone
There's freedom to and freedom from
Freedom to run from everyone
Well, what I did is what is done
The baptist in me chose to run
But if there's still time to choose the sun
I'll choose the sun, I'll choose the sun
I'll run it back, I'll choose the sun
I'll run it back to everyone
If there's still time, I'll choose the sun
And I'll run it back to everyone
Sprinter Q&A
Who wrote Sprinter's ?
Sprinter was written by TORRES.
What has the media said about the song?
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #186 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
Institutions often betray us, but it’s a particularly sharp sting for believers when churches crumble beneath the sins of man. ‘Well, pastor lost his position / Went down for pornography,...
What did TORRES say about "Sprinter"?
In a 2015 interview with Newsweek, TORRES explained the title:
I was having a lot of recurring imagery happen about my days in high school track. I used to actually be a sprinter. I ran the 100-meter dash or whatever.… For some reason I was thinking about that, and it was something I hadn’t thought...