Can anyone help me understand these lyrics?

I’m performing a cover song in front of a small crowd but I don’t understand some of the phrases in the song. Some of them because I simply don’t know what they mean, and some of them because I think they’re phrases from before my generation. Was wondering if someone could help me out. Here they are:

“Permanent scar”

Did you fall from a shooting star, one without a permanent scar

“???”

She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo

idk if he’s saying Tae-Bo or if he’s saying the name of another classical composer like Mozart.

“Jane-told”

I’m afraid that she might think of me as a plain old Jane-told story ‘bout a man who was too afraid to fly so he never did land.

“Freeze-dried romance”

Can you imagine no first dance, freeze-dried romance

I know there are a lot of phrases there but I would really appreciate your help. Thanks.

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Melpomene · 26-30, F

"Permanent scar" is an oxymoron (contradictory: scars are permanents) - a figure often used to accentuate something.
Tae-bo is a combination of martial arts not a composer.
I don't think "Jane-told" means anything specific (unless it means something to him), it might be like that because of a rhyme but I think it's just an artist's way of expanding the word "story" by describing it a bit ("plain old told story" doesn't sound as good as "plain old Jane told story")
As for the "freeze-dried romance", it could be rhyme (dance - romance) or something that ended too quickly
(look at the whole verse:
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you
Even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze-dried romance
Five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had, and me)

It's good that you want to understand the song so you could give your best performance of it but don't think too much about it. The song itself sounds nice and I'm sure your audience will enjoy it, whether they've heard it before or not. I'm adding some links that might answer your (possible) questions as I was too lazy to read all of that. The most important part is that you understand what's the song about, find how it resonates with you and give it your interpretation.

"Of course, the great thing about songs is that you can always interpret them in your own way to find something for your own life. So if you hear something else or another thing in the song, that is cool too. But it is also great to know the story behind the song." (quote from http://www.chimesfreedom.com/2016/04/15/back-from-that-soul-vacation-the-meaning-of-drops-of-jupiter/ )
https://you.stonybrook.edu/dannyfanny/2015/03/02/ambiguous-song-train-drops-of-jupiter/
http://dailytrojan.com/2015/10/10/deciphering-out-of-this-world-lyrics-from-trains-drops-of-jupiter/
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-the-song-Drops-of-Jupiter-by-Train
https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/trains-drops-of-jupiter-lyrics-meaning/

SinlessOnslaught · M

@Melpomene Thank you!