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Mark
I'll meet you at the show
I'll try to convince Roger to go
(Mark exits)
Angel
Live in my house
I'll be your shelter
Just pay me back
With one thousand kisses
Be my lover - I'll cover you
Collins
Open your door
I'll be your tenant
Don't got much baggage
To lay at your feet
But sweet kisses I've got to spare
I'll be there - I'll cover you
Both
I think they meant it
When they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it
A new lease you are, my love,
On life - be my life
Just slip me on
I'll be your tenant
Wherever - whatever - I'll be your coat
Angel
You'll be my king
And I'll be your castle
Collins
No you'll be my queen
And I'll be your moat
Both
I think they meant it
When they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it
A new lease you are, my love,
On life - all my life
I've longed to discover
Something as true as this is
Collins Angel
So with a thousand
sweet kisses If you're cold
I'll cover you And you're lonely
With a thousand
sweet kisses
I'll cover you You've got one nickel only
With a thousand sweet kisses
I'll cover you
When you're worn
out and tired With a thousand sweet kisses
I'll cover you
When your heart has
expired
Both
Oh lover I'll cover you
Oh lover I'll cover you
I'll meet you at the show
I'll try to convince Roger to go
(Mark exits)
Angel
Live in my house
I'll be your shelter
Just pay me back
With one thousand kisses
Be my lover - I'll cover you
Collins
Open your door
I'll be your tenant
Don't got much baggage
To lay at your feet
But sweet kisses I've got to spare
I'll be there - I'll cover you
Both
I think they meant it
When they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it
A new lease you are, my love,
On life - be my life
Just slip me on
I'll be your tenant
Wherever - whatever - I'll be your coat
Angel
You'll be my king
And I'll be your castle
Collins
No you'll be my queen
And I'll be your moat
Both
I think they meant it
When they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it
A new lease you are, my love,
On life - all my life
I've longed to discover
Something as true as this is
Collins Angel
So with a thousand
sweet kisses If you're cold
I'll cover you And you're lonely
With a thousand
sweet kisses
I'll cover you You've got one nickel only
With a thousand sweet kisses
I'll cover you
When you're worn
out and tired With a thousand sweet kisses
I'll cover you
When your heart has
expired
Both
Oh lover I'll cover you
Oh lover I'll cover you
Lyrics submitted by babeee
Track duration: 02:30
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"Live in my house, I'll be your shelter" - Angel
"Open your door, I'll be your tenant" - TC
"Just slip me on, I'll be your blanket [...] I'll be your coat" - Angel
"You'll be my king and I'll be your castle" - Angel
"No, you'll be my queen and I'll be your moat" - TC
and lastly, "I'll cover you" by both.
I think it's most obvious in the King+castle and Queen+moat references.
When they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it"
I thought that meant that when you RENT something, you get something and give something back.
or somethin.
and angels death is the the only thing that have made me cry. over a movie that is. xd
The whole era of 1980s New York, AIDS, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, etc. is SO fascinating
AIDS was such a tragedy.
Yet, from this tragedy came the need to examine what matters in life.
And when people realized this, and chose to LIVE as best as they could for as long as they had
They set an example for all of us
(like the line in La Vie Boheme where they sing "to living with, living with, living with... not dying from disease!)
SO TRUE
You always have to live with, not die from!
Just like the Bob Dylan lyric: "He not busy being born is busy dying"
This song is just such an uplifting statement!
"There's only us, there's only this, forget regret, or life is yours to miss"
The message of RENT is so vital.
It's so sweet and shows the devotion between Angel and Collins.
i love it to death, but i hate how it's so cheery sounding, then if you really listen to the lyrics, and the foreshadowing...
ahhh!
why did angel have to die???
this song is sooo cute.
and ahhh. it makes me want to cry.
"I think they meant it
When they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can RENT it
A new lease you are, my love"
is so sad. because...they know theyre on borrowed time, which is why they can only rent love. but they appreciate the time more. its so sweet and sad...