Lyrics for Rent as interpreted by Mopnugget

Rent Lyrics
(Again... Again... Again... Again... ...)

You dress me up, I'm your puppet
You buy me things, I love it
You bring me food, I need it
You give me love, I feed it

And look at the two of us in sympathy
With everything we see
I never want anything, it's easy
You buy whatever I need

But look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent

You phone me in the evening on hearsay
And bought me caviar
You took me to a restaurant off Broadway
To tell me who you are

We never-ever argue, we never calculate
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent

I'm your puppet
I love it

And look at the two of us in sympathy
And sometimes ecstasy
Words mean so little, and money less
When you're lying next to me

But look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent

Look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent

Look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent (It's easy, it's so easy)
You pay my rent (It's easy, it's so easy)
You pay my rent (It's easy, it's so easy)
I love you (It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)

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eric_m
12-10-2004

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this is obviously about rentboys. good, self-explanatory lyrics. the singing conveys feelings helplessness and sadness. He pays his rent and he loves him, it's so easy. "You give me love, I feed it" is also a good line.

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DC10
02-18-2006

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As the comment above states, its about someone who will love someone else for money "I love you, you pay my rent" pretty much sums it up. A very "hurt" song and you can hear in his voice the shame of what the song is about, makes this more of an iconic song.

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Randomhugs
03-24-2006

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hehehe...I think this song rocks...Or is that just me?

You can hear the guilt in his voice, and yeah this song is self explanatory...but its great

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TheKeeper
06-30-2006

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I have always thought this to be the very best Pet Shop Boys song, but it never occurred to me it was actually about rent boys until reading the comments above! Mind you, I was young and naive enough when I first heard it over 20 years ago to assume that the person he is singing to is necessarily a woman! In fact, of course, it's about a kept man and the nature of all such relationships. Terribly sad and also a comment on 1980s life, as were all the Boys' songs at the time, it remains nevertheless timeless and seminal. The irony in the repeated lline 'It's so easy' is particularly moving.

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RyanTChase
08-10-2006

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Strange that, I thought it was about a woman too, since I was about 8 or nine years old. It only just occured to me at lunchtime (it was on the radio), it was about rent boys, how naive am I??? Must remember not to sing along too enthusiasticly next time.

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jameskendall
06-20-2007

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Neil Tennant has said that this is sung from the perspective of a kept, younger mistress - something very much talked about in the 80s when this was written. a great song, but i always thought that it was "i'm your poppet, i love it" which i think is sweet. shame. thier best song, i would say.

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warmerdays
09-27-2008

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I thought it was "poppet" too.

the clear implication here is homosexuality, most obviously rent boys.

On recent tour performances Neil sings "You pay my rents" with an s on the end. Not sure why.

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mlleangelique
01-11-2009

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Jamekendall - We-elll, yes, but... well, that interview was 1992; Neil came out 1994. His constant "oh no, it's not a *gay* thing, really!" refrains whilst still in the closet are a source of endless (well, okay, maybe not that endless) amusement.

Oh, and Ryan? Purposefully singing along less enthusiastically just makes you look insecure about yr masculinity. You should be singing along twice as enthusiastically.

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Red October
09-28-2009

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I would have to say that this, like a lot of songs written or sung by gay people, gets a lot of weight attached tothat little fact and not much attached to the real meaning. There's never any statements of gender in the lyrics, and it could just as easily apply to homo or hetero relationships. The meaning of the lyrics and story here are about a "kept" lover, not "ZOMG Buttsex!"

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