"What You Own" from "Rent"

MARK
Don't breathe too deep
Don't think all day
Dive into work
Drive the other way
That drip of hurt
That pint of shame
Goes away
Just play the game

You're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're living in America
Leave your conscience at the tone
And when you're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're what you own

ROGER

The filmmaker cannot see

And the songwriter cannot hear

Yet I see Mimi Everywhere

Angel's voice is in my ear

Just tighten those shoulders

Just clench your jaw till you frown

Just don't let go

BOTH

Or you may drown

You're living in America

At the end of the millennium

You're living in America

Where it's like the Twilight Zone

And when you're living in America

At the end of the millennium

You're what you own

So I own not a notion

I escape and ape content

I don't own emotion, I rent

What was it about that night

What was it about that night

Connection in an isolating age

For once, the shadows gave way to light

For once, the shadows gave way to light

For once, I didn't disengage

Angel, I hear you

Mimi, I see you

I hear it

I see it

I see it

I hear it

I see it

I hear it

My film

My song

Alexi? Mark

One song glory

Call me a hypocrite

Mimi

I need to finish my own film

Your eyes

I quit

Dying in America

At the end of the millennium

We're dying in America

To come into our own

And when you're dying in America

At the end of the millennium

You're not alone

I'm not alone

I'm not alone