What You Own

What You Own from RENT is featured in Edge, the second episode of Season 1.
The song is sung by two separate pairings (but viewed cutting between the two so it's one performance), Liam Cook and Jude Moody, and Logan Abrams and September Puckerman. It comes after September began trying to find a new male song to prove her point to Liam, and asked Jude to partner with her, only to find out that Liam already asked him to. September gets him to reveal what song it is, and arrives to the next rehearsal claiming she planned the same thing. Soon, it's made a competition. Both are excellent and the vote is tied, but Liam insists that September and Logan win.
== Lyrics ==
LIAM: 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...
DAMIEN watches LIAM with interest. Cut to LOGAN and SEPTEMBER's performance.
LOGAN: 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...
SEPTEMBER: The filmmaker cannot see.
LOGAN: And the songwriter cannot hear.
SEPTEMBER: Yet I see Mimi everywhere!
Cut between, as required.
LIAM: Angel's voice is in my ear.
JUDE: Just tighten those shoulders.
LIAM: Just clench your jaw 'til you frown.
JUDE: 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!
LOGAN and SEPTEMBER: So I own not a notion
I escape and ape content
I don't own emotion
I rent!
LOGAN: What was it about that night? (SEPTEMBER: What was it about that night?)
BOTH: Connection in an isolating age...
LIAM: For once, the shadows gave way to light (JUDE: For once, the shadows gave way to light)
BOTH: For once I didn't disengage!
LIAM: Angel, I hear you (JUDE: Mimi, I see you,)
I hear it, (I hear it,)
I see it, (I hear it,)
I see it, my film! (I hear it, my song!)
Alexi? Mark. Call me a hypocrite, (One song, glory)
I need to finish my own film, (Mimi, your eyes!)
I quit!
LOGAN and SEPTEMBER: 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!
== Trivia ==
* While the song is technically a duet, it's performed by four people, hence why it's in the duets category AND group numbers.
Category:Songs
Category:Season 1 Songs
Category:Duets
Category:Group Numbers