Good bye love.

In my last post I talked about a song in RENT that I loved. I decided to put it into a blog post and co-ordinate it. Colours for people and all that. Just, so people are not left out. Roger lost his last girlfriend to aids and has a thing for Mimi. MiMi has Aids and after fighting with Roger is now seeing Benny. Angel just died, He was collin's boyfriend.


Mimi: It's true you sold your guitar and bought a car?
Roger: It's true - I'm leaving now for Santa Fe, It's true you're with this yuppie scum.
Benny: You said you'd never speak to him again
Mimi: Not now
Maureen: Who said you that you have any say in who she says things to at all?
Roger: Yeah!
Joanne: Who said that you should stick your nose in other people's...
Maureen: Who said I was talking to you?
Joanne: we used to have this fight each night
Mark: Calm down
Joanne: She'd never admit I existed
Mark: Everyone please
Mimi: He was the same way - he was always "run away - hit the road don't commit" you're full of shit
Joanne: She's in denial
Mimi: He's in denial
Joanne: You gave an inch when i gave a mile
Mark: Come on
Mimi: I gave a mile
Roger: Gave a mile to who?
Mark: Come on guys chill!
Mimi & Joanne:
I'd be happy to die for a taste of what Angel had: someone to live for-unafraid to say i love you
Roger: All your words are nice Mimi but love's not a three-way street you'll never share real love until you love your self..............I should know
Collins:
You all said you'd be cool today so please for my sake...
I can't believe he's gone
I can't believe you're going
I can't believe this family must die
Angel helped us believe in love I can't believe you disagree
All:
I can't believe this is good bye
( Maureen and Joanne reconcile and go home. Collins returns to the funeral home. Mimi and Benny leave together. Roger and Mark are left alone.)
Mark: I hear there are great restaurants out west
Roger: Some of the best, how could she?
Mark: How could you let her go?
Roger: You just don't know...how could we lose Angel?
Mark: Maybe you'll see why when you stop escaping your pain at least now if you try Angel's death won't be in vain
Roger: His death is in vain
Mark: Are you insane? There's so much to care about there's me there's Mimi
Roger: Mimi's got her baggage too
Mark: So do you
Roger: Who are you to tell me what I know. What to do
Mark: A friend
Roger: But who, Mark, are you? "Mark has got his work" they say "Mark lives for his work" and "Mark's in love with his work" Mark hides in his work
Mark: From what?
Roger: From facing your failure, facing your loneliness facing the fact you live a lie. Yes, you live a lie tell you why, you're always preaching not to be numb when that's how you thrive you pretend to create and observe when you really detach from feeling alive
Mark: Perhaps it's because I'm the one of us to survive
Roger: Poor baby
Mark: Mimi still loves Roger. Is Roger really jealous or afraid that Mimi's weak
Roger: Mimi did look pale
Mark: Mimi's gotten thin. Mimi's running out of time
Roger's running out the door...
Roger: No more! Oh no! I've gotta go.
Mark: Hey! For someone who's always been let down who's heading out of town?
Roger: For someone who longs for a community of his own, who's with his camera, alone?
I'll call. I hate the fall.
(Mimi enters)
You heard?
Mimi:
Every word. You don't want baggage without lifetime guarantees. You don't want to watch me die?
I just came to say
goodbye love, goodbye love
came to say goodbye love, goodbye.
Just came to say
Roger: Glory
Mimi: goodbye love
Roger: One blaze of
Mimi: goodbye love
Roger: glory
Mimi: goodbye love goodbye
Roger: I have to find
(Roger leaves Benny enters)
Mimi: please don't touch me understand I'm scared I need to go away
Mark: I know a place, a clinic
Benny: A rehab?
Mimi: Maybe, could you?
Benny: I'll pay
Mimi:
goodbye love
goodbye love
came to say goodbye love, goodbye.
just came to say goodbye love,
goodbye love, goodbye love, goodbye love
hello disease