What You Own Lyrics - Rent

Don't breathe too deep, don't think all day 

Dive into work, drive the other way 

That drip of hurts, 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 

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 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, I hear it 

I see it, I see it, my film 

Mimi I see you, I see it 

I hear it, I hear it, my song 

Alexi, Mark 

Call me a hypocrite 

I need to finish my own film, I quit 

One song glory, Mimi, your eyes 

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