"Life Support" lyrics

"Life Support"
(from "Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" soundtrack)

[STEVE:]
Steve

[GORDON:]
Gordon

[ALI:]
Ali

[PAM:]
Pam

[SUE:]
Sue

[ANGEL:]
Hi, I'm Angel

[COLLINS:]
Tom. Collins

[PAUL:]
I'm Paul. Let's begin

[ALL:]
There's only us
There's only this...

[MARK:]
Sorry... Excuse me... oops

[PAUL:]
And you are?

[MARK:]
Oh - I'm not
I'm just here to
I don't have
I'm here with
Um - Mark
Mark - I'm Mark
Well - this is quite an operation

[PAUL:]
Sit down Mark
We'll continue the affirmation

[ALL:]
Forget regret or life is yours to miss

[GORDON:]
Excuse me Paul - I'm having a problem with this
This credo - My T-cells are low
I regret that news, okay?

[PAUL:]
Alright
But Gordon - How do you feel today?

[GORDON:]
What do you mean?

[PAUL:]
How do you feel today?

[GORDON:]
Okay

[PAUL:]
Is that all?

[GORDON:]
Best I've felt all year

[PAUL:]
Then why choose fear?

[GORDON:]
I'm a New Yorker!
Fear's my life!
Look - I find some of what you teach suspect
Because I'm used to relying on intellect
But I try to open up to what I don't know

[GORDON & ROGER:]
Because reason says I should have died
Three years ago

[ALL:]
No other road
No other way
No day but today


Writer(s): Jonathan D. Larson