Rent - 11. Will I? (Movie Cast)

Will I lose my dignity?
Will someone care?
Will I wake tomorrow
From this nightmare?
Will I lose my dignity
Will someone care?
Will I wake tomorrow
From this nightmare?
Will I lose my dignity (Will I lose my dignity?)
Will someone care? (Will someone care?)
Will I wake tomorrow (Will I wake tomorrow..)
From this nightmare? (From this nightmare?)
Will I lose my dignity (Will I lose my dignity?)
Will someone care? (Will someone care?)
Will I wake tomorrow (Will I wake tomorrow..)
From this nightmare? (From this nightmare?)
Will I lose my dignity (Will I lose my dignity?)
Will someone care? (Will someone care?)
Will I wake tomorrow (Will I wake tomorrow..)
From this nightmare? (From this nightmare?)
[Roger comes in and joins]
Will I lose my dignity (Will I lose my dignity?)
Will someone care? (Will someone care?)
Will I wake tomorrow (Will I wake tomorrow..)
From this nightmare? (From this nightmare?)
Will I lose my dignity (Will I lose my dignity?)
Will someone care? (Will someone care?)
Will I wake tomorrow (Will I wake tomorrow..)
From this nightmare? (From this nightmare?)

[@SlowxParentsCrossing]

For only 4 lines repeating, this song packs a hell of a punch.

[@faithfulwaffles]

That's true most songs that have a million lines could never come close to this song

[@laurenohare3836]

I was literally just thinking the same thing. I've always loved this song and you do tend to forget that it's only four lines.

[@jackiemarie4142]

SlowxParentsxCrossing ikr

[@harrymorse102]

Nicole Nelso 👍🏻

[@supreme3376]

Damn it does a punch lines

[@carriegillard6520]

Just diagnosed with a brain condition. Been listening to this though my whole journey. It is so powerful and speaks to me on so many levels.

[@rosieannie7323]

all the best my love. be strong xxx

[@lilyiris1943]

How are you now?? Wishing you all the best

[@jadesearcy8499]

Stay strong 💪

[@christophertorres5855]

Hope you're still with us. I pray that you are still able to listen to these today.

[@spikearcher9446]

My prayers go out to you

[@sline09]

25 years ago today my dear kevin, you lost your struggle to AIDS. I miss you so much. Love always, Susan

[@richardcourchene7477]

+Michael Carlini very sorry for your loss.

[@LexTheShaman]

❤

[@amandalynn3482]

I’m so sorry for you loss.

[@kaleydotson222]

Michael I'm so sorry for your loss and I'm hoping you have your family and friends to help you cope with this we love you

[@MsCath1971]

So sorry for your loss ❤❤❤

[@evl952]

“Will someone care?” Always hits me in the heart the most

[@gracethelioness2883]

same

[@Stef-il9wu]

I love how the comment section is filled with pain and tragedy. I dont like that people are going through that, but I love that a song can move people in such a way to express themselves. Music is a powerful thing!

[@gracethelioness2883]

preach! today, my girlfriend passed on from cancer. she loved this musical. I plan on singing this with some friends at her funeral

[@carltonbacon3448]

We love that you care so much. We send the love right back at you

[@gracethelioness2883]

@@carltonbacon3448 thank you!

[@AlwaysMusicAlly]

Thank you, Jonathon Larson.

[@wolfestry98]

AlwaysMusicAlly Rest In Peace

[@andrewkful]

Thank you Jonathon Larson.

[@briantagachi2188]

this song is almost how I feel everyday.... I suffer from severe depression and anxiety. I have panic attacks and keep having dark thoughts.... everyday is like a nightmare.... wishing I can wake up.... and just be normal....

[@PhoenixRising87]

:hugs: Please hang on...I promise it gets better...

[@iloveskinnies13]

I know what you're feeling trust me it gets better. 💕

[@Spritini_]

+ryo tadagachi just know, you aren't the only one. Don't give up, even when you think you HAVE TO. You don't its just like a video game. Even when it seems impossible to pass, the developers always put in a way to beat something. No matter how long it takes, it will happen. You will come through, you will succeed

[@sha11235]

I've had depression too. I know how it feels. Same with anxiety over things.

[@jakedougherty7638]

stay strong and don't give up hope. someone does care and even in the darkest times remember there will always be a light even if u can't see it now. I lost someone very dear to me as a result of suicide and I wish everyday that I could have helped him with his struggle or at least told him it gets better. plz fight. it does get better. don't give up.

[@MrFluffyVG]

I can honestly say that I didn't cry to this, BUT I felt the pain the character portrays. The emotion spreads through the songs and it just impacts the audience. This is what a song should do.

[@Owyourhurtingme]

Perfectly put

[@crankydeer7489]

Jason Perez I never cry at films, but I've seen this 3 times now and I've sobbed every time. Angel is my favourite and basically my role model

[@ayannahf0702]

The best part is that in this song its able to convey such strong emotions from just 3 sentences repeated over and over again.

[@879SCSP]

I feel this song perfectly describes someone going through an issue someone who has massive depression and is considering suicide someone in an abusive relationship someone who is being bullied someone with an eating disorder someone who had cancer someone who has AIDS or HIV It's just amazing how powerful this song can be dispite the fact it's only a repetition of words. Beautiful.

[@Rennimagus]

The inspiration for this song came from an actual Life Support-type meeting that Jonathan Larson attended with a friend. A guy was speaking about being afraid in connection with his illness, and he said (I'm paraphrasing) that he really wasn't afraid of the pain, or even death, he said that "The only thing that troubles me is 'will I lose my dignity'?" I read that somewhere before I saw this scene, and I was sobbing hysterically by the time Roger came in.

[@JordanGoodOfficial]

A simplistic song with such a powerful meaning!

[@supreme3376]

Jordan Good yes it do

[@legalprofessor]

Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?

[@TimelyIdiot]

legalprofessor incomplete lyrics

[@TimelyIdiot]

Heres the rest

[@TimelyIdiot]

Repeat 3 more times

[@marioalejandro7549]

No, you won’t loose your dignity Yes, someone cares Yes, you will wake tomorrow from this nightmare. In Jesus name. 🙏🏼

[@TheBrianna1431]

@@marioalejandro7549 I'm not religious, but that was beautiful. Thanks for showing someone cares.

[@fierywolf1981]

I think this song rings clear with so many people because the message is a simple yet powerful one. "Will I lose my dignity, will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?"

[@Mimi4826]

This song is beyond beautiful and the cast did a great job portraying true emotion in their voices. Just amazing. This and Seasons of Love are my favorite songs.

[@bsnf-5]

Roger's voice. Unreal.

[@landonwatts9506]

The first person who sings in this song is actually a character names Steve. Roger sing in the first group much later in the song .

[@Tetelestai17]

Fun fact: the actor singing the "Will I lose my Dignity" opening line is Aaron Lohr. He is now Idina Menzel's husband.

[@summeradams7581]

"Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow form this nightmare?" I have to say this song is on my top ten Rent songs. So much emotion in it, and it speaks to me..

[@cybertronguy98]

one of my favorite lyrics period

[@briannathomas6292]

I love the emotion behind this song, it's the power of music

[@marian3nene45]

Thank you, Jonathan Larson. Your spirit has kept me alive...much love to you always, and your family for keeping Jonathan's spirit alive. Xx

[@LittlePancake1912]

I love Rent so much. 2015 (soon to be 2016) and still listening. I'll always be a Renthead and I wish this movie and the soundtrack got way more attention than it did then, and I wish there was hype for it now. It's so incredibly moving. Everything about it.

[@infernogravity144]

I love it Too!!!

[@dorbzilla]

I just watched it for the first time the other day and I love it. This song is so moving in the context of the movie.

[@barrymoss3700]

my fav play of all time..sat once in 4th rowcenter and was moved to tears.. listening to itnow herein Costa Rica...will i?

[@kpayge5490]

[@jamiesbooksandstuff]

For a song that’s only 4 lines repeating over and over again, it’s so impactful. I felt it when just listening to the soundtrack but seeing it live and in the movie just made it even more emotional.

[@rubberducky5639]

When I was in eighth grade, my schools choir did this song. At that point in my life, I was so depressed and anxious. Hearing this song brought back a lot of memories of singing it on stage and relating. Thank you.

[@gracethelioness2883]

are u okay now?

[@moderndoll7963]

My father's name is Will. He passed away with AIDS in 1997. I am now 26. Thank You God for purpose. Now.

[@hermioneg2929]

"Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare" This totally explains what I feel right now. My relationship with my mom has been strained sonce we found out that my grandpa's cancer spread through bones. This will most likely be his last Christmas and its stressing my family so much.

[@ShaharHarshuv]

+hermione g I'm sorry man. Be strong. You will.

[@PhoenixRising87]

:hugs:

[@shsl_empath5437]

hermione g I can relate to you. In August of 2016 my grandfather passed away from cancer. It was a year ago this past Friday (it feels like yesterday). And in March of this year my grandmother passed away unexpectedly. I'm praying for you.

[@Kerwritervetgirl122]

I suffer from depression, anxiety and multiple eating disorders. Much of this was brought on by losing my father back in 2013. He was the one person I really couldn't bear to lose. This song is one that I really feel connects to how I feel all the time as my remaining direct family can be very emotionally and verbally abusive. This song reminds me so much of him..

[@elliotscasual2459]

+Kerwritervetgirl122 *hugs*

[@gracethelioness2883]

I'm very sorry. has it gotten better?

[@heidikamil]

this song makes me think about my breast cancer that's still growing in me . . . still wishing its not real . .

[@PhoenixRising87]

:hugs:

[@starlynnlucero-ortiz3576]

xoxo

[@kevindrumz]

Praying for you

[@Jayalaw]

:hug: do you need a friend?

[@kateemilyfowler2605]

I pray for you💘

[@dominicking4964]

Listening to this I was almost instantly in tears...but then a lot of music makes me cry, even if I never show it in public. Or around family...or around anyone.

[@gb2310]

this one and life support are my favorites songs because even there shorter songs of the movie are the more profound and deep of all, because it is about a fight no only from aids like them, but for any kind we face. I felt for them for the emotions they show like they are truly living that nightmare.

[@CeleritasAmoris]

The lyrics easily describe my depression.. 2 years and unfortunately counting..

[@LegionIvory]

Jennifer Carlson Depression cannot be cured, but it can be conquered. I did it, and so can you. Good luck to you. :)

[@fredrikholst868]

Please tell me that you will fight it!

[@GenevieveC]

I’ve also been battling depression I hope it’s gotten better for you ❤️

[@spritesmith9986]

I just love how there's three entrances. First the boys, then Mark, and finally the girls.

[@oop4299]

mimi's voice is heavenly

[@katmaxiea4474]

Gwne mimi isn't in this song... those are actually just two background characters from support group

[@emmar9687]

I wish I had this song with me while I was working through the post-trauma of having been emotionally abused. This song is just so good.

[@Summerkids3]

Scrolling through the comments I see people relate to this song in many different ways. My younger brother died from a drug overdose in April after being an addict for 10 years. And all i hear is the plea of help when I hear this song. It punches you right in the gut. My heart is with all of you who are hurting, trying to heal, grieving, sick, finding the strength.

[@MayokoLove]

You can feel the pain in this song and it's for any painful situation you may be going through. I tear up everytime I hear it.

[@gb2310]

me too, I feel the pain they are going through, and somehow we are like them

[@PaulRedeemed]

I always liked this song since I watched the movie a decade ago. Today I listened to it again after surviving a year of medical hardship and coming to terms with a lifelong condition that will slowly eat away at me. Though not as quick acting as what it was in the movie I know over the coming decades I will have to fight for every good day. If I stop moving or believing then the darkness comes for me and I deteriorate more quickly. So I understand. The integrity I once had and the respect and image I once held among my peers was shattered over a diagnoses that caused me to to become a husk drifting in and out of work and social circles. Today I live mostly as a hermit and lost all drive. This song made me smile. This whole movie does.

[@Bullwinkel]

I play this on the piano and sing to myself when nobody is home. Love this song so much. Powerful

[@DarkHearts4]

My school choir is singing a Rent medley. This song is included in the medley. I'm going for the solo at the beginning!

[@clairemckinley691]

Not to be That Dramatic Bitch but damn if this isn't a big coronavirus pandemic mood. This is what every day in isolation feels like; the uncertainty, the fear, the loneliness, the lack of connection and meaning in our lives. I just want to know that I will wake from this nightmare

[@tinkabella211]

when I saw this play I cried like a baby ... and it still gets me every time

[@lrmull]

It's incredible what an intersection of the human experience can be seen in these comments; from overcoming health problems to coping with the loss of a loved one, from making it through school to accepting a part of who you are... It's kind of incredible how much comes out in one song, no?

[@ibrahimhammond8446]

this song....has a soul

[@kyleighmaddox2574]

To all the people who are having trouble OCD relationships anxiety etc. Your stories make me wanna hug you are and say I care

[@amberr529]

This song always gets me... Such deep and pervasive lyrics.

[@carolinacoutinho4430]

This song hit me so hard when I was watching the musical. As someone diagnosed with persistant depressive disorder I have small highs and lows that can be pretty deep. This makes me remember the feelings in the worst times, when the worst of thoughts come. Thoughts of hopelessness, suicidal thinking and great despair.

[@roc7880]

Larson lived a full life, the fact that he was allowed to finish his masterpiece shows he was blessed, so we are. Sad are lives unfulfilled not those cut short.

[@Meelzdiva]

I listen to this song when I’m going through moments of depression. This is one of my favorite musicals of all time!! Rest In Peace Jonathan

[@georgeperez1475]

This particular song was so powerful for me senior year of school.

[@Owyourhurtingme]

I can't help but to see all these characters as helpless children who have gotten lost and are now all alone.

[@pyr1412]

Stan Gable Mark would be the sole survivor unless he killed himself out of depression after Roger and Collins died

[@emmaray6215]

Maureen and Joanne would still be alive

[@NotRoseSpacesingOut]

Just a simple round, but so powerful

[@morrigankasa570]

yes this is a very beautiful and powerful song second best in the entire film and its message can apply to many things

[@DarkandWild2]

No, no one who has lost their dignity would hate this song. Those four people would have been ones that never knew what dignity was.

[@trickingkid2.028]

You know what I used to listen to rent songs and watch the movie in a way emotionally but now that I’m older and actually enjoying life I sing these songs with a good vibe behind it☺️

[@beautifullyme2179]

2019 still listening to this!! ❤

[@eek736]

i get chills every time i hear this song. simply breathtaking.

[@armyj0on687]

Here in 2020.....still good

[@martinp8722]

Pre-Pandemic when you posted this. I hope things are still ok.

[@trebleclefgirl555]

The fear your feel for the world going on around you, the friends you lose but want to keep, and the friends you have that you know you have to lose...The overall hope that things will get better, but sometimes being shunned or coming to the realization that things might not ever be the same... I completely understand

[@linda77f]

I just came back from a visit with my grandmother. She has Alzheimers. This pretty much sums up the experience...

[@toria.4613]

*hugs*

[@vanessastegall]

+linda77f I'm so sorry

[@peterthomas3554]

+linda77f I was a full time caretaker for my father as Alzheimer's destroyed him. For the last three years he couldn't walk or talk. He couldn't feed himself. He couldn't control his bowels or bladder. Dignity? None. My grandfather, father and uncle all died from it. I'll likely get it too. This song reflects my deepest fears. I can empathize with you.

[@bsnf-5]

Have faith, man. Have faith. Hope is all we got left after all. I believe you will be the first one to break this bad habit. A good karma will return for helping your father, you were theyre for him, and luck shall be there for you. Take care.

[@LegionIvory]

I don't think I could bare having a family member with Alzheimer's. I'm so sorry.

[@AngelJuliet]

This scene was always so sad bec you saw all those empty seats

[@palesgensler3099]

As someone aspergers and dyslexia I can rely related to this song.

[@BlueMagicDanceBlog]

This has to be one of the most heart-wrenching songs ever written.

[@townsendadrianarmani]

Ugh, this song! 😢 It's the most emotional one of this show!

[@mamajessie41]

I love this movie and the soundtrack , I love the song I Will. Great musical!

[@moonkid3132]

I know everyone is talking about sadness and whatnot, but can we talk about the complexity of this round it's so good and so hard to follow I love it

[@AbhorrentRoot]

this song pretty much sums up highschool

[@rsitn]

trust me high school is just a chapter(a very small chapter) of your life. The light will get brighter I lived it!

[@4we8we]

I'm legit going to write the lyrics to this song on a piece of paper and tape them to the inside of my locker now

[@MrFluffyVG]

I thought the same thing. It's rough, but when you make it out, you're a much stronger person than you were before!!

[@yogirlcelery3307]

this is like three years late but i just imagined a high school full of students just walking around all day singing this

[@Copeandseethe822]

I wish I could give you a hug. I hope things have gotten better.

[@lancephillips7365]

I was in San Diego when this musical opened. I have yet in the past many years to experience anything more moving. For us coming of age in those uncertain times, it was beyond moving.

[@DARKKDEITY]

i cry everytime i hear this song

[@stevenlapar187]

My wife left me for another man after 10 years together. I listen to this song when I need to cry and let it out. To anyone reading this. It does get easier. Give yourself room to feel and let out the tears when you need to. My first birthday without the only woman I love is in 2 hours...

[@gracethelioness2883]

I hope you're doing better. things will get better!

[@danagraslie5718]

This song is so vulnerable... 😢💔💪👏👏🎤🎶

[@ChrissAthena]

I never thought I would say this but I truly know how it feels. Not all the way but a part of it, and that's more than enough. There are no words to describe what this movie and this song means to me

[@debbiebishop3895]

I was a new grad RN when I worked on the AIDS floor in San Francisco. I was losing at least 1 patient per night, sometimes 2 or 3. When I'd go home in the morning, I'd swear my car was on autopilot because I was always blinded by the tears I could only shed in the privacy of my own car. I lasted 8 months when I finally had to transfer out due to my heart breaking every single night. By that time I was taking care of friends, neighbors, acquaintances and coworkers. This movie and the hard hitting lyrics to these songs are like someone went into my heart and stole them. It will always be special. It was like Mr. Larsen was speaking directly to me.

[@debbiebishop3895]

Oops, Larson, my apologies.

[@biliussteed2102]

I was bullied from 5th grade through eighth grade, and I felt my soul singing this song.

[@stokelywessel5073]

After I lost several pregnancies and delivered my rainbow baby at 35 weeks healthy as can be and only a 6 day stay in the nicu for monitoring, I developed a very bad infection in my stomach from the csection and almost died. I am still fighting, but I am getting better... this song was my go too for a while when it first happened because I was so scared I wasn’t going to make it. But after sitting back and letting the drs do what they needed to do I am almost healed up with minor set backs after a second surgery this song punches me in my jellies and reminds me I’m not alone and I will get through this.

[@miabunart]

Everyone else seems to be sharing their story so I guess I will too... I know it's definitely not as bad as some other people's but I really don't think it matters because it's still my struggle. I have OCD, anxiety and depression... it really sucks because it screws up my social life and it's just the worst feeling ever. I always have the feeling that nobody really cares about me and listens to me. I've always been the weird one. And it hurts a lot. I just wish I didn't feel like such an outcast. I just want to matter.

[@maudefocke2144]

don't feel so alone. I believe that everyone has an invisible line connecting everyone in the word sometimes the like never ends. But you will make friends and you will be loved. you will feel special and you will feel happy trust me.

[@frogprincekt6754]

Miss Pudding I have the exact same combo of OCD, anxiety, and I had depression. Stay strong, you're not alone. Nobody is alone.

[@shsl_empath5437]

Miss Pudding I feel for you. I have anxiety, OCD, ADD, and depression. I hope things get better. I recommend seeing a therapist if you aren't already. I'm seeing a therapist and it's helping bit by bit. 💜

[@LegionIvory]

I got two out of three. lol Anxiety and Depression. I have anxiety more than anything, more precisely chronic paranoia, and it is pure torture. I'm working as hard as I can to conquer it, but I often find myself singing this song.

[@aceheart3924]

Mental disorders of any cailber are still valid and count. I hope you stay strong in your fght with your inner demons

[@nat.oaktree]

This song is exactly how I feel every sing day of my life. Horrible anxiety and depression. Detaching from emotion, and family problems. I ask myself this every single day... will I loose my dignity, will someone care, will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare

[@phillip1230]

It is tragic how Jonathan Larson created this intensely generational moving masterpiece and devoted so many years of his life to it and never even got to see opening night of the Off Broadway because he died that the night before. mr. Larson you have touched more lives then anyone can imagine

[@KeybladeScar]

This is my favorite song in the whole movie :)

[@classyyert3099]

This song is so therapeutic, and I love it

[@yozo217]

such a simple song yet such a strong message.

[@AliciaNyblade]

I was born in 1988, so the horrors of the AIDS crisis were before my memory, but listening to this song in 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, gives it a whole other depth. Nothing makes humanity confront its own physical, emotional, and psychological fragilities, for better and worse, like a hitherto-unknown disease. Stay safe and strong, everyone. Someone will and does care. Blessed be.

[@animegirl98xxx]

Every time I listen to this, it reminds me of everything I've been through. The depression, the heart breaks, the near death experiences, being FtM, having to come out, trying to fit in, losing those close to me, having friends call me late at night in a suicidal panic...

[@lostgirlclub]

This is my favorite song from this movie

[@theodorewolford]

Thank you Jonathan Larson for making such a inspirational and touching musical/movie

[@darealestn09]

wow Tracie sounds really great in the adlibs at the end...I didn't know they had the main cast sing this for the soundtrack. Great song.

[@Xiomara_Lanier]

This has to be my favorite song from Rent. Its so simple but so emotional

[@midnitest0rm]

My theatre class did this on stage and we all had candles. The soloist came out alone. No lights on stage other than the candle. Then the guys joined in harmony, came on stage followed by the altos almost immediately after, all holding candles. Then the sopranos about halfway in. Then we stayed there for the rest of the song and at the end we all blew the candles out. It was so sad especially knowing what the song was about.

[@Caraluca]

This song is so haunting, its like all the people who were lost are crying out all at once.

[@LegionIvory]

I tear up every time I listen to this song. It hits me so hard. I hope everyone who reads this is doing well. Find your happiness. :)

[@truckerthug66]

just love this song and the emotions it captures every time i listen to it

[@nerdburger234]

You guys have that song that you listen to while you cry your eyes out because you're depressed? This is my Cry-song..

[@dreamflux6964]

Me too!...but much precisely this is my 'cry ( hopefully ) song' 🙂

[@iTravis101]

this song brings back memories at my old school, of how i was bullied all the time.

[@dreamershavemorefun]

this song floods back memories of the toughest times in my life and almost not making it out of the nightmare, but i did and this song showed me that there is someone out there who does care

[@jackver2006]

A song like this. Let’s face it, Jonathan Larson (the creator of Rent) is a genius.

[@WierdArtistMarcell]

Tears. Just...tears, everywhere...

[@CrisPheasant]

All these years later I still love how this song still resonates with people. Yes it was originally written with those who had AIDS but fast forward from then to now and it applies to so many things. Whether it's a dibilatating disease or a terminal illness, struggling with the aftermath of surviving abuse, and yes even those who struggle with their sexuality and gender. "Loss of Dignity" applies to more than the loss of bodily function and bodily control. Anyone who has any type of mental illness constantly asks themselves if they will wake from "this nightmare" as do any abuse survivors. And we all ask the question "will someone care?" Because deep down we all worry and fear, no matter how much we are told contrary to the belief, that no one cares. And that's why this song resonates with so many people.

[@ClareLouise1Dx]

no matter how many times i hear this song i get goosebumps and im crying by the third line!

[@pamelaweathersby9703]

I loved everything about this play, especially this song. It pretty much sums up the whole experience of this pandemic called Aids.

[@greendemon7708]

The struggle is real for us all...

[@MsEmKayTee]

How does one not cry at this part

[@IamDefyingGravity7]

Only three simple phrases. And this is yet the most beautiful song I've ever listened to.

[@nicholaswhitby3124]

Thank you, Jonathan Larson.

[@hollydawnbowdenanstey5768]

This proves that you don't need lots of complicated lyrics to convey immense amounts of feelings and emotion