Rent - 13. I'll Cover You (Movie Cast)

Angel:
Live in my house, I'll be your shelter
Just pay me back with one thousand kisses
Be my lover, I'll cover you
Collins:
Open your door, I'll be your tenant
Don't got much baggage to lay at your feet
But sweet kisses I've got to spare
I'll be there and I'll cover you
Both:
I think they meant it when they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it, a new lease
You are my love on life, be my life
Just slip me on, I'll be your blanket
Wherever, whatever, I'll be your coat
Angel:
You'll be my king and I'll be your castle
Collins:
No, you'll be my queen and I'll be your moat
Both:
I think they meant it when they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it a new lease
You are my love on life, all my life
I've longed to discover something as true as this is
Collins:
So with a thousand sweet kisses
Angel:
If you're cold and you're lonely
Collins:
I'll cover you, with a thousand sweet kisses
Angel:
You've got one nickel only
Collins:
I'll cover you
Angel:
With a thousand sweet kisses
Collins:
When you're worn out and tired
Angel:
I'll cover you, with a thousand sweet kisses
Both:
When your heart has expired
Oh lover, I'll cover you, yeah
Oh lover, I'll cover you

[@madisonschilling3431]

The reprise to this absolutely kills me, because you can hear how painful it is for everyone to realize that Angel's dead, especially Collins. You can hear it when he sings "when your heart expires."

[@mindzii8]

I cry every time he sings those words. I've listened to the song over 100 times but that part just gets me every time. So much emotion. The best reprise ever.

[@amandaoverturf576]

Same. I ALWAYS cry at that part because he's such a great actor you can literally feel his heartbreak.

[@TheVirtualAdept]

"When your heart has expired." - Best line, it's like an emotional explosion when Collins reprises it at the funeral.

[@beetttyyyyy6148]

Who also cried when Colin's sung this for angel's funeral ✋✋

[@Dancergirl9084]

betty k Who didn’t? 😂😭

[@leyrelujan7500]

I cried

[@Dani-it9vc]

I cry every single time

[@bandronn]

I cried Also it's Collins not collin's

[@nesie.noodles6541]

ME ME ME

[@MyralinaBradford]

Best part about these lyrics? When I heard "when your heart has expired", I thought that it sounded way out of place in this song. That's what I love about this song. It has two different meanings.

[@yaggerdamn781]

Live in my house, I'll be your shelter Just pay me back With one thousand kisses Be my lover, I'll cover you Open your door, I'll be your tenant Don't got much baggage, to lay at your feet But sweet kisses, I've got to spare I'll be there and I'll cover you I think they meant it When they said you can't buy love Now I know you can rent it A new lease you are my love On life, be my life Just slip me on, I'll be your blanket Wherever, whatever I'll be your coat You'll be my king, and I'll be your castle No, you be my queen, and I'll be your moat I think they meant it When they said you can't buy love Now I know you can rent it A new lease you are my love On life, oh my life I've longed to discover Something as true as this is So with a thousand sweet kisses, I'll cover you (If you're cold and you're lonely) With a thousand sweet kisses, I'll cover you (You've got one nickel only) With a thousand sweet kisses, I'll cover you (When you're worn out and tired) With a thousand sweet kisses, I'll cover you (When your heart has expired) Oh lover, I'll cover you, yeah Oh lover, I'll cover you

[@blinkfilms1]

Lyrics in description

[@matthewdaly2170]

'I've longed to discover something as true as this is', this gets me every time💙💙

[@georgesaladbar7000]

I know it just hits me every time 😭

[@dawntavishflynn8802]

This was me and my ex's song. I had recently come out of the closet and he was the first boy I'd ever fallen in love with. Still love ya, Rors :)

[@jeffreyware6693]

❤❤❤

[@naramurasaki]

Um...you DO realize that this Angel was part of the ORIGINAL Broadway cast, yes? So if you don't like this Angel, there's something wrong with this picture...

[@RubyPlays12321]

What's wrong with the picture?

[@andrewlucas3994]

Im supposed to be doing my homework. But I'm listening to Rent. ❤️❤️❤️

[@MannyJohnson1984]

me too 😂😭😭

[@sage3591]

+Andrew Lobster omg same

[@sofiaramos6038]

+Andrew Lobster this is me everyday

[@dakotaastro6722]

how're we gonna dooo how're we gonna dooo last night's homework

[@zai9407]

Me Too 😂😂😂😂😂

[@LauranaAridian]

This Angel... is the original ANGEL... so please...

[@morrigankasa570]

this is such a beautiful song and for anyone it works as a love song

[@TheHManShow]

Such a fun and adorable song and one if the best love songs between two men ever written

[@alexanderwhite4382]

But Angle is mtf

[@clownteeth]

No she is just a drag queen.

[@renamami]

Harper Craven Angel is Transgender, so doesn't that count as a gay couple? But people say she's a drag queen so I could me wrong...

[@milowallace9834]

I'm pretty sure Angel is trans since she prefers being seen as a woman and wants people to use she/her pronouns

[@clownteeth]

At her funeral Mark refers to her as a drag queen and I think she says shes a drag queen at the support group but I could be wrong... Drag Queens a lot of the time prefer she/her pronouns in drag, she could be MTF and I could sound seriously stupid rn :)

[@CowSaysQuackMoo]

Absolutely beautiful song

[@MakarovMW2]

Oh by the way, I love this and IM straight. All I get is, hahaha, you watch RENT!? So is foday you coming out of the closet? Damn it, just because it about Homosexuality dont mean your gay for being able to appreciate and Love musical genius.

[@dianasmith7143]

This song is soooo sweet!!!! Collins and Angel are my Rent otp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ShaharHarshuv]

Best gay duet ever!!! (well, this, and take me baby or leave).

[@alisonphillips5487]

+Shachar Har-Shuv Pretty sure Angel is a trans woman, therefor this is a straight couple.

[@ShaharHarshuv]

How could it be a straight couple? Tom is obviously gay, and Angel is by any biological means still a guy.

[@alisonphillips5487]

Angel is female. She identifies as female and therefore she is female. This couple is one male person and one female person. Sounds straight to me.

[@JackHeadphonius]

+Alison Phillips +Shachar Har-Shuv You're both technically correct, it's all whether you're thinking in the biological or identity context.

[@alisonphillips5487]

One's biological sex does not determine gender. That actually has no effect. It depends on the person and who they are. Forcing someone to be male just because they have a penis is transphobic.

[@mr_milquetoast2221]

This relationship is the *purest* thing I've ever seen

[@morrigankasa570]

this is the best song in the entire film especially this one the one at funeral is too sad

[@lorie1482]

I loved it😃❤️ .. The chemistry between these two was amazing

[@mags787]

youtube autoplay put this song after the reprise version instead of before it ... my poor heart

[@lucianvalentin9619]

my youtube put the reprise after this and i c a n t

[@girlonabookshelf4922]

This relationship man! THIS COUPLE MAKES ME BELIEVE IN TRUE LOVE!!

[@timothygarnett2911]

2019 guys. Let's grow old with this song

[@XxTheJinxxedOneXx]

I love this scene. It's one of my favorite songs in the whole play.

[@racheloconnell3589]

this song actually makes me cry I love it so much

[@THEtomh]

Oh boy what a fun song I sure hope that it doesn't come back and break my heart later! :D

[@fionamaack4338]

Original OTP, right here

[@manuelorozco7760]

If I ever get casted in a production of Rent, I would want to be Angel!

[@morrigankasa570]

This song, seasons of love, will i are my 3 favorite songs in the film

[@chewysuarez5170]

Never forget that Angel pushed a dog off the 24th story of a building.

[@macavitythenardier]

23rd, do your research.

[@cutelilly1000vedios]

OOF

[@georgesaladbar7000]

A true babe

[@MsPandacakes]

Actually the dog dove off the balcony into the courtyard.

[@bobbihearn6168]

um actually she didn't the dog dove off the 23rd floor balcony as Angel played her beats

[@issabellasolofsky6097]

These two NEED to be in another project together! 😍

[@olive2815]

I L O V E THIS SONG ITS S O P U R E A N D G O O D

[@michaelgavin4975]

This song gives me hope when I need it most

[@jessicahunter4408]

I always pictured Kurt and Blaine singing this😍😍😍

[@amberedens1432]

Yes fellow gleek. That would have been perfect.

[@acapellasampler3623]

I wish they'd done this

[@prowolf633]

rest in peace, Angel

[@ccnicole3836]

My future husband has no choice this is gonna be the song we dance to when I get married one day😍😍

[@Setsuka317]

I love this song. I just recently saw this movie. It's awesome.

[@videorocker778]

I'm lucky enough to be a female Collins to my own Angel. I ♥ you so, so much, baby girl. Here's knowing we're gonna cover each other forever. ♥♥ :)

[@bigmigs94]

Beautiful song!

[@peteylover95]

i love this song they sound great together!

[@synrvn7842]

It was really emotional when they made the mash up of this song and seasons of love

[@BlondiePop]

I love this song so much

[@kristengraham9002]

this song is my everything

[@softcurrentz]

One of my favourite songs c:

[@Fizzy-P]

No doubt this was the saddest song in the movie

[@oldchannelforayoungstupidf2649]

I find it more heart warming and sweet than sad. The saddest song in the movie, for me, was Your Eyes.

[@Foustdoodles98]

I plan on singing this to my girlfriend. For she is my Angel, and I am her Collin. “I’ll cover you”

[@hamiltonandpigsforlife4680]

Is it bad....that when I first saw this I had to ask my mom "wAiT.....wErE tHeY aCtUaLlY a ThInG???" Yes, I was a dumb kid😂😂

[@morrigankasa570]

this is a great and touching musical and in my opinion for best songs in it 1 Seasons of Love non-reprise 2 Will I 3 I'll Cover You non-reprise 4 No Day But Today non-reprise 5 the rest of them

[@alexbockk]

ahhh i’m auditioning for collins when the time comes for my school next minth

[@tiffzilla7834]

My wedding song in 2010 ❤❤❤ I’ll be there and I’ll cover you 😍😍😍

[@annaliesecancilla894]

So my name is annaliese and my parents always sing “annaliese you are my love” it took me forever to realize that that isn’t the line 😋

[@ashinagadance]

It's sooooo beautiful song!!! I love it!!!

[@angryspaceboi3318]

this makes me cry cuz it doesn't last uuuugggggghhhhhhhhhhh Why can't things be okay for once?!?

[@sailergirl4]

You should check out Rent Trumbull High School I'll Cover You Reprise, it's absolutely incredible!

[@syafaatnento267]

This song was so perfect for klaine ;-;;; so sad they didnt get to sing this

[@MaureenHermanns]

Syafaat Nento omg yeahs

[@plague_victim532]

Syafaat Nento hahaha no

[@amberedens1432]

Omg yes. Fellow Gleek. That would have been so adorable.

[@amberlo3878]

cp coulton the fanfiction writer did put this in her work, it is one of the sweetest klaine works

[@jessicahunter4408]

@@amberlo3878 favorite fanfic💞💞

[@afroamasiaca]

It took until this scene in the movie for me to realize something was going on 😓

[@kizzyvlogs3048]

😂😄

[@playfulpippapony]

afroamasiaca Shame on you my friend😉

[@afroamasiaca]

+playfulpippapony I have no gaydar

[@georgesaladbar7000]

omg same!! my first time watching rent I think I was just trying to listen to the songs and understand the main plot lol 😂

[@lateesmith5839]

😂😂😂

[@FleurMarigold]

I'LL COVER YOUUUUUUU UWU

[@dionthomas809]

2018....we and this getting old make the best of it guys

[@ellenbeaucham1934]

Most beautiful song in in

[@poplillyp]

I wanted to see the play SO bad :( but I'm only 16 so when it was here last I was too young to go -.-

[@alexries2440]

Love songs like this

[@angelmushahf]

The chorus is so catchy and pretty

[@billynapurejr4757]

Awesome musical

[@carl8218]

love love love this song!

[@destinydiaz9703]

Love this movie so much, i song these songs becuz ik them by heart

[@Ps4fan30]

The scene with the life support meeting when angel took his wig off freaked me out at first because I wasn't expecting it.....it was funny when my friend saw it.....he saw angel in the today for you scene and he said..."she's hot!"....I told him he'd change his mind.....and he did when angel removed his wig

[@leilahb6079]

2018?? Don't forget this amazing masterpiece

[@soulbound2]

Wholesome song

[@brilliantXdelirium]

eek! you're so lucky! I wanna go and see them so baaaaad!

[@gerardyatcilla3597]

sweet kisses...

[@synrvn7842]

Sad but really beautiful

[@ramonafontaine5340]

[@GeorgeOBroom]

So great!

[@nanikardash344]

2018 & still love the soundtrack ❤️

[@noodlellsouperllboy8879]

I love this

[@royalrenegadee]

Thankfully I have a taste of what Angel had ^^ cept were girls and Angel and Collins are males

[@MyralinaBradford]

...I kinda want Glee to cover this o.o

[@cypherace7319]

that's so awsome! thx ^v^

[@ardenhouston-kruger5938]

I love this song, and it is my song for drag ^.^

[@ravishing_rogue]

Imagine your OTP

[@MakarovMW2]

Wish they would have a reunion tour in 2016 for 20 years!!!! Rent Rent RENT 3

[@_piratepeach_]

why is it so hard to find the reprise of this song omfg

[@RissiBug]

My sister loves this song

[@anthonywehner2936]

i cried when he sang this at the funeral..

[@brilliantXdelirium]

:[! yeah..then again, I thought it was over the last time it was in theatres??

[@lilym-j4954]

OH MY GOOODDDD!!!! ANGEL'S NAME SHOULD BE GODDESS NOT ANGEL CUZ THAT'S WHAT SHE IS! I *FUCKING* LOVE HER!!!!!!!

[@TheWoodsOfWonderland]

Definately has that quality :p

[@thebebita105]

@MakarovMW2 i agree wit u 100%

[@leilahb6079]

Currently 7:15 still up listening to this beauty

[@mermaidmarissa976]

I'd be happy to die for a taste of what angel had

[@cDC1457]

R.I.P COREY MONTEITH

[@kweenkazoo6198]

so, I kind of want to start a youtube channel doing acapella versions of songs... would you listen to a lesbian version of this? and who should have the lower voice?

[@sonicjrjr14]

It's scary how much Collin sounds like Dan Green.

[@Juanita7102]

2018?

[@MakarovMW2]

Today*

[@jg-zn8js]

1:39

[@laylahuffman8381]

You have everyone’s faces except for the two people who are singing this

[@TheWoodsOfWonderland]

So. Is Angel a drag queen or a transwoman? The wikipedia page says drag queen, but they're (i'm going to use they because not sure) seems to alternate pronouns throughout both the Broadway show AND the Movie. At their funeral Marc(mark?) corrects himself to 'she', which really makes me thing canonically they're a she and/or genderqueer, but... anyone know for sure?

[@pheonixrose9175]

Alice in Wonderland, Angel is a drag queen. It's stated in the movie and most drag queens prefer to be referred to with feminine pronouns while they're in drag. Angel was in drag most of the movie, which is why the other characters used femanine pronouns for him most of the movie.

[@oldchannelforayoungstupidf2649]

In the original script, Angel is a guy who dresses in drag. That's why he identifies as both "he" and "she". In the 2019 RENT LIVE show, Angel was made into a transgender woman.

[@gustavpedersen5559]

What genre is this

[@eugene6022]

i just saw this in a high school play and the person who played angel and collin were better than this.

[@elijah75ify]

Angel was a guy that dressed up as a girl (drag queen) they occisanlly called angel a guy an a girl cause he's reffered as both