seasons of love...

Rent:the Movie came out on video last night and a bunch of us
stayed up 'til almost 2am watching it. And it was so worth it, as
controversial as it was. I had seen it live a few years back (I had
bought tickets for my boyfriend's birthday and our 6-month
anniversary combined-then we broke up and I went with a friend
instead) so I was prepared for the controversiality of it all. It is
very good and is based on the well-known opera La Boheme (also
very good) and the hit broadway musical Rent. Rent Rent, but
only if you feel you're prepared enough to handle controversial
issues. It stars Taye Diggs, Rosario Dawson, and Jesse Martin
from Law & Order.

Here's the lyrics to the movie's theme song:
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear.  525,600
minutes - how do you measure, measure a year? In
daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.  In
inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.  In 525,600 minutes
- how do you measure a year in the life? How about love?
How about love? How about love? Measure in love. 
Seasons of love.

525,600 minutes! 525,000 moments to plan.  525,600
minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or
man?

In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried.  In
bridges he burned, or the way that she died.

It’s time now to sing out, although it’s not the end.  To
celebrate remember a year in the life of a friend. 
Remember the love! Remember the love! Remember
the love! Measure in love.  Seasons of love! Seasons of
love.

In diapers, report cards, in spoked wheels, in speeding
tickets.  In contracts, dollars, in funerals, in births, in
525,600 minutes - how do you figure a last year on
earth? Figure in love! Figure in love! Figure in love!
Figure in love.  Seasons of love, seasons of love.