I don't own RENT or the beautiful song by the esteemed Sara Bareilles, Between the Lines. I will say, this is fairly sad, but I mean, this song fits perfectly with how Mimi was probably feeling in rehab: unloved, loving someone who doesn't love you back. Enjoy! Please review as well. I like reviews. But if you are going to say mean things, try to be a little nice about it.
Mimi sits, alone, on a metal folding chair in the corner of her room in rehab. Every wall is painted a bleak, boring white, and the windows have steel bars on them. Her roommate, Amy, lies on the top bunk of her bed, reading a book. Amy and Mimi have the same problems: depression and drugs. Mimi has sunk into a deep depression after Roger left for Santa Fe. The other Bohemians visit occasionally, Benny and Mark in particular. But Mimi won't talk to them. They have tried everything, but nothing works.
A song suddenly pops into Mimi's head. It reminds her of her situation: loving someone who doesn't love you back. She doesn't understand why she had believed that Roger actually had feelings for her. But even if he doesn't come back, Mimi will still love Roger for the rest of her life.
Time to tell me the truth
To burden for mouth for what you say
No pieces of paper in the way
'Cause I can't continue
Pretending to choose
These opposite sides on which we fall
"Loving you laters" if at all
No right minds could wrong be
This many times
The memory is cruel
I'm queen of attention to details
Defending intentions if he fails
Until now
He told me her name
It sounded familiar in a way
I could have sworn I'd heard him say it
Ten thousand times
Oh, if only I had been listening
Leave unsaid unspoken
Eyes wide, shut unopened
You and me
Always between the lines
Between the lines
I thought i
Thought I was ready to bleed
I would movie from the shadows on the wall
Stand in the center of it all
Too late, two choices
To stay or to leave
Mine was so easy to uncover
He'd already left with the other
So I learned to listen through silence
Leave unsaid unspoken
Eyes wide, shut unopened
You and me
Always be
You and me
Always be
I tell myself
All the words he surely meant to say,
I talk until
The conversation doesn't stay on
Wait for me I'm almost ready
When he meant let go
Leave unsaid unspoken
Eyes wide shut unopened
You and me
Always be
You and me
Always between the lines
Between the lines
Between the lines
Mimi lets her head fall to her chest, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"Roger, please come back," she whispers.
The end! Hope you liked it! Tell your friends! Reviews are much appreciated.
-Sadie