Light My Candle Lyrics
I love how Roger is like a little kid in this song. He was like "I mean you do have a very nice a....a.... i mean you...." he changes the topic because he is scared to commit to her because he has HIV and is nice enough to know that and not spread it around. Mimi i am upset with though because she does not seem to say that she also has HIV and so what if Roger didnt. That would be bad. She needs to tell him. I also like how when Roger mentions his girlfriend, Mimi imidietly changes the subject and blows out her candle. Then when she gets burned she is putting it between her cleavage and he is all "ahh i cant do this!". He wants to but cant.
The truth is that there are numerous layers to this particular song; several have been mentioned already.
First, Mimi is a heroin user. Heroin is typically cooked in a spoon over an open flame - a candle, for instance. So the top layer, literal, and obvious meaning of the song is that Mimi is looking for a light for her candle so that she can do her drugs.
However, watching the scene again you'll find that this can't account for all of it, because before entering we can see Mimi standing outside Roger and Mark's flat (during One Song Glory), and her candle is lit. She blows it out intentionally.
Why? She finds Roger attractive and is looking for a reason to introduce herself for companionship. So in this case, "light my candle" refers to Mimi's search for love.
On a more blunt level, the theme of many of Mimi's lyrics here are sexual in nature, so "light my candle" could also refer to Mimi looking for a sex partner - in this case, "light my candle" would be to have an orgasm.
From Roger's perspective, it seems like his heart has been somewhat "frozen" of love since the loss of April. Lighting a candle would allow that to be thawed out, so despite his awkwardness, Roger is looking for someone to be with as well.
And unknown to Mimi, Roger was a former heroin-user as well; to him, the candle symbolizes his addiction, which he has "blown out" - so his hesitation toward the end of the song to give Mimi her stash back is an indication that he worries that being with her might relight the candle of his own addiction.
this is the best song.
i love this song. i mean, you really gotta watch this song to really get it, but its so sweet lol. its their love song, but its not all blunt and stupid and "LOVELOVELOVELOVE MUSH!!!" its just "light my candle". aww its so sweet... mimi blowing out the candle to stay longer and the last time roger blows the candle... he takes the leap. its sucha sweet song
dude, this song rocks. along with all the other rent songs. so yeah.
yeah dude this song is awesome, the movie is awesome, the whole soundtrack is awesome.
She's asking Roger to light the candle so that she can do her drugs. And her stash are the drugs she's going to take. That's why she's shivering - because she hasn't had her drugs.
i like this song its cute but my one interpretation of the line "i hear spike lee's shooting dow the street" i think that refers to mark ya know who he "atttempts" to be and hes kinda makin fun of him and i think mimi replies w/ bah humbug b/c it was kind of like a scrrogish line to say about ur roomate/good friend cuz i THINK mimi knows mark but then again idk
IS ANY ONE ELSE LOVING THE RENT SOUNDTRACK? I must admit, when I first saw the movie I wasn't used the singing in every scene, the AIDS, the lesbians and gay people. When the movie was done though, it meant so much more than that. It was a great movie, one of my favorites. This is probably my favorite song on the soundtrack. I love the whole soundtrack- I think CD 1 is better then CD 2 though.
oh god, how i adore the movie version of this song. the one from the original musical.. eh, not so much. i love the original, definitely, but.. mimi's voice on the original musical didn't do much for me. it sounded too whiny and.. something else i can't quite place. but i didn't like it as much as rosario dawson's. - shrug. - this song's sweet though. and catchy as all hell. :]