This was used at a lot of AIDs fund raisers when the song came out. Their were lots of people dying and the gay community was shattered with illness, but was fighting for servival.This is how I remember the song being used.
Saw a group of people forming ( group of people represent the Gay Community
Round a figure lying down gathered around individuals stricken with aids)
And someone runs to make a phone call (Calls from the Community for gov./med. help)
And the man kneels on the ground
The man kneels on the ground ( Prayers)
The man kneels on the ground ( Prayers)
There's a tightening in my chest,
I know that I'm drawn in ( the Author is compassionate/loves the ill person)
Oh god let it not be, you
Don't leave us
Don't leave like this ( don’t die , hold on )
Don't leave me here again ( not the first time to lose someone to aids )
I'm not quitting on you
There's no one else ( so many dying )
You're not quitting on us
No running out
The color in your shirt is darkening, ( the contrast between health and sickness)
Against the paleness of your skin
I remember how you held the goldfish
Swimming around in a plastic bag ( the innocence lost, a small community
Swimming around in a plastic bag shattered by sickness)
You held it up so high
In the bright lights of the fair
It slipped and fell
We looked everywhere ( a community forever changed )
Don't leave us (your eyes are bright, your blood is warm) ( Hope )
Don't leave like this (your heart is strong, you're holding on) ( Hope )
Don't leave me here again (I feel your pulse, I hold your hand) ( Hope)
I'm not quitting on you
There's no one else ( don’t die )
You're not quitting on us
There's no way out ( no cure )
No way out
Don't leave us
Don't leave like this
Don't leave me here again (I feel your pulse, I hold your hand)
I'm not quitting on you ( struggle and fight against the terminal illness)
There's no one else ( so many dying )
You're not quitting on us
No running away, no way out ( no cure , hold on for the cure )
This was used at a lot of AIDs fund raisers when the song came out. Their were lots of people dying and the gay community was shattered with illness, but was fighting for servival.This is how I remember the song being used.
Saw a group of people forming ( group of people represent the Gay Community Round a figure lying down gathered around individuals stricken with aids) And someone runs to make a phone call (Calls from the Community for gov./med. help) And the man kneels on the ground The man kneels on the ground ( Prayers) The man kneels on the ground ( Prayers) There's a tightening in my chest, I know that I'm drawn in ( the Author is compassionate/loves the ill person) Oh god let it not be, you
Don't leave us Don't leave like this ( don’t die , hold on ) Don't leave me here again ( not the first time to lose someone to aids ) I'm not quitting on you There's no one else ( so many dying ) You're not quitting on us No running out
The color in your shirt is darkening, ( the contrast between health and sickness) Against the paleness of your skin I remember how you held the goldfish Swimming around in a plastic bag ( the innocence lost, a small community Swimming around in a plastic bag shattered by sickness) You held it up so high In the bright lights of the fair It slipped and fell We looked everywhere ( a community forever changed )
Don't leave us (your eyes are bright, your blood is warm) ( Hope ) Don't leave like this (your heart is strong, you're holding on) ( Hope ) Don't leave me here again (I feel your pulse, I hold your hand) ( Hope)
I'm not quitting on you There's no one else ( don’t die )
You're not quitting on us There's no way out ( no cure ) No way out Don't leave us Don't leave like this Don't leave me here again (I feel your pulse, I hold your hand) I'm not quitting on you ( struggle and fight against the terminal illness) There's no one else ( so many dying ) You're not quitting on us No running away, no way out ( no cure , hold on for the cure )