One thing that isn't a problem with this song is the mixing—the male singer's voice is easily audible. Something about this song strikes me as unusual, but I think it might be due to it evidently being from a Broadway production. ("Rent" blurs the borders between rock opera and musicals.)
The song would undeniably make more sense in light of the plot for the production "Rent." In itself, the narrator apparently knows he's dying and wants to leave one great song behind "before the virus takes hold" despite all he's wasted in life. He wants only "one blaze of glory".
It's a clean song expressing one person's longing to do something important, to make an impact on the world. (Don't so many of us feel that desire?) The song's narrator believes a superb song will "redeem this empty life". But only Christ can redeem a life.
The music is pretty simple and average. The singer, though, actually sounds like he knows how to sing. And he uses emotion. (Yes, I'm still sniping at Avril Lavigne for that horror she accomplished in "Keep Holding On".)
It's an average song, and I don't care for the style much, but at least it's singing and a coherent point that isn't crass.
Music: 3/5
Vocal(s): 4/5
Overall: 7/10
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