“Look around how lucky we are to be alive right now”
Eliza Hamilton
Lyrics: Meet me inside
Lee, do you yield?
You shot him in the side
Yes, he yields
I’m satisfied
Yo, we gotta clear the field
Go
We won
Here comes the general
This should be fun
What is the meaning of this?
Mr. Burr, get a medic for the general
Yes, sir
Lee, you will never agree with me
But believe me, these young men don’t speak for me
Thank you for your service
Let’s ride
Hamilton
Sir
Meet me inside
Meet him inside
Meet him inside
Meet him inside, meet him, meet him inside
Son
Don’t call me son
This war is hard enough
Without infighting
Lee called you out
We called his bluff
You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies to the south
You’re absolutely right, John should have shot him in the mouth
That would’ve shut him up
Son
I’m notcha son
Watch your tone
I am not a maiden in need of defending, I am grown
Charles Lee, Thomas Conway
These men take your name and they rake it
Through the mud
My name’s been through a lot, I can take it
Well, I don’t have your name
I don’t have your titles
I don’t have your land
But, if you
No
If you gave me command of a battalion, a group of men to lead
I could fly above my station after the war
Or you could die and we need you alive
I’m more than willing to die
Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive
Call me son one more time
Go home, Alexander
That’s an order from your commander
Sir
Go home
Lyrics: That would be enough
Look around, look around at how lucky we are
To be alive right now
Look around, look around
How long have you known?
A month or so
Eliza, you should have told me
I wrote to the General a month ago
No
I begged him to send you home
You should have told me
I’m not sorry
I knew you’d fight
Until the war was won (The war’s not done)
But you deserve a chance to meet your son
Look around, look around
At how lucky we are to be alive right now
Will you relish being a poor man’s wife
Unable to provide for your life?
I relish being your wife
Look around, look around
Look at where you are
Look at where you started
The fact that you’re alive is a miracle
Just stay alive, that would be enough
And if this child
Shares a fraction of your smile
Or a fragment of your mind
Look out world!
That would be enough
I don’t pretend to know
The challenges you’re facing
The worlds you keep erasing and creating in your mind
But I’m not afraid
I know who I married
So long as you come home at the end of the day
That would be enough
We don’t need a legacy
We don’t need money
If I could grant you peace of mind
If you could let me inside your heart
Oh, let me be a part of the narrative
In the story they will write someday
Let this moment be the first chapter
Where you decide to stay
And I could be enough
And we could be enough
That would be enough
Listen again: Meet me inside
Listen again: That would be enough
“Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive”
Hamilton and Washington have an argument. Hamilton is sent home to his wife, who has a surprise for him…
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