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Album Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) by Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Phillipa Soo

2015

#1
Alexander Hamilton
Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#2
Aaron Burr, Sir
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan
#3
My Shot
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#4
The Story of Tonight
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#5
The Schuyler Sisters
Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry
#6
Farmer Refuted
Thayne Jasperson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#7
You’ll Be Back
Jonathan Groff & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#8
Right Hand Man
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#9
A Winter’s Ball
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
#10
Helpless
Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#11
Satisfied
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & Renée Elise Goldsberry
#12
The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom Jr.
#13
Wait For It
Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#14
Stay Alive
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
#15
Ten Duel Commandments
Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon Rua, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#16
Meet Me Inside
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#17
That Would Be Enough
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo
#18
Guns and Ships
Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#19
History Has Its Eyes on You
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#20
Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
#21
What Comes Next?
Jonathan Groff
#22
Dear Theodosia
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom, Jr.
#23
Non-Stop
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry
#24
What’d I Miss
Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#25
Cabinet Battle #1
Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan
#26
Take a Break
Phillipa Soo, Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Renée Elise Goldsberry
#27
Say No to This
Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sydney James Harcourt & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#28
The Room Where It Happens
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#29
Schuyler Defeated
Anthony Ramos, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo
#30
Cabinet Battle #2
Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan
#31
Washington On Your Side
Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#32
One Last Time
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#33
I Know Him
Jonathan Groff
#34
The Adams Administration
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
#35
We Know
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr. & Okieriete Onaodowan
#36
Hurricane
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#37
The Reynolds Pamphlet
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
#38
Burn
Phillipa Soo
#39
Blow Us All Away
Anthony Ramos, Ariana DeBose, Sasha Hutchings, Ephraim Sykes, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#40
Stay Alive (Reprise)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#41
It’s Quiet Uptown
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry
#42
The Election of 1800
Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
#43
Your Obedient Servant
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
#44
Best of Wives and Best of Women
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo
#45
The World Was Wide Enough
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
#46
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

Burn by Phillipa Soo

Release Date

Fri Sep 25 2015

Performed by

Phillipa Soo

Produced by

Bill Sherman & Black Thought & Lin-Manuel Miranda & Alex Lacamoire & ?uestlove

Writed by

Lin-Manuel Miranda

About

In “Burn,” Eliza delivers her heartbroken response to the “Reynolds Pamphlet,” Hamilton’s public account of his affair. Eliza takes center stage with no ensemble backing and only minimal instrumental accompaniment, highlighting her sense of detachment from the once-comforting union of marriage. Over...

Burn Lyrics

[ELIZA]
I saved every letter you wrote me
From the moment I read them
I knew you were mine
You said you were mine
I thought you were mine

Do you know what Angelica said
When we saw your first letter arrive?
She said

“Be careful with that one, love
He will do what it takes to survive.”

You and your words flooded my senses
Your sentences left me defenseless
You built me palaces out of paragraphs
You built cathedrals
I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me
I’m searching and scanning for answers
In every line
For some kind of sign
And when you were mine
The world seemed to

Burn
Burn

You published the letters she wrote you
You told the whole world how you brought
This girl into our bed
In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives
Do you know what Angelica said
When she read what you’d done?
She said
“You have married an Icarus
He has flown too close to the sun.”

You and your words, obsessed with your legacy...
Your sentences border on senseless
And you are paranoid in every paragraph
How they perceive you

You, you, you…

I’m erasing myself from the narrative
Let future historians wonder how Eliza
Reacted when you broke her heart
You have torn it all apart
I am watching it
Burn
Watching it burn
The world has no right to my heart
The world has no place in our bed
They don’t get to know what I said
I’m burning the memories
Burning the letters that might have redeemed you
You forfeit all rights to my heart
You forfeit the place in our bed
You sleep in your office instead
With only the memories
Of when you were mine
I hope that you burn

Burn Q&A

Who wrote Burn's ?

Burn was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Who produced Burn's ?

Burn was produced by Bill Sherman & Black Thought & Lin-Manuel Miranda & Alex Lacamoire & ?uestlove.

When did Phillipa Soo release Burn?

Phillipa Soo released Burn on Fri Sep 25 2015.

Were the letters between Angelica & Eliza the only inspiration behind this song?

Lin probably wrote this song because it fits into Eliza’s story arc and struggle of being in/out of the narrative. But, the letters between the sisters had a major role in guiding Lin on how to write them. He includes exact quotes and summarized sections in the lines where Eliza sings “Do you know w...