hamilton & angelica

Hamgelica my beloved.

so :) guess what was finally published! if you guessed the german lyrics to Satisfied, you win :)))

Satisfied was possibly my favourite part of the german production, and I’ve been sitting over here borderline foaming at the mouth for MONTHS, waiting for the official lyrics to be released so I can revisit it!

I was very impressed with the translation when I saw it live, and with the, in my opinion, slightly different direction they took it in.

so, I translated what I deemed to be the most important parts (I left the conversations out because they are pretty much the same) back into english to share with my non german speakers out there :)

disclaimer: as I said, translated by yours truly. I tried to keep it as close to the text as possible, which is why it’s very clunky in places, but sometimes I had to change the sentence structure as it just wouldn’t have made sense otherwise. this is also merely my own interpretation of the text. with that said, for an easy comparison I’ve actually made these fun little graphics lmao

left is original and right (translated) german!

Did anyone else realize that “help-le-e-ess” and “im-aaag-in-ableee” are the same tune (really the part of the words after “help” and “im”) or am I the last person to realize this

it throws the bite of “the reynolds pamphlet” and “thank god someone who understands what i’m struggling here to do-” “i’m not here for you” into even sharper relief. so too are the cut lyrics from “congratulations” all the more brutal, with hamilton calling it a sacrifice, and angelica calling him out on his crap and then demanding he make the same choice she did in the future, to prioritize her sister

Okay, so I play piano and I’m practicing Satisfied and Burn on the piano, just because it’s fun and easy, and I realised how similar they are. They don’t necessarily sound exactly alike, but they have motifs with very similar rhythms and themes. One of the only differences is Satisfied is in the key of C Minor and Burn is in B Minor. But I realised why the songs are so similar.

 Okay so first let’s tackle Alex’s POV

 He did feel a little bit of pride when he slipped in that comma

He felt like it was just subtle enough to go over most people’s heads, but stood out enough to someone like her

He still had a bit of anxiousness when he sent off the letter

When he got her response he felt a bit of satisfaction and happiness that he picked it up.

When Angelica got the letter, she only caught it on her second time reading it.

Her heart literally skipped a beat and she wasn’t sure if it was intentional. She initially thought it was a mistake.

Then she remembered it was Alexander fucking Hamilton and he was the most particular person on Earth with these types of things.

She may or may not have slipped a comma of her own into her next letter

Alexander promptly pointed it out in his next

Time went on for everybody else, she won't know it

She's still 23 inside her fantasy

How it was supposed to be"

he was the closest she could get to alexander

and on the flip side, james and burr being really confused as to why thomas went after angelica bc they’re intellectual equals but that’s pretty much it. and james asks him one day why he went after her, and thomas looks at him and james just. knows.

it throws the bite of “the reynolds pamphlet” and “thank god someone who understands what i’m struggling here to do-” “i’m not here for you” into even sharper relief. so too are the cut lyrics from “congratulations” all the more brutal, with hamilton calling it a sacrifice, and angelica calling him out on his crap and then demanding he make the same choice she did in the future, to prioritize her sister