fav lyric from all the hamilton songs but just one from each song
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ACT I
1. Alexander Hamilton
“You never backed down / you never learned to take your time!”
2. Aaron Burr, Sir
“He looked at me like I was stupid - I’m not stupid.”
3. My Shot
“I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory / when’s it gonna get me? In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?”
4. The Story of Tonight
“Raise a glass to freedom / something they can never take away / no matter what they tell you.”
5. The Schuyler Sisters
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal - and when I meet Thomas Jefferson, I’ma compel him to include women in the sequel. Work!”
6. Farmer Refuted
“Don’t modulate the key then not debate with me!”
7. You’ll Be Back
“And when push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion to remind of my love.”
8. Right Hand Man
“Dying is easy, young man - living is harder.”
9. A Winter’s Ball
Honestly it’s the part where Hamilton and Burr are like “Hey, hey, hey, hey.” I can totally see them pointing finger guns at everyone onstage.
10. Helpless
“All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain, a couple of college credits and my top-notch brain.”
11. Satisfied
“I know my sister like I know my own mind / you will never find / anyone as trusting or as kind / if I tell her that I love him she’d be silently resigned / she’d say I’m fine / she’d be lying.”
12. The Story of Tonight - Reprise
“Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more. I’ll see you on the other side of the war.”
13. Wait For It
“And if there’s a reason I’m still alive / when everyone who loves me has died / I’m willing to wait for it.” OR “I am the one thing in life I can control! I am inimitable, I am an original.”
14. Stay Alive
“Stay alive ‘till this horror show is past / we’re gonna fly a lot of flags half mast.” “Raise a glass!”
15. Ten Duel Commandments
“Duel before the sun is in the sky. Pick a place to die where it’s high and dry!”
16. Meet Me Inside
“Your wife needs you alive. Son, I need you alive-” “Call me son one more time!”
17. That Would Be Enough
“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.”
18. Guns and Ships
“EVERYONE GIVE IT UP FOR AMERICA’S FAVORITE FIGHTING FRENCHMAN!!!”
19. History Has Its Eyes On You
“Let me tell you what I wish I’d known, when I was young and dreamed of glory: you have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story.”
20. Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
“How did we know that this plan would work? We had a spy on the inside, that’s right--” “HERCULES MULLIGAN!”
21. What Comes Next?
“You’re on your own. Awesome! Wow! Do you have a clue what happens now?”
22. Dear Theodosia
“If we lay a strong enough foundation, we’ll pass it on to you / we’ll give the world to you and you’ll blow us all away.”
23. Non-Stop
“Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention: ‘I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!’” ALSO “How do you write like you’re running out of time, like you’re running out of time, are you running out of time?” AND ALSO the ENTIRE SONG ARE YOU KIDDING ME GOD D A M N
ACT II
1. What’d I Miss?
“I’ve been fighting for the South alone. Where have you been?” “Uh, France?”
2. Cabinet Battle #1
“Yeah, keep ranting- we know who’s really doing the planting.”
3. Take a Break
“And I just turned nine, you can write rhymes but you can’t write mine!” “Whaaaat!”
4. Say No To This
My favorite part of this song is the part where the chorus is just shouting “No!” and “Say no to this!” and “Go, go, go!” in the background while Alexander makes several months of Very Bad Choices.
5. The Room Where It Happens
“Thomas claims: ‘I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating.’ But no one else was in the room where it happened.”
6. Schuyler Defeated
“I’ve always considered you a friend…” “I don’t see why that has to end.”
7. Cabinet Battle #2
“Uh, who provided those funds?” “…France.” AND “Should we honor our treaty, King Louis’ head?” “Uh, do whatever you want, I’m super dead!”
8. Washington On Your Side
“SOUTHERN MOTHERFUCKING DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS!”
9. One Last Time
The part that’s actually George Washington’s farewell address, where Hamilton is reading it and Washington is singing. Also, “I want to warn against partisan fighting.” Sorry, George. We failed step one.
10. I Know Him
“I’m perplexed. Are they going to keep on replacing whoever’s in charge?”
11. The Adams Administration
It might be Jefferson’s “Say what?” after Adams insults Hamilton, but my favorite actual line is “Welcome, folks, to the Adams administration!”
12. We Know
“I may have mortally wounded my prospects, but my papers are orderly.”
13. Hurricane
“When I was seventeen a hurricane destroyed my town / I didn’t drown / I couldn’t seem to die.”
14. The Reynolds Pamphlet
“I know my sister like I know my own mind / you will never find / anyone as trusting or as kind / I love my sister more than anything in this life / I will choose her happiness over mine, every time.”
15. 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!”
16. Blow Us All Away
"Where is this happening?” “Across the river in Jersey. Everything is legal in New Jersey.”
17. Stay Alive - Reprise
“I did exactly as you said, pa. I held my head up high.” (quiet sobbing)
18. It’s Quiet Uptown
“They are standing in the garden, Alexander by Eliza’s side. She takes his hand. It’s quiet uptown. Forgiveness. Can you imagine?”
19. The Election of 1800
“I’m chasing what I want. And you know what?” “What?” “I learned that from you.”
20. Your Obedient Servant
“You’ve kept me from the room where it happens for the last time.” ALSO “You would need to cite a more specific grievance. Here’s an itemized list of thirty years of disagreements.” “Sweet Jesus.”
21. Best of Wives and Best of Women
“Why do you write like you’re running out of time? Come back to bed, that would be enough.”
22. The World Was Wide Enough
“I will NOT LET THIS MAN MAKE AN ORPHAN OF MY DAUGHTER!”
23. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
“And when you’re gone, who remembers your name? Who keeps your flame? Who tells your story?” “Eliza...” “I put myself back in the narrative. I stop wasting time on tears. I live another fifty years.”
