Burn Song Lyrics by Hamilton
I saved every letter you wrote meFrom the moment I read themI knew you were mineYou said you were mineI thought you were mine
Do you know what Angelica saidWhen 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 sensesYour sentences left me defenselessYou built me palaces out of paragraphsYou built cathedrals
I’m re-reading the letters you wrote meI’m searching and scanning for answers in every lineFor some kind of signAnd when you were mine
The world seemed to burnBurn
You published the letters she wrote youYou told the whole worldHow you brought this girl into our bedIn clearing your nameYou have ruined our lives
Do you know what Angelica saidWhen she read what you’d done?She said, “You’ve married an Icarus“He has flown too close to the sun”
You and your words obsessed with your legacyYour sentences border on senselessAnd you are paranoid in every paragraphHow they perceive youYou, you, you!
I’m erasing myself from the narrativeLet future historians wonder how Eliza reactedWhen you broke her heartYou have torn it all apart
I’m watching it burnWatching it burn
The world has no right to my heartThe world has no place in our bedThey don’t get to know what I saidI’m burning the memoriesBurning the letters that might have redeemed you
You forfeit all rights to my heartYou forfeit the place in our bedYou’ll sleep in your office insteadWith only the memories of when you were mine
I hope that you burn