Lin-Manuel Miranda - First Burn Lyrics






I saved every letter you wrote me
From the moment I saw you
I knew you were mine
You said you were mine
I thought you were mine

Do you know what Angelica said
When I told her what you'd done?
She said
"You have married an Icarus
He has flown too close to the sun"

Don't take another step in my direction
I can't be trusted around you
Don't think you can talk your way
Into my arms, into my arms

I'm burning the letters you wrote me
You can stand over there if you want
I don't know who you are
I have so much to learn

I'm re-reading your letters
And watching them burn (burn)
I'm watching them burn (burn)

You published the letters she wrote to you
You told the whole world
How you brought this girl into our bed
In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives

Heaven forbid someone whisper
"He's part of some scheme"
Your enemy whispers
So you have to scream
I know about whispers
I see how you look at my sister

Don't, I'm not naive
I have seen women around you
Don't think I don't see
How they fall for your charms
All your charms

I'm erasing myself from the narrative
Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted
When you broke her heart
You have thrown it all away
Stand back, watch it burn
Just watch it all burn

And when the time comes
Explain to the children
The pain and embarrassment
You put their mother through
When will you learn
That they are your legacy?
We are your legacy

If you thought you were mine (mine, mine)
Don't





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  1. A.... H....

    Keep at it

  2. M.... S....

    this gave me chills, this is so good

  3. L.... C....

    Heaven forbid someone whisper ʜᴇs ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ sᴏᴍᴇ sᴄʜᴇᴍᴇ
    Your enemy whispers sᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᔕᑕᖇᗴᗩᗰ
    I know about whispers
    𝓘 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓪𝓽 𝓶𝔂 𝓼𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓻𝓻𝓻

  4. i.... ....

    I love the dynamic of this song. It tells so much of the story of Hamilton in just a short song. Bravo

  5. �.... �....

    ahHHHh, es hermoso:(❤

  6. C.... M....

    “I know about whispers, I see how you look at my sister” gets me every freaking time

  7. E.... B....

    Me: Genuinely wanting to belt this song at the top of my lungs
    My vocal range: HENNy NooOoO

  8. J.... b....

    Everything I love about Alexander gets erased when I hear the pain in Eliza's voice

  9. K.... B....

    “...you said you were mine, I thought you were mine.”

    -I felt that so hard I hope no one has to go through that moment.

  10. �.... t....

    Rachelle’s voice fits Eliza’s character really well. I mean they all do but she just stood out to me

  11. R.... �....

    All this time watching the animated vision thinking this was one person singing this 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

  12. L.... K....

    everyone’s talking about “I see how you look at my sister” but my personal favorite was..

    “I’m erasing myself from the narrative” because in another song (excuse my poor memory) she sang “Let me be a part of your narrative”, like don’t you think that’s much more of a power move? I don’t know but I think so

  13. C.... y....

    from a comment i saw


    Real Burn makes me cry

    First Burn makes me want to kick Alexander in the balls

  14. a.... p....

    Idk how to say this but they all sound like Eliza's...

  15. K.... H....

    This is such a good song

  16. G.... ....

    That is my favorite song

  17. R.... R....

    Rachelle Ann Go!!! #philippines 🇵🇭

  18. y.... n....

    1:52 lol, he knows what's up

  19. Y.... K....

    This is really good UwU

  20. r.... ....

    WHY CANT I STOP LISTENING TO THIS SONG

  21. D.... R....

    *And Peggy!*

  22. #.... d....

    Imagine being Alexander and suddenly a whole bunch of Elizas start screaming at you

  23. a.... l....

    1:52 lac tho "yikes*

  24. D.... A....

    Im Crying this was beautiful

  25. K.... 1....

    That thumbnail is not very pleasing to the Eye

  26. N.... P....

    Just found out that rachelle is a filipina

  27. M.... H....

    lyrics:


    I saved every letter you wrote me
    From the moment I saw you
    I knew you were mine
    You said you were mine
    I thought you were mine
    Do you know what Angelica said
    When I told her what you'd done?
    She said
    "You have married an Icarus
    He has flown too close to the sun"
    Don't take another step in my direction
    I can't be trusted around you
    Don't think you can talk your way
    Into my arms, into my arms
    I'm burning the letters you wrote me
    You can stand over there if you want
    I don't know who you are
    I have so much to learn
    I'm re-reading your letters
    And watching them burn (burn)
    I'm watching them burn (burn)
    You published the letters she wrote to you
    You told the whole world
    How you brought this girl into our bed
    In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives
    Heaven forbid someone whisper
    "He's part of some scheme"
    Your enemy whispers
    So you have to scream
    I know about whispers
    I see how you look at my sister
    Don't
    I'm not naive
    I have seen women around you
    Don't
    Think I don't see
    How they fall for your charms
    All your charms
    I'm erasing myself from the narrative
    Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted
    When you broke her heart
    You have thrown it all away
    Stand back, watch it burn
    Just watch it all burn
    And when the time comes
    Explain to the children
    The pain and embarrassment
    You put their mother through
    When will you learn
    That they are your legacy?
    We are your legacy
    If you thought you were mine (mine, mine)
    Don't

  28. P.... S....

    I SAW A FILIPINA OWO #PROUDFILIPINO

  29. i.... l....

    I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like all of these women have been hurt before. This might just be my inner choir student coming out, but I feel like the amount of emotion they're putting into this has to come from somewhere, and it's really empowering to see these women come together to sing such a beautiful song.

  30. E.... ....

    I know this is like a year ago but I still wonder *HOW DO THEY SOUND EXACTLY THE SAME*

    Man, f your "I see how you look at my sister" I wanna know how they sound exactly the same 😭🔥

  31. E.... S....

    2:04 am i the only one who thinks the person that says "think i dont see " sounds like applejack from mlp?!?

  32. K.... D....

    nothing will top the orginal but this is reaaaaalllyy guuude😍❤

  33. I.... A....

    I was talking to my sister and she said "don't" and I almost came back with "take another step in my direction" ..

  34. T.... D....

    Pyromaniacs: ooooooooooooooooooo

  35. S.... S....

    I wish the original eliza would also be there

  36. E.... L....

    I think I understand why this wasn’t in the original cut. Eliza is soft and forgiving and I think this doesn’t show it. In history it says that Eliza was upset but never angry....

  37. N.... P....

    These ladies are the reason we have global warming.

  38. K.... U....

    I love the part where the go “explain to the children the pain and embarrassment you put there mothers through when will you learn that they are your legacy we are your legacy if you thought you were mine.. don’t!”

  39. O.... M....

    some one in class gets called out
    everyone else: 2:33

  40. i.... t....

    you have thrown it all away, *stand back* watch it burn.

  41. S.... F....

    Who's here from tik tok?




    S.... F....

    not sure if you already have, but you should listen to the Hamilton soundtrack! It's really good

    S.... F....

    @hello I check it out.

  42. Z.... x....

    my favorite part is

    Damn, everything honestly

  43. S.... ....

    Damn, they went HARD for this

  44. J.... y....

    BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHH


    This was too good. I can’t- hold mah tissue please!

  45. L.... ....

    *your enemy whispers so you have to scream*
    that hits hard

  46. A.... D....

    goosebumpssssssssssss

  47. M.... ....

    WHO ELSE CANT WAIT FOR 15TH OCTOBER 2021

  48. E.... S....

    Your voices are so similar and cute

  49. B.... H....

    This needed to be in the musical I love it

  50. S.... 2....

    Goddamn this is a work of art.

  51. T.... _....

    Love this remix it should be part of the album

  52. A.... ....

    Don’t-

  53. M.... R....

    BBBBUUUURRRRNNNN

  54. H.... ....

    If you thought 5 Elizas were bad imagine 5 Angelicas

  55. L.... P....

    My God I'm so inlove with this song 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️😁😁😁

  56. Y.... H....

    Omagad the sister PART!!!

  57. j.... D....

    THIS IS THE BEST >;C

  58. �.... C....

    am I the only one who's favorite part is:




    DONT (both of them)

  59. R.... _....

    I watched the musical for my birthday and I LOVED IT the best thing ever

  60. L.... B....

    The animatic versions made it seems like it was one person sang all of it..... Now this song no matter how many times I listen to it it still feels like its my first time listening to it

  61. M.... ....

    am i the only one that wants a version from
    phillipa soo?

  62. L.... K....

    Does this represent all of Alexander Hamilton’s
    Girls?
    2020

  63. S.... ....

    Is it just me or do they all sound the same?

  64. K.... K....

    I see how you look at my sister(s)

  65. H.... L....

    Yknow, just ask Philipa Soo and we have 6 women... The perfect candidates for SIX THE MUSICAL!
    (I'm so sorry dont come at me guys--)

    H.... L....

    Honey Lemon YAS

  66. Y.... T....

    hamilton, wanting his legacy to be protected: h-

    eliza: is it because you *couldn’t?*

  67. J.... J....

    Eliza:It's quite cold in here
    *burns Alex's letters*
    Eliza:Much better!!!

  68. Y.... a....

    Burn=Daniel
    First Burn=The cooler Daniel

  69. L.... M....

    DAYUMMMMMMMMM! These chicks IZ COLD!!!

  70. R.... M....

    I saved every letter you wrote me
    From the moment I saw you
    I knew you were mine
    You said you were mine
    I thought you were mine

    [Julia Harriman]
    Do you know what Angelica said
    When I told her what you'd done?
    She said

    [Julia Harriman & Shoba Narayan]
    "You have married an Icarus
    He has flown too close to the sun"

    [Rachelle Ann Go]
    Don't take another step in my direction
    I can't be trusted around you
    Don't think you can talk your way
    Into my arms, into my arms

    [Arianna Afsar & (Julia Harriman)]
    I'm burning the letters you wrote me
    You can stand over there if you want
    I don't know who you are
    I have so much to learn
    I'm re-reading your letters
    And watching them burn (burn)
    achelle Ann Go & (Lexi Lawson)]
    I'm watching them burn (burn)

    [Shoba Narayan]
    You published the letters she wrote to you
    You told the whole world
    How you brought this girl into our bed
    In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives

    [Julia Harriman]
    Heaven forbid someone whisper

    [Julia Harriman & Arianna Afsar]
    "He's part of some scheme"

    [Lexi Lawson]
    Your enemy whispers

    [All]
    So you have to scream

    [Arianna Afsar & Shoba Narayan]
    I know about whispers

    [Rachelle Ann Go]
    I see how you look at my sister
    Don't

    [Shoba Narayan]
    I'm not naive

    [All]
    I have seen women around you
    Don't

    [Arianna Asfar]
    Think I don't see

    [All]
    How they fall for your charms
    All your charms

    I'm erasing myself from the narrative
    Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted
    When you broke her heart
    You have thrown it all away
    Stand back, watch it burn
    Just watch it all burn

    [Julia Harriman]
    And when the time comes
    Explain to the children

    [Arianna Afsar]
    The pain and embarrassment

    [Lexi Lawson]
    You put their mother through

    [Rachelle Ann Go]
    When will you learn

    [All]
    That they are your legacy?
    We are your legacy

    If you thought you were mine (mine, mine)
    Don't

  71. L.... H....

    I haven't seen Hamilton yet but this song tells me enough. Hamilton DONE WRONG 🙄

    L.... H....

    is that a positive or negative comment? sorry i'm not fluent in english.

    L.... H....

    Truth😥😥

  72. L.... H....

    Rachelle's in the mood for some ham

  73. d.... ....

    I love the part when | “you married an idiot go run and get my gun

  74. H.... X....

    I saved every letter you wrote me
    From the moment I saw you
    I knew you were mine
    You said you were mine
    I thought you were mine
    Do you know what Angelica said
    When I told her what you'd done?
    She said
    "You have married an Icarus
    He has flown too close to the sun"
    Don't take another step in my direction
    I can't be trusted around you
    Don't think you can talk your way
    Into my arms, into my arms
    I'm burning the letters you wrote me
    You can stand over there if you want
    I don't know who you are
    I have so much to learn
    I'm re-reading your letters
    And watching them burn (burn)
    I'm watching them burn (burn)
    You published the letters she wrote to you
    You told the whole world
    How you brought this girl into our bed
    In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives
    Heaven forbid someone whisper
    "He's part of some scheme"
    Your enemy whispers
    So you have to scream
    I know about whispers
    I see how you look at my sister
    Don't
    I'm not naive
    I have seen women around you
    Don't
    Think I don't see
    How they fall for your charms
    All your charms
    I'm erasing myself from the narrative
    Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted
    When you broke her heart
    You have thrown it all away
    Stand back, watch it burn
    Just watch it all burn
    And when the time comes
    Explain to the children
    The pain and embarrassment
    You put their mother through
    When will you learn
    That they are your legacy?
    We are your legacy
    If you thought you were mine (mine, mine)
    Don't

  75. T.... E....

    The Piano Sounded Like "N.O" From BTS!

  76. B.... A....

    2020? Just looking back in good memories

  77. A.... N....

    Please put this and all the cut songs on spotify/apple music

  78. N.... X....

    Why did this have to come on while I was tryna work

  79. s.... b....

    AH HERE WE GO AGAIN

  80. W.... P....

    Who knows who sing this song

  81. G.... A....

    The power in this video is so...WOW

  82. F.... f....

    Wow😍

  83. n.... 2....

    "I have seen women around you"
    *cough* Laurens *cough*

  84. I.... C....

    ok…did anyone else cry

  85. K.... V....

    can anybody else just not stop replaying 1:42 to 1:49

  86. J.... M....

    Its year 2020 now but still watching this..rachelle ann go and everyone here is phenomenal.....

  87. S.... F....

    I love this song so much!!

  88. F.... C....

    I’m confused I went to see the musical and this song wasn’t in it (well it was in it but it was so different)

    F.... C....

    they cut it out, i think. instead of this, we got Burn!

  89. B.... T....

    Omg their voices are so amazing I could listen to this song every day

  90. R.... R....

    Hamilton got B🔥U🔥R🔥N🔥E🔥D

  91. G.... V....

    I showed tis to my friend and she said "oh that's from tiktok" and I said "your dead to me"

  92. C.... ....

    You can feel that they’re feeling the rage and hurt while singing and it’s phenomenal

  93. L.... L....

    So you're just going to tell me all of these amazing sounding women sound the same at times?




    Alright I will never reach this singing status.

  94. c.... c....

    addicting

  95. `.... K....

    When they portray one person but have different roles at the same time. 😍💜

  96. G.... f....

    Im not alto or soprano, i’m an alprano or soto (IM both an alto and a soprano

  97. M.... A....

    ok is it just me, or is this version much better than the final one?

  98. A.... A....

    goosebumps. everytime.

  99. G.... F....

    So that’s what you get Hamilton, multiple angry Elizas roasting you like ham.
    The lyric “They are your legacy, we are your legacy” has the most emotion from the whole song.