Hurricane

[HAMILTON] In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet For just a moment A yellow sky When I was seventeen a hurricane Destroyed my town I didn’t drown I couldn’t seem to die I wrote my way out Wrote everything down far as I could see I wrote my way out I looked up and the town had its eyes on me They passed a plate around Total strangers Moved to kindness by my story Raised enough for me to book passage on a Ship that was New York bound… I wrote my way out of hell I wrote my way to revolution I was louder than the crack in the bell I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well And in the face of ignorance and resistance I wrote financial systems into existence And when my prayers to God were met with indifference I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet For just a moment A yellow sky I was twelve when my mother died She was holding me We were sick and she was holding me I couldn’t seem to die [BURR] Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it… [HAMILTON] I’ll write my way out… [BURR AND ENSEMBLE] Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it… [HAMILTON] Write ev’rything down, far as I can see… [BURR AND ENSEMBLE & WASHINGTON/ELIZA/ANGELICA/MARIA] Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait… (History has its eyes on you) [HAMILTON] I’ll write my way out… Overwhelm them with honesty This is the eye of the hurricane, this is the only Way I can protect my legacy… [COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)] Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait… [HAMILTON] The Reynolds Pamphlet