Lin-Manuel Miranda - The World Was Wide Enough Lyrics






[Male Company:]
One two three four

[Full Company (except Hamilton and Burr):]
Five six seven eight nine

[Burr:]
There are ten things you need to know

[Company:]
Number one!

[Burr:]
We rowed across the Hudson at dawn
My friend, William P. Van Ness signed on as my

[Burr and Company:]
Number two!

[Burr:]
Hamilton arrived with his crew:
Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew

[Company:]
Number three!

[Burr:]
I watched Hamilton examine the terrain
I wish I could tell you what was happ'ning in his brain
This man has poisoned my political pursuits!

[Company:]
Most disputes die and no one shoots!
Number four!

[Burr:]
Hamilton drew first position
Looking, to the world, like a man on a mission
This is a soldier with a marksman's ability
The doctor turned around so he could have deniability

[Company:]
Five!

[Burr:]
Now I didn't know this at the time
But we were

[Burr and Philip (Hamilton):]
Near the same spot (Near the same spot)
Your son died, is that why (My son died, is that why)

[Company:]
Six!

[Burr:]
He examined his gun with such rigor?
I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger

[Company:]
Seven!

[Burr:]
Confession time? Here's what I got:
My fellow soldiers'll tell you I'm a terrible shot

[Company:]
Number eight!

[Burr/Hamilton/Ensemble men:]
Your last chance to negotiate
Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight

[Burr:]
They won't teach you this in your classes
But look it up, Hamilton was wearing his glasses
Why? If not to take deadly aim?
It's him or me, the world will never be the same
I had only one thought before the slaughter:
This man will not make an orphan of my daughter

[Company:]
Number nine!

[Burr:]
Look him in the eye, aim no higher
Summon all the courage you require
Then count:

[Company:]
One two three four five six seven eight nine
Number ten paces! Fire!

[Hamilton:]
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Is this where it gets me, on my feet, sev'ral feet ahead of me?
I see it coming, do I run or fire my gun or let it be?
There is no beat, no melody
Burr, my first friend, my enemy
Maybe the last face I ever see
If I throw away my shot, is this how you'll remember me?
What if this bullet is my legacy?

Legacy. What is a legacy?
It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see
I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song someone will sing for me
America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me
You let me make a difference
A place where even orphan immigrants
Can leave their fingerprints and rise up
I'm running out of time. I'm running, and my time's up
Wise up. Eyes up
I catch a glimpse of the other side
Laurens leads a soldiers' chorus on the other side
My son is on the other side
He's with my mother on the other side
Washington is watching from the other side
Teach me how to say goodbye
Rise up, rise up, rise up
Eliza

My love, take your time
I'll see you on the other side
Raise a glass to freedom...

[Burr and Company:]
He aims his pistol at the sky

[Burr:]
Wait!

I strike him right between his ribs
I walk towards him, but I am ushered away
They row him back across the Hudson
I get a drink

[Company:]
Aaaah
Aaaah
Aaaah

[Burr:]
I hear wailing in the streets

[Company:]
Aaaah
Aaaah
Aaaah

[Burr:]
Somebody tells me, "You'd better hide."

[Company:]
Aaaah
Aaaah
Aaaah

[Burr:]
They say

[Burr and Angelica:]
Angelica and Eliza

[Burr:]
Were both at his side when he died
Death doesn't discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
It takes and it takes and it takes
History obliterates
In every picture it paints
It paints me and all my mistakes
When Alexander aimed at the sky
He may have been the first one to die
But I'm the one who paid for it
I survived, but I paid for it

Now I'm the villain in your history
I was too young and blind to see...
I should've known
I should've known the world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me
The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me





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  1. H.... ....

    HE BOID HIM BC HE WAS WEARING GLASSES 😂

  2. R.... ....

    4:19

    You can hear him trying to hold in the tears

  3. C.... i....

    Another thing Jefferson missed

  4. G.... C....

    I hate this one, I CRY EVERY TIME I HEAR THIS AHH

  5. j.... a....

    i can smell the crying from here

  6. I.... U....

    This Man Will Not Make An Orphan Of My daUgHTEr

  7. S.... d....

    We all know
    The person who acted as Aaron Burr was Aaron Burr......
    *ObViOuSLy*

  8. T.... B....

    The sad thing is that Hamilton put his gun up so he wouldn't shoot Burr and Burr didn't even hesitate.

  9. A.... R....

    Burr: Okay can you wrap this up? My arm's getting tired.

  10. C.... K....

    Mk, what’s going on with the screen settings in the end?

  11. G.... A....

    I played Eliza in my school’s production and when here they were standing still I was like sobbing and falling to my knees

  12. B.... T....

    Burr took his shot but didn’t wait and Hamilton waited and threw his shot

  13. D.... D....

    1:25 I feel like they head butted each other

  14. X.... M....

    3:09 I can’t stop watching this. The way he bends over, the room goes red, and the stage still turns. Amazing.

  15. M.... T....

    *daughTER*

  16. J.... ....

    This man will not make an orphan of my *daughtER*

  17. M.... T....

    I knew it was going to happen but when he falls limp standing it makes my heart skip a beat and I get nervous

  18. S.... G....

    Is Lin crying when he sings this? If he is, I totally don’t blame him. 😭😢

  19. m.... h....

    burr: i was too young and blind to see
    also burr: 48 years old when he shot hamilton

    m.... h....

    Wasn’t he 44?

    m.... h....

    Dr Savage nvm i just checked, he was 48

    m.... h....

    He also had six children I believe and his daughter at the time was married and settled somewhere

  20. c.... ....

    Ive never seen the play but Lin Manuel‘s voice is really high and has no range, I dont think I could listen to him for the whole play, so maybe its a food thing to see the play with a different cast

    c.... ....

    You clearly need to watch it

  21. T.... ....

    orphan of my dAUgHtEr

  22. S.... F....

    daughTEr 1:24

  23. L.... W....

    how did u get the vid?

  24. A.... T....

    That wait what’s like oh shIIIIIIIIIIIIIT...

  25. O.... N....

    my favorite part was 0:00 - 5:17

    O.... N....

    XD that’s all of it

    O.... N....

    Sabes que si

  26. Y.... ....

    Are the people in white holding the bullet? Damn, this scene is just so good

  27. M.... L....

    *This man will not make an Orphan of my* _daughter_

    I probably shouldn't laugh at this but...

  28. H.... D....

    I know exactly where you got this screen recording footage.






    PORNHUB-you can find anything there

    H.... D....

    I know your ways

    H.... D....

    o h h o l' u p

  29. R.... S....

    Anyone notice the similarities between the character Loki from Thor and Aaron burr from Hamilton?

  30. P.... P....

    In the end, Hamilton didn’t take his shot and burr didn’t wait for it 😔

    P.... P....

    They learned a lot from each other.

    P.... P....

    heartlessNny he missed purposely

    P.... P....

    did anybody notice what i thought was lin wondering around at 4:10

    P.... P....

    Katherine Pagliaro i was thinking he was going to the “other side”

    P.... P....

    He remembered what the fans told him from the beginning.........
    *STOP WAITING FOR IT*
    *YOUR SONG IS OLD*

  31. D.... D....

    The dislikes are people who don’t like Hamilton

    D.... D....

    People who dont like others filming in theatres*

  32. G.... V....

    Awesome, the scenary is moving with the actors. AWESOME

  33. G.... ....

    THAT F*CKING VOICE CRACK HOLY SHIT

  34. S.... Q....

    Why is there so much screaming in this song

    S.... Q....

    Watch the musical then you’ll understand

    S.... Q....

    Cause people are dying

    S.... Q....

    bc it’s emotional

    S.... Q....

    Would you be screaming if you were being shot, shooting your best friend, or crying about how you just shot your best friend?

  35. S.... Q....

    THIS MAN WILL NOT MAKE AN ORPHAN OF MY DaUGHtER

  36. R.... v....

    Death doesn't discriminate. It takes and it takes and it takes 😢😢

  37. Z.... L....

    This man will not make an orphan of my *DaUgHtEr*

  38. K.... 2....

    When he said now I’m the villain in your history I said “so your worse than hitler”

    K.... 2....

    Knightwolf 248 I’m dying right now

    K.... 2....

    It’s Annabell Muffies sorry;-;

    K.... 2....

    Knightwolf 248 dying of laughter

    K.... 2....

    Knightwolf 248 you’re*

    K.... 2....

    The number of likes you have is 69 you have accomplished that I dought burr is worse then Hitler unless

  39. F.... P....

    1:36 what's up with the stage dancer or background actor. Are they supposed to be holding the bullet as if it fired?

    F.... P....

    @Ashley Green ok makes sense but still even if there wasnt any other way, it still doesnt change how goofy it looks to me

    F.... P....

    @Sword Weeb still though, even if there wasnt any other way to represent it. It doesnt change how goofy and distracting it looks to me.

    F.... P....

    @Fullmetal Potato The lady was acting as the bullet. The others were trying to stop the bullet by grabbing her, picking her up and moving her as though they could change why had happened.

    F.... P....

    I thought it was somebody trying to stop Burr.

    F.... P....

    Really? I thought it was a very interesting and cool way to emphasize his last thought as the bullet hurled towards him. Very nice touch. Doesn’t seem goofy at all to me :)

  40. Z.... ....

    1:09 LOL! idk why but that part made me laugh

  41. h.... s....

    i noticed at 4:07 , Alexander climbed up the back stairs as if he were going up into the afterlife

    h.... s....

    n O m A h H e A r T *c r i*

    h.... s....

    *STOP HOLY SHIT PLEASE I CANNOT THINK ABOUT THIS STUFF—*

    h.... s....

    hannah s whY WOULD YOU POINT THAG OUT😭

  42. A.... �....

    I tried to take a pic of who lives who dies who tells your story but my idiotic camera wont focus because I was in the balcony far row, and everyone was moving on stage, so what I got in the end was purple lights and black silhouettes just there 🤣😂

  43. A.... t....

    😢😢

  44. {.... J....

    1:22
    This man will not make an orphan of my *dAuGhTeR*

    {.... J....

    Oml that voice crack XD

    {.... J....

    Archenwolf • 29 years ago I always thought it was to make him sound like he was crying or sad..

    {.... J....

    @Why Do I Existpossibly

    {.... J....

    @Why Do I Exist it is

    {.... J....

    @Archenwolf • 29 years and dude listen to the original soundtrack... its on purpose to make him sound crying

  45. P.... p....

    The "eliza!" Is so much sadder in real life oh my god-

  46. D.... N....

    Can we just talk about how Leslie actually made it sound like he was crying when he said “Daughter”

    D.... N....

    Really? I thought it was a voice crack.

    D.... N....

    @THIS BAND IS RETIRED no it's just good acting

    D.... N....

    On purpose, but I think it sounds better in the soundtrack than what he did here. The same with ”My sister” in Helpless/Satisfied

    D.... N....

    His a good actor👌👌

  47. A.... A....

    This man will not make an orphan of my daughtEr

  48. j.... r....

    Yo I’m crying

    j.... r....

    Ok cool XD

    j.... r....

    Dr Savage 😂

    j.... r....

    jaclyn renee same join the club

  49. L.... T....

    Dr Savage, just coming again to say that the new alexander hamilton is black.

  50. T.... M....

    When Hamilton u can just here the moving floor so it's pretty awkward

    T.... M....

    Tania Murisa r/Ihadastroke

    T.... M....

    Thats called sound effects bro

    T.... M....

    Do u mean hear?

  51. M.... P....

    1:25 “This man will not make an orphan of my _daughter”_


    Edit: I feel like the cast was crying or whoever was recording too

    M.... P....

    Mario Pie 1:23

    M.... P....

    If you keep tapping the the time stamp really fast he sounds like an otter xD

    M.... P....

    this man would not make an orphan of my dWAUGhter

  52. A.... ....

    4:14 it's super sad there

    A.... ....

    the whole song is fucking sad

  53. Z.... Y....

    How did Lin not catch you filming like that dude has eagle eyes!

    Z.... Y....

    With Clancy in Dema yeah I recently saw that interview. 😂

    Z.... Y....

    @Katharine Allard ||-//

    Z.... Y....

    @Dead outside what about the time he changed the lyrics to tell someone to turn their phone off haha

    Z.... Y....

    i literally watched a vid about lin and his eagle eyes

    Z.... Y....

    Jessicatzen wHEN DID THIS HAPPEN OML

  54. p.... 7....

    Orphan of my DaUghTer

    p.... 7....

    DaUGHtEr

    p.... 7....

    DAUghtER

  55. I.... L....

    So touching. Thanks for the vid kid. ❤

    ( your prob older but whatever )

  56. R.... V....

    Is it just me or is the stage moving?

    R.... V....

    Ryc Villafranca no it's not just you in real life the stage is actually moving

    R.... V....

    It's just you

    R.... V....

    Stages move! They’re called turn tables and they’re really cool! You can switch scenes really fast, and you can do scenes like this :D I really like them uwu

    R.... V....

    Nah ignore the replays you're just high

  57. L.... T....

    Not cringy now

  58. L.... T....

    Where did you get the vid?

    L.... T....

    A channel called dvd fab made a full video of Hamilton

    L.... T....

    @Dr Savage ok

  59. D.... S....

    Thanks for 968 views I was just expecting like 5 views because of the crappy quality

    D.... S....

    snow sandwiches I didn’t film it

    D.... S....

    How did you find this sir?

    D.... S....

    19k views omg

    D.... S....

    20k now

    imma just keep making chains of views

    D.... S....

    29k now

  60. D.... S....

    For those who might say “why didn’t you type the Aaron burr actor” it’s because I didn’t have space and the actor is Leslie odom j.r so you know

    D.... S....

    Well. I really like his performance more than Lin Manuel´s. I know it will be blasphemy, but Miranda make really good choices with the cast. I t was an amazing musical