Burn (Hamilton)
From the moment I read them I knew you were mine
You said you were mine
I thought you were mine.
Do you know what Angelica said, when we saw your first letter arrive? She said.
Alexis: Be careful with that one love, he will do what it takes to survive.
Sapphire: You and your words flooded my senses
Your sentences left me defenseless
You built me palaces out of paragraphs
You built cathedrals...
I'm re-reading the letters you wrote me
I'm searching and scanning for answers in every line
For some kind of sign
Of when you were mine. The world seemed to burn....
Burn...
Burn...
You published the letters she wrote you
You told the whole world how you brought this girl into our bed
And in clearing your name
You have ruined our lives
Do you know what Angelica said?
When she'd read what you'd done, she said.
Alexis: You have married an Icarus, he has flown to close to the sun.
Sapphire: You and your words, obsessed with your legacy.
Your sentences border on senseless
And you are paranoid in every paragraph
How they precieve you...
you...
you...
you...
I'm erasing myself from the narrative
Let future historians wonder
How Eliza reacted when you broke her heart
You have torn it all apart
I'm watching it burn
Watching it 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've said
I'm burning the memories
Burning the letters
That might have redeemed you
You forfeit the right to my heart
You forfeit the right to our bed
You'll sleep in your office instead
With only the memories of when you were mine
I hope that you...
Burn...
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