Stay Alive (Reprise)

"Stay Alive (Reprise)"
Song information
Song	17
Act	2
Sung by	Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo
As	Alexander Hamilton, Philip Hamilton & Eliza Schuyler
Production	Broadway Production
Album	Broadway Cast Recording
Chronology
Previous	"Blow Us All Away"
Next	"It's Quiet Uptown"
Audio
Stay Alive (Reprise)

"Stay Alive (Reprise)" is the 17th song of Act Two of Hamilton and the 40th song of the musical overall.

After Philip is shot in his duel with George Eacker, he is lain on his deathbed with his mother and father by his side. Philip apologizes for miscounting, alluding to ten years prior when his mother taught him to count while playing the piano. Eliza quickly reassures him that it wasn't his fault and that it was Eacker's miscounting, and the family says their final goodbyes.

Lyrics

[ENSEMBLE WOMEN]
Stay alive...
Stay alive...

Stay alive...

[HAMILTON]
Where is my son?

[DOCTOR]
Mr. Hamilton, come in. They brought him in a half an hour ago. He lost a lot of blood on the way over.

[HAMILTON]
Is he alive?

[DOCTOR]
Yes, but you have to understand
The bullet entered just above his hip and
Lodged in his right arm

[HAMILTON]
Can I see him, please?

[DOCTOR]
I’m doing everything I can, but the wound was
Already infected when he arrived—

[HAMILTON]
Philip

[PHILIP]
Pa
I did exactly as you said, Pa
I held my head up high

[HAMILTON]
I know, I know. Shh
I know, I know
Shh. I know you did
Everything just right

[PHILIP]
Even before we got to ten—
I was aiming for the sky
I was aiming for the sky...

[HAMILTON]
Shh

I know, I know
I know, I know
I know

Save your strength and

[HAMILTON] Stay alive...

[ENSEMBLE MEN] Stay alive...

[ELIZA]
No!

[HAMILTON]
Eliza

[ELIZA]
Is he breathing? Is he going to survive this?

[ENSEMBLE MEN] Stay alive...

[ELIZA] Who did this, Alexander, did you know?

[PHILIP]
Mom, I’m so sorry for forgetting what you taught me

[ELIZA]
My son

[PHILIP]
We played piano

[ELIZA]
I taught you piano

[PHILIP]
You would put your hands on mine

[ELIZA]
You changed the melody every time

[PHILIP]
I would always change the line

[ELIZA]
Shh. I know, I know

[PHILIP]
I would always change the line...

[ELIZA]
I know, I know...

[ELIZA] Un deux trois quatre Cinq six sept huit neuf Good Un deux trois quatre Cinq six sept Huit neuf

[PHILIP] Un deux trois quatre Cinq six sept huit neuf Un deux trois...

[ELIZA]
Sept huit neuf
Sept huit...

Gallery

Songs in Hamilton (Broadway Production)

Act One ⇢Alexander Hamilton ⇢Aaron Burr, Sir ⇢My Shot ⇢The Story of Tonight ⇢The Schuyler Sisters ⇢Farmer Refuted ⇢You'll Be Back ⇢Right Hand Man ⇢A Winter's Ball ⇢Helpless ⇢Satisfied ⇢The Story of Tonight (Reprise) ⇢Wait For It ⇢Stay Alive ⇢Ten Duel Commandments ⇢Meet Me Inside ⇢That Would Be Enough ⇢Guns And Ships ⇢History Has Its Eyes On You ⇢Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) ⇢What Comes Next? ⇢Dear Theodosia ⇢Tomorrow There'll Be More Of Us ⇢Non-Stop Act Two ⇢What'd I Miss ⇢Cabinet Battle #1 ⇢Take A Break ⇢Say No To This ⇢The Room Where It Happens ⇢Schuyler Defeated ⇢Cabinet Battle #2 ⇢Washington On Your Side ⇢One Last Time ⇢I Know Him ⇢The Adams Administration ⇢We Know ⇢Hurricane ⇢The Reynolds Pamphlet ⇢Burn ⇢Blow Us All Away ⇢Stay Alive (Reprise) ⇢It's Quiet Uptown ⇢The Election of 1800 ⇢Your Obedient Servant ⇢Best of Wives and Best of Women ⇢The World Was Wide Enough ⇢Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story