<P> Hamilton's wife Eliza, played by Phillipa Soo in the original Broadway cast, then comes forward and takes the largest part of the song, revealing that she lived for 50 years after her husband's death, and all the efforts she made to tell her husband's story, as well as the stories of his fellow American Revolutionary War veterans, and of George Washington . She sings of her proudest accomplishment, founding an orphanage, and how the orphans there remind her of her orphaned husband . Throughout her part of the song, the word "Time" is repeated and emphasized as a motif, representing how Hamilton always felt he was running out of time and contrasts that with the large amount of time Eliza had to tell his story and preserve his legacy . Finally, she expresses her longing to see Alexander again in the afterlife . "It's only a matter of time ." The rest of the cast splits between singing the word "Time" and the song's title, "Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?" </P> <P> Vibe explains that "Eliza Hamilton steers the song as she reflects on her life, her marriage to Hamilton and their legacy, which includes the opening of New York City's first private orphanage". </P> <P> The Atlantic's review of the musical notes that Hamilton isn't remembered as fondly as other Founding Fathers; Angelica sings "Every other Founding Father story gets told . Every other Founding Father gets to grow old". The review also mentions that at the time of Hamilton's extramarital - affair scandal, his political rival Thomas Jefferson was having a relationship with his slave which would have been a bigger scandal at the time, had it been known . </P> <P> During the entire musical, Hamilton sings about not wanting to throw away his shot and his wish to be placed firmly in the history books . Yet in his final moment, he decides to throw away his "shot" by aiming at the sky instead of at his duel opponent Aaron Burr . The final song speaks of his legacy that is in the end out of his control . The worth of a human being is decided after their death by people and events they have no agency over . So despite Hamilton's best efforts to be remembered for certain things, history may see it a different way . </P>

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