Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
[00:04.41] Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
[00:07.42] When I was young and dreamed of glory
[00:10.94] You have no control:
[00:12.70] Who lives
[00:13.45] Who dies
[00:14.45] Who tells your story?
[00:16.11] President Jefferson:
[00:18.01] I’ll give him this: his financial system is a
[00:20.43] Work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried
[00:24.10] And I tried
[00:25.85] Who lives
[00:26.61] Who dies
[00:27.36] Who tells your story?
[00:29.78] President Madison:
[00:30.70] He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity
[00:33.71] I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit
[00:36.89] For all the credit he gave us
[00:39.04] Who lives
[00:39.80] Who dies
[00:40.81] Who tells your story?
[00:42.81] Every other founding father's story gets told
[00:45.82] Every other founding father gets to grow old
[00:49.33] But when you’re gone, who remembers your name?
[00:51.84] Who keeps your flame?
[00:53.36] Who tells your story?
[00:54.86] Who tells your story?
[00:56.38] Who tells your story?
[00:58.89] Your story?
[01:01.39] Eliza
[01:03.40] I put myself back in the narrative
[01:07.92] Eliza
[01:09.18] I stop wasting time on tears
[01:11.70] I live another fifty years
[01:13.96] It’s not enough
[01:14.87] Eliza
[01:15.64] I interview every soldier who fought by your side
[01:19.14] She tells our story
[01:20.91] I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings
[01:24.93] You really do write like you’re running out of—
[01:27.69] Time
[01:28.20] I rely on—
[01:28.95] Angelica
[01:30.95] While she’s alive—
[01:31.71] We tell your story
[01:34.22] She is buried in Trinity Church
[01:36.49] Near you
[01:37.49] When I needed her most, she was right on—
[01:40.25] Time
[01:41.51] And I’m still not through
[01:43.01] I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—”
[01:46.53] Time
[01:47.79] The Lord, in his kindness
[01:49.55] He gives me what you always wanted
[01:51.81] He gives me more—
[01:52.82] Time
[01:54.07] I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument
[01:57.33] She tells my story
[01:59.59] I speak out against slavery
[02:02.36] You could have done so much more if you only had—
[02:05.37] Time
[02:06.38] And when my time is up, have I done enough?
[02:09.65] Will they tell our story?
[02:12.90] Will they tell your story?
[02:13.91] Oh. Can I show you what I’m proudest of?
[02:19.94] The orphanage
[02:22.21] I established the first private orphanage in New York City
[02:27.47] The orphanage
[02:29.50] I help to raise hundreds of children
[02:32.75] I get to see them growing up
[02:34.77] The orphanage
[02:36.17] In their eyes I see you, Alexander
[02:40.43] I see you every—
[02:41.44] Time
[02:42.70] And when my time is up
[02:44.45] Have I done enough?
[02:46.21] Will they tell my story?
[02:48.98] Will they tell your story?
[02:50.23] Oh, I can’t wait to see you again
[02:54.75] It’s only a matter of—
[02:57.50] Time
[03:02.54] Will they tell your story?
[03:07.55] Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?
[03:16.35] Will they tell your story?
[03:22.16] Who lives, who dies—
[03:22.32] Time…
[03:22.57] Time…
[03:22.82] Time...
[03:23.83] Who tells your story?
