Lin-Manuel Miranda

Featuring: Henry Gainza

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

[LINCOLN]
My fire escape is the only place where I feel safe
I’m miles away from the human race
And I can say whatever I need to say
But on this page, you can read my songs to you
My heart belongs to you
Songs I can’t play cuz I know I’m wrong for you
So I’ll stay strong and keep these feelings to myself

My secret love, I need you so
My secret love, you’ll never know

Out on the street, there’s a million wrongs that can’t be righted
Here I’m free, to write so many songs of unrequited love
And I’m complete, as I see you there below me, smiling up as if you know me
With you at my feet, there’s a sadness in your eyes
And all these lies I’m keeping to myself

My secret love, I can’t pretend
My secret love, you’re my best friend

And every man has a secret that he hides
And every man has a longing that he fights
My love, you keep me awake so many sleepless nights
You are the reason I write on a fire escape
In Washington Heights

Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning American writer, composer, playwright, and actor. He created and starred in two hit musicals, In the Heights and Hamilton (2015), an epic adaptation of Ron Chernow’s biography of the American founding father. Miranda also co-wrote the music and lyrics for Disney’s Moana (2016). The film’s main theme, “How Far I’ll Go”, was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Personally, Miranda has received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Hamilton), three Tony Awards (Best Original Score for both ITH and Hamilton, Best Book of a Musical for Hamilton), two Grammys (Best Musical Theatre Album ITH, Hamilton), and an Emmy (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for “Bigger”). He was the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant”. He has a star on the Puerto Rican Walk of Fame and will receive a Hollywood star in 2018.

Awards for musicals

more tracks from the album

In The Heights Demo/Workshop

From the album

In The Heights Demo/Workshop (2000)

Lin-Manuel Miranda popular songs

My Fire Escape (My Secret Love) [Workshop]Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda

In The Heights Demo/Workshop