"Derailed" lyrics
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Eisa Davis Lyrics
(performed by Gizel Jimenez, Aneesa Folds, Kenita Miller, Sasha Hutchings, Kim Dracula, Alex Boniello, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Amber Gray, David Patrick Kelly & Phillipa Soo)
I was on a train that derailed in Dekalb
Just a kid but I remember the sound
Of it all breaking down as we all went down
First the metal squealed as the car jumped the track
Windows exploded the seams
Then the scene filled with screams
Yeah, the scene filled with screams
Back in present day, I see a face in the crowd
There's a gun and he's pulling it out
Just a moment to shout, the world falls down
Time slips away as the night jumps the track
When the murderer turns to me
And he sees what I've seen
Turns to me and he screams
It was the Warriors, the Warriors!
The Warriors shot Cyrus
No, I didn't do this, I'd never do this!
Didn't you see them?
Yeah, I know I seen 'em!
The Warriors
I don't see a way to escape from the crowd
The Warriors shot Cyrus!
They shout, I shout, I stand my ground
Cyrus, Cyrus
Look around, I'm surrounded
Cyrus, Cyrus
I drown in the shots and the shouts as the world falls down
Warriors, get away from the crowd, make your way downtown
Cyrus goes down
Gotta find a way to escape from the crowd
Stay down, stay down!
Go the other way or there's no getting out
Stay down, stay down!
There's a broken gate at the edge of the playground
Everybody stay down, everybody stay down
Cyrus is gone
Make a little space at the break in the gate now
Yo! Punch your fuckin' way through the gate till it breaks down
Who will save us now?
Gotta make a way when there's no other way out
Freeze, police! Alright boys, take 'em out!
Cyrus, Cyrus
Sirens surround, do you hear that sound?
Now every move that we make is a bid to survive, keep us alive
When you woke up today, you didn't think you could die, neither did I
Sirens, sirens
Woodlawn Cemetery, way up the hill
I don't love runnin'
Run to the cemetery, way up the hill
I guess we're runnin'
Run to the cemetery, way up the hill
Or it's the graveyard, or it's the graveyard
Warriors, come out to play-ay-yay-yay-yay
Warriors, come out to play-ay-yay-yay-yay
Just a kid but I remember the sound
Of it all breaking down as we all went down
First the metal squealed as the car jumped the track
Windows exploded the seams
Then the scene filled with screams
Yeah, the scene filled with screams
Back in present day, I see a face in the crowd
There's a gun and he's pulling it out
Just a moment to shout, the world falls down
Time slips away as the night jumps the track
When the murderer turns to me
And he sees what I've seen
Turns to me and he screams
It was the Warriors, the Warriors!
The Warriors shot Cyrus
No, I didn't do this, I'd never do this!
Didn't you see them?
Yeah, I know I seen 'em!
The Warriors
I don't see a way to escape from the crowd
The Warriors shot Cyrus!
They shout, I shout, I stand my ground
Cyrus, Cyrus
Look around, I'm surrounded
Cyrus, Cyrus
I drown in the shots and the shouts as the world falls down
Warriors, get away from the crowd, make your way downtown
Cyrus goes down
Gotta find a way to escape from the crowd
Stay down, stay down!
Go the other way or there's no getting out
Stay down, stay down!
There's a broken gate at the edge of the playground
Everybody stay down, everybody stay down
Cyrus is gone
Make a little space at the break in the gate now
Yo! Punch your fuckin' way through the gate till it breaks down
Who will save us now?
Gotta make a way when there's no other way out
Freeze, police! Alright boys, take 'em out!
Cyrus, Cyrus
Sirens surround, do you hear that sound?
Now every move that we make is a bid to survive, keep us alive
When you woke up today, you didn't think you could die, neither did I
Sirens, sirens
Woodlawn Cemetery, way up the hill
I don't love runnin'
Run to the cemetery, way up the hill
I guess we're runnin'
Run to the cemetery, way up the hill
Or it's the graveyard, or it's the graveyard
Warriors, come out to play-ay-yay-yay-yay
Warriors, come out to play-ay-yay-yay-yay
