Helpless

The song "Helpless" is about how Eliza and Hamilton met, and the major events that led up to them getting married. It starts out with Eliza retelling how they met at a winter ball, she recalled how at first her sister went up to him and that she thought that Angelica wanted Hamilton for herself. She then states how Angelica brought Hamilton over to her and introduced them to each other, and that the two of them have been writing each other nonstop ever since. However, in this line there is a part sung by Eliza that is, "Laughin' at my sister cuz she wants to form a harem" to which Angelica replies with, "I'm just sayin' if you really loved me you would share him." This got me thinking that in doing this Miranda was trying to foreshadow the connection between Hamilton and Angelica? It makes sense because earlier in the song Angelica speaks to Hamilton first, and introduces them a bit after. Also in a later song "Satisfied" Angelica talks about how she really liked Hamilton, but only backed off because of her sister's reaction to her talking to him. Another thought that crossed my mind was that Miranda may be trying to give more evidence to support the suspicion that when Hamilton cheated on Eliza years later, Angelica was hurt that he did not cheat with her. The song continues on with Eliza mentioning how after several weeks of daily letters, Hamilton is meeting her father and asking for permission to marry her. Hamilton gets the approval of Eliza's father and she tells how excited she is about it, and how happy she is to have Hamilton. Hamilton then comes into the song saying that despite how poor he is he loves Eliza and that they will figure everything out.