VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda Writes Original GREAT COMET Lyrics in Honor of Malloy and Chavkin's Smithsonian Award

Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter to post the original lyrics he wrote to "Sonya Alone" from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. He wrote the lyrics in honor of Dave Malloy and Rachel Chavkin winning Smithsonian's 2017 Ingenuity Award, and he performed the song at the ceremony last night.

Smithsonian magazine presented Dave Malloy, creator, and Rachel Chavkin, director of the renowned Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, with the American Ingenuity Award in History at an awards gala at the National Portrait Gallery.

Miranda's original lyrics are as follows:

Hard as it is
In the coming days
I watch my friend Dave
As he's reading War and Peace
Don't let him out of my sight
He trails off
Stares at nothing
Laughs at random
Then the music comes

He calls Rachel Chavkin
And I listen at the door
Until one day
I see by the mad look on their face
There's a brilliant plan in their heart

I know you are capable of anything
I know you so well my friend
I know you might just write a play
What am I to do?
Who do I ask for help?
Is it War & Peace?
Only just a piece?

I will clap in the dark for you
I will have your back of course
I will cheer outside your stage door
See your show in each space
I will applaud your notes and your art
Congratulate my friend
The Smithsonian, my friend

I know you've read Moby Dick
I know you so well my friend
I know you might make it 12 hours
But I won't let you
I won't let you
Just like War and Peace
Only use a PIECE...

And I remember this musical
I remember their brilliance
And I might never sleep again...

I will clap in the dark for you
I will have your back of course
I will cheer outside your stage door
See your show in each space
I will applaud your words and your art
Because I miss my friend
Congratulations my friend

The original tweet can be found below.

Check out a video of Miranda performing the song below, thanks to Sarah Drake on Twitter!