Once More With Feeling
Lyrics
01 Opening Credits - Instrumental
02 Overture
03 Going Through the Motions - Buffy, Vampires, Goat Demon,
Handsome Man
04 I've Got A Theory - Giles, Willow, Anya, Xander, Tara, Buffy
05 They Got The Mustard Out - Man
06 Under Your Spell - Tara, Girls
07 I'll Never Tell - Anya, Xander
08 No Parking - Woman
09 Rest in Peace - Spike
10 Dawn's Lament - Dawn
11 Sweets Lair
12 Sweets Song
13 Standing In the Way - Giles
14 Wish I Could Stay - Tara, Giles
15 Henchman Song
16 Drawn To The Fire - Buffy, Spike, Demon, Giles, Xander,
Anya, Tara, Willow
17 Life's A Show - Buffy, Giles, Anya, Tara, Spike, Dawn,
Demon
18 Sweet's Song Reprise - Demon
19 Where Do We Go From Here - Dawn, Spike, Buffy, Giles, Tara,
Anya, Xander, Willow
20 End Credits - Mutant Enemy
Instrumental
Buffy
Every single night
The same arrangement
I go out and fight the fight
Still, I always feel the strange estrangement
Nothing here is real
Nothing here is right
I've been making shows of trading blows
Just hoping no one knows
That I've been going through the motions
Walking through the part
Nothing seems to penetrate my heart
I was always brave and kind of righteous
Now I find I'm wavering
Crawl out of your grave
You find this fight just doesn't mean a thing
Vampire
She sure got that swing
Buffy
Thanks for noticing
Vampires and Demon
She is pretty well with fiends from hell
But lately, we can tell
That she's just going through the motions
(Going through the motions)
Facing it some how
Demon
She's not even half the girl she...oh.
Buffy
Will I stay this way forever?
Sleepwalk through my life's endeavor?
Man
How can I repay...
Buffy
Whatever.
I don't want to be
Going through the motions
Losing all my drive
I can't even see
If this is really me
And I just want to be
Alive!
Giles
I've got a theory
That it's a demon
A dancing demon!
No, something isn't right there.
Willow
I've got a theory
Some kid is dreaming
And we're all stuck inside his wacky Broadway nightmare
Xander
I've got a theory
We should work this out
Anya Giles, Willow and Xander
It's getting eerie
What's this cheery singing all about?
Xander
It could be witches!
Some evil witches!
Which is ridiculous 'cause witches they were persecuted and wicca good and love
the earth and woman power and I'll be over here.
Anya
I've got a theory!
It could be bunnies!
Tara
I've got a...
Anya
Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes!
They've got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses!
And what's with all the carrots?
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
Bunnies!
Bunnies!
It must be bunnies!
...Or maybe midgets.
Willow
I've got a theory we should work this fast - -
Willow and Giles
Because it clearly could get serious before it's passed.
Tara
I've got a theory..
Buffy
It doesn't matter...
What can't we face if we're together?
What's in this place that we can't weather?
Apocalypse?
We've all been there
The same old trips
Why should we care?
Buffy, Anya, Giles, Tara, Willow and Xander
What can't we do if we get in it?
We'll work it through within a minute
We have to try
We'll pay the price
It's do or die
Buffy
Hey, I've died twice
Buffy, Anya, Tara, Willow and Xander
What can't we face if we're together
Giles
What can't we face?
Buffy, Anya, Tara, Willow and Xander
What's in this place we can't weather?
Giles
If we're together...
Buffy, Anya, Tara, Willow and Xander
There's nothing we can't face
Anya
Except for bunnies
Anya
Is it just us? Because that would probably mean a spell...
Man
They got the mustard out!
Chorus
They got the mustard out!
Buffy
It's not just us.
Tara
I live my life in shadow
Never the sun on my face
It didn't seem so sad, though
I figured that was my place
Now I'm bathed in light
Something just isn't right
I'm under your spell
How else could it be
Anyone would notice me?
It's magic, I can tell
How you've set me free
Brought me out so easily
I saw a world enchanted
Spirits and charms in the air
I always took for granted
I was only one there
But your power's shown
Brighter than any of I've known.
I'm under your spell
Nothing I can do
You just took my soul with you
You worked your charms so well
Finally, I knew
Everything I dreamed was true
You make me complete!
Girls
Ahhhhh, ahhhhh.
Tara
The moon to the tide
I can feel you inside
I'm under your spell
Surging like the sea
Drawn to you so helplessly
I break with every swell
Lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my willow tree
You make me complete!
You make me complete
You make me complete
You make me...
Xander
Well, I can do an omelet, I've almost got that...
Anya
This is the man that I intend to entangle
Isn't he fine?
My claim to fame was to maim and to mangle
Vengeance was mine!
But I'm out of the biz
The name I made, I'll trade for his
The only trouble is....
I'll never tell.
Xander
She is the one
She's such wonderful fun
Such passion and grace
Warm in the night when I'm right in her tight
Embrace! Tight embrace!
I'll never let her go
The love we've known can only grow
There's just one thing that
No. I'll never tell.
Anya and Xander
Cause there's nothing to tell.
Anya
He snores
Xander
She wheezes
Anya
Say "housework" and he freezes
Xander
She eats these skeezy cheeses that I can't describe
Anya
I talk, he breezes
Xander
She doesn't know what pleases
Anya
His penis got diseases from a Chumash tribe!
Anya and Xander
The vibe gets kind of scary
Xander
Like, she thinks I'm ordinary
Anya
Like, it's all just temporary
Xander
Like, her toes are kind of hairy
Anya and Xander
But it's all very well
Cause, God knows, I'll never tell!
Anya
When things get rough, he
Just hides behind his Buffy!
Now look, he's getting huffy
Cause he knows that I know.
Xander
She clings
She's needy
She's also really greedy
She nev ...
Anya
His eyes are beady!
Xander
This is my verse, hello?
She....
Anya
Hey, look at me! I'm dancing crazy!
Anya and Xander
You know
Xander
You're quite the charmer
Anya
My knight in armor
Xander
You're the cutest of the Scoobies
With your lips as red as rubies
And your firm, yet supple
Tight embrace!
Anya
He's swell
Xander
She's sweller
Anya
He'll always be my feller
Xander
That's why I'll never tell her that I'm petrified
Anya
I've read this tale
There's wedding, than betrayal
And oh will come the day I'll want to run and hide
Anya and Xander
I lied
I said it's easy
I've tried
But there's these fears I've can't quell
Xander
Is she looking for a pot of gold
Anya
Will I look good when I've gotten old?
Xander
Will our lives become too stressful if I'm never that successful?
Anya
Will I get so worn and wrinkly that I look like David Brinkley?
Xander
Am I crazy?
Anya
Am I dreamin'?
Xander
Am I marrying a demon?
Anya and Xander
We can really raise the beam on making marriage a hell!
So, thank God, I'll never tell!
I swear, that I'll never tell
Xander
My lips are sealed
Anya
I take the fifth
Xander
Nothing to see
Move it along
Anya and Xander
I'll never
Tell!
Woman
I've been having
A bad bad day
C'mon, won't you
Put that pad away?
I'm asking you - please, no!
It isn't right, it isn't fair
There was no parking anywhere
I think that hydrant wasn't there
Why can't you let it go?
I think I've paid more than my share
I'm just a poor girl, don't you care?
Hey, I'm not wearing underwear...
Spike
I died
So many years ago
But you can make me feel
Like it isn't so
And why you come to be with me
I think I finally know
Mmmm
You're scared
Ashamed of what you feel
And you can't tell the ones you love
You know they couldn't deal
A whisper in a dead man's ear,
It doesn't make it real
That's great - -
But I don't wanna play
'Cuz being with you touches me
More than I can say
But since I'm only dead to you
I'm saying stay away
And let me rest in peace
Let me rest in peace
Let me get some sleep
Let me take my love and bury it
In a hole six foot deep
I can lay my body down
But I can't find my sweet release
So, let me rest in peace
You know, you got a willing slave
And you just play the part that you might misbehave
But until you do
Stop visiting my grave
And let me rest in peace
I know I should go
But I follow you like a man possessed
There's a traitor here beneath my breast
And it hurts me more than you've ever guessed
If my heart could beat, it would break my chest
But I can see you're unimpressed
So, leave me be
And let me rest in peace
Let me get some sleep
Let me take my love and bury it
In a hole six foot deep
I can lay my body down
But I can't find my sweet release
Let me rest in peace
Why won't you let me rest in peace?
Dawn
Does anybody even notice?
Does anybody even care?
Instrumental
Demon
Why'd you run away?
Don't you like my style?
Why don't you come and play?
I guarantee you a great big smile
I come from the imagination
And I'm here strictly by your invocation
So what do you say?
Why don't we dance awhile?
I'm the hottest fiend
I'm the twisted child
When you gotta sing,
When you gotta let it out
You call me and I come a-running
I turn the music on; I bring the fun in
Now, we're partying
That's what it's all about
'Cuz I know, what you feel, girl
I know just what you feel, girl
Dawn
Oh, so you're like a good demon? Bringing the fun in?
Demon
All these melodies, they go on too long
Than that energy starts to come on way too strong
All those hearts wide open; that must sting
Plus, some customer just died combusting
That's the penalty when life is but a song
You brought me down into this town
So, when we blow this scene,
Back we will go to my kingdom below
And you will be my queen
Cuz I know what you feel, girl
Dawn
No, you see
You and me
Wouldn't be very real
Demon
I'll make it real, girl
Dawn
What I mean
I'm fifteen
So, this queen thing's illegal
Demon
I can bring whole cities to ruin
And still have time to get a soft-shoe in
Dawn
Well, that's great
But I'm late
And I'd hate to delay her
Demon
Something's cooking, I'm at the griddle
I bought Nero his very first fiddle
Dawn
She'll get pissed
If I'm missed
See, my sister's the Slayer...
Demon
The Slayer?
Dawn
Ye-Yuh-huh.
Demon
Find her. Tell her...tell her everything. Just get her here. I
want to see the Slayer burn.
Now we're partying
That's what it's all about
Giles
You're not ready for the world outside
You keep pretending, but you just can't hide
I know I said that I'd be standing by your side
But I...
Your path's unbeaten and it's all uphill
And you can meet it, but you never will
And I'm the reason that you're standing still
But I...
I wish I could say the right words to lead you through this land
Wish I could play the father to take you by the hand
Wish I could stay
But now I understand
I'm standing in the way
The cries around you, you don't hear at all
'Cuz you know I'm here to take that call
So you just lie there when you should be standing tall
But I...
I wish I could lay your arms down
And let you rest at last
Wish I could slay your demons
But now that time has passed
Wish I could stay your stalwart, standing fast
But I'm standing in the way
I'm just standing in the way
Giles
Believe me, I don't wanna go
Giles and Tara
And it'll grieve me, cuz I love you so
But we both know
|
Giles |
Tara Wish I could trust that it was just this once But I must do what I must I can't adjust to this disgust We're done and I just |
Giles and Tara
Wish I could stay
Wish I could stay
Wish I could stay
Wish I could stay
Buffy
I touch the fire and it freezes me
I look into it and it's black
Why can't I feel?
My skin should crack and peel
I want the fire back
Now, through the smoke she calls to me
To make my way across the flame
To save the day or maybe melt away
I guess it's all the same
So, I will walk through the fire
Cause where else will I turn?
I will walk through the fire
And let it
Spike
The torch I bear is scorching me
And Buffy's laughing I've no doubt
I hope she fries
I'm free if that bitch dies!
I better help her out...
Demon
Cause she is drawn to the fire
| Demon Some people never learn |
Spike She will never learn |
Spike and Demon
And she will walk through the fire
And let it.....
Giles
Will this do a thing to change her?
Am I leaving Dawn in danger?
Is my slayer too far gone to care?
Xander
What if Buffy can't defeat it?
Anya
Beady Eyes is right
We're needed!
...Or we could just sit around and glare
Anya, Giles, Tara, Willow And Xander
We'll see it through
It's what we're always here to do
So, we will walk through the fire...
| Buffy So one by one, they turn from me I guess my friends can't face the cold But while I froze, not one among them knows And never can be told |
Tara What can't we face If we're together? |
Anya
She came from the grave much graver
Spike
First, he'll kill her, then I'll save her
Tara
Everything is turning out so dark
Spike
No, I'll save her, then I'll kill her
Willow
I think this line is mostly filler
Giles
What's it going to take to strike a spark?
Buffy
Going through the motions
Walking through the part
These endless days are finally ending in a blaze
Demon
So one by one they come to me
The distant madness as their guide
But what they find
Ain't what they had in mind
It's what they have inside
She will come to me
Buffy, Anya, Giles, Spike, Tara, Willow And
Xander
And we are caught in the fire
At the point of no return
So we will walk through the fire
And let it
Burn
Let it burn
Let it burn
Let it burn!
Demon
Showtime!
Spike
Come on then lets sing
Henchman
My master has the slayers sister hostage at the bronze because he
summoned her and at midnight he's going to take her to the underworld to be his
queen.
Giles
What does he want?
Henchman
Her
Buffy
Life's a show
And we all play our parts
And when the music starts
We open up our hearts
It's all right
If some things come out wrong
We'll sing a happy song
And you can sing along
Where's there's life
There's hope, everyday's a gift
Wishes can come true
Whistle while you work
So hard all day
To be like other girls
To fit in in this glittering world
Don't give me songs
Giles
She needs backup. Anya, Tara...
Buffy
Don't give me songs
Give me something to sing about
Anya and Tara
Ahhhhhhhh
Buffy
I need something to sing about
Anya and Tara
Ahhhhhhhh
Buffy
Life's a song
You don't get to rehearse
And every single verse
Can make it that much worse
Still, my friends don't know why I ignore
The million things or more
I should be dancing for
All the joy, life sends
Family and friends
All the twists and bends
Knowing that it ends
Well that depends
On if they let you go
Or if they know enough to know
That when you've bowed
You leave the crowd
There was no pain
No fear, no doubt
Till they pulled me out
Of Heaven
So that's my refrain
I live in Hell
'Cuz I've been expelled
From Heaven
I think I was
In Heaven
So, give me something to sing about
Please
Give me something
Spike
Life's not a song
Life isn't bliss
Life is just this
It's living
You'll get along
The pain that you feel
You only can heal
By living
You have to go one living
So one of us is living
Dawn
The hardest thing in this world is to live in it
Demon
Now that was a show stopping number.
Demon
Big smiles everyone! You beat the bad guy.
What a lot of fun
You guys have been real swell
And there's not a one who can say this ended well
All those secrets you've been concealing
Say you're happy now
Once more with feeling
Now I've got to run
See you all in hell!
Dawn
Where do we go from here?
Buffy and Spike
Where do we go from here?
Giles
The battle's done and we kind of won
Giles and Tara
So we sound our victory cheer
Where do we go from here?
Anya and Xander
Why is the path unclear
When we know hope is near?
Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Spike, Tara, Willow and
Xander
Understand we'll go hand in hand, but we'll walk alone in fear
Giles
Tell me!
Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Spike, Tara, Willow and
Xander
Where do we go from here?
When does the end appear?
Spike
Bugger this.
Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Tara, Willow and Xander
When do the trumpets cheer?
Anya, Dawn, Giles, Tara, Willow and Xander
The curtain's closed on a kiss, God knows
You can tell the end is near
Where do we go from here?
Buffy
Hey.
Spike
You should go back inside. Finish the big group sing.
Get your Cumby-yayas out.
Buffy
I don't want to.
Spike
The day you sass out what you do want, there'll probably be a parade.
76 bloody trombones.
Buffy
Spike
Spike
Look, you don't have to say anything.
| Buffy I touch the fire and it freezes me I look into it and it's black This isn't real But I just want to feel |
Spike I died so many years ago You can make me feel |
Anya, Dawn, Giles, Tara, Willow And Xander
Where do we go from here?
Instrumental