Once More With Feeling
GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS (Buffy)
Every single night, the same arrangement.
I go out and fight the fight.
Still, I always feel this strange estrangement.
Nothing here is real.
Nothing here is right.
I've been making shows of trading blows
Just hoping know 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.
She ain't got that swing.
Thanks for noticing.
She does pretty well with fiends from Hell,
But lately we can tell that she's just
Going through the motions,
(Going through the motions)
Faking it somehow.
She's not even half the girl she.. ow.
Will I stay this way forever?
Sleepwalk through my life's endeavor?
How can I repay you? Whatever.
I don't wanna be
Going through the motions,
Losing all my drive.
I can't even see
If this is really me
And I just wanna be
Alive.
I'VE GOT A THEORY (Giles, Willow, Tara, Xander, Anya)
I've got a theory that it's a demon;
A dancing demon. Nah, something isn't right there.
I've got a theory; some kid is dreamin'
And we're all stuck inside his wacky broadway nightmare.
I've got a theory; we should work this out.
It's getting eerie. What's this cheery singing all about?
It could be witches. Some evil witches,
Which is ridiculous 'cause witches, they were persecuted.
Wicca good and love the earth and women power
And I'll be over here.
I've got a theory; it could be bunnies.
I've got a-
Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes.
They 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?
I've got a theory we should work this fast
Because it clearly could get serious before it's passed.
I've got a theory; it doesn't matter.
WE'RE TOGETHER (Buffy et al)
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?
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.
Hey, I've died twice.
What can't we face if we're together?
(What can't we face)
What's in this place that we can't weather?
(If we're together)
There's nothing we can't face..
Except for bunnies.
MUSTARD (Crowd)
They got the mustard out!
(They got the mustard out)
I'M UNDER YOUR SPELL (Tara)
I lived 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 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 the only one there,
But your power shown brighter than any I've known.
I'm under your spell.
Nothing I can do. You just took my soul with you.
You worked your charm so well.
Finally, I knew everything I dreamed was true.
You make me believe.
(Ah..)
The moon to the tide. I can feel you inside.
I'm under your spell
Surging like the sea, wanting you so helplessly.
I break with every swell
Lost in extacy spread beneath my willow tree.
You make me complete.
(Ah..)
You make me complete.
(Complete)
You make me complete.
(Complete)
You make me..
I'LL NEVER TELL (Anya & Xander)
This is the man that I plan 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.
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
'Cause there's nothing to tell.
He snores. She wheezes.
Say 'housework' and he freezes.
She eats these skeezy cheeses that I can't describe.
I talk, he breezes.
She doesn't know what 'please' is.
His penis got diseases from a Chumash tribe.
The vibe gets kind of scary
Like she thinks I'm ordinary,
Like it's all just temporary,
Like her toes are kind of hairy,
But it's all very well
'Cause God knows, I'll never tell.
When things get rough, he
Just hides behind his Buffy.
Now, look he's gettin' huffy 'cause he knows that I know.
She clings. She's needy.
She's also really greedy.
She never- his eyes are beady.
This is my verse, hello?
She-
Look at me. I'm dancin' crazy.
You know, you're quite the charmer.
(My knight in armour)
You're the cutest of the Scoobies
With your lips as red as rubies
And your firm, yet supple tight embrace.
He's swell. She's sweller.
He's always be my feller.
That's why I'll never tell her that I'm petrified.
I've read this tale.
There's wedding then betrayal.
I know that come the day I'll want to run and hide.
I lied; I said it's easy.
I've tried, but there's these fears I can't quell.
Is she looking for a pot of gold?
Will I look good when I've gotten old?
Will our lives become too stressful
If I'm never that successful?
When I get so worn and wrinkly
That I look like David Brinkley?
Am I crazy?
Am I dreamin'?
Am I marrying a demon?
We could really raise the beam in makin' marriage a Hell,
So thank God I'll never tell.
I swear that I'll never tell.
My lips are sealed.
I take the fifth.
Nothin' to see. Move it along.
I'll never
Tell.
PARKING TICKET (producer Marti Noxon)
I've been having a bad, bad day.
Come on, 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.
REST IN PEACE (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, mmm.
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
'Cause bein' with you touches me
More than I can say
And since I'm only dead to you,
I'm sayin' 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 willin' slave
And you just love to play the thought
That you might misbehave,
But 'til you do, I'm tellin' you
Stop visitin' 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?
DOES ANYBODY EVEN NOTICE (Dawn)
Does anybody even notice?
Does anybody even care?
DEMON'S SONG (Sweet)
Why'd you run away?
Don't you like my style?
Why don't you come and play?
I guarantee 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 a while.
I'm the heart of swing.
I'm the twist and shout.
When you gotta sing,
When you gotta let it out,
You call me and I come a-runnin'.
I turn the music on. I bring the fun in.
Now we're partyin'. That's what it's all about
'Cause I know what you feel, girl.
I know just what you feel, girl.
All these melodies,
They go on too long,
Then that energy
Starts to come on way too strong.
All those hearts lay open. That must sting.
Plus some customers just start combusting.
That's the penalty when life is but a song.
You brought me down and doomed this town.
So when we blow this scene,
Back we will go to my kingdom below
And you will be my queen.
'Cause I know what you feel, girl.
(No, you see you and me wouldn't be very regal)
I'll make it real, girl.
(What I mean, I'm fifteen so this queen thing's illegal)
I can bring whole cities to ruin
And still have time to get a soft shoe in.
(Now that's great, but I'm late and I'd hate to delay her)
Something's cookin'. I'm at the griddle.
I bought Nero his very first fiddle.
(She'll get pissed if I'm missed, see my sister's the slayer)
Now we're partyin'. That's what it's all about.
STANDING (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
You're 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 and 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
'Cause 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.
I'M UNDER YOUR SPELL (REPRISE) (Tara)
I'm under your spell.
God, how can this be? Playing with my memory.
You know I've been through Hell.
Willow, don't you see there'll be nothing left of me.
You made me believe.
WISH I COULD STAY (Tara & Giles)
Believe me I don't want to go
And it'll grieve me 'cause I love you so,
But we both know
Wish I could say the right words to lead you through this land,
(Wish I could trust that it was just this once,)
But I must do what I must)
Wish I could play the father and take you by the hand,
(I can't adjust to this disgust.
We're done and I just)
Wish I could stay.
Wish I could stay.
Wish I could stay.
Wish I could stay.
WALK THROUGH THE FIRE (Spike & Buffy et al)
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 can I turn?
I will walk through the fire
And let it
The torch I bear is scorchin' me.
Buffy's laughin', I've no doubt.
I hope she fries. I'm free if that bitch dies.
I better help her out
'Cause she is drawn to the fire.
Some people never learn.
(She will never learn)
And she will walk through the fire
And let it
Will this do a thing to change her?
Am I leaving Dawn in danger?
Is my slayer too far gone to care?
What if Buffy can't defeat it?
Beady eyes is right; we're needed
Or we could just sit around and glare.
We'll see it through.
It's what we're always here to do,
So we will walk through the fire.
So one by one, they turn from me.
I guess my friends can't face the cold,
(What can't we face if we're together)
But why I froze; not one among them knows
And never can be told.
She came from the grave much graver.
(So one by one the come to me)
First he'll kill her, then I'll save her.
Everything is turning out so dark.
(The distant redness as their guide.)
Going through the motions.
No, I'll save her, then I'll kill her.
(That single flame ain't what they had in mind)
I think this line's mostly filler.
What's it going to take to strike a spark?
(It's what they have inside)
These endless days are finally ending in a blaze
(She will come to me)
And we are caught in the fire.
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.
LIFE'S A SHOW (Buffy)
Life's a show and we all play our parts
And when the music starts
We open up our hearts.
It's alright if some things come out wrong.
We'll sing a happy song
And you can sing along.
Where there's life, there's hope.
Every day'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.
Don't give me songs.
Give me something to sing about.
(Ah..)
I need something to sing about.
(Ah..)
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,
On if they know enough to know
That when you've bowed, you leave the crowd.
HEAVEN (Buffy & Spike)
There was no pain.
No fear, no doubt,
'Til they pulled me out
Of Heaven.
So that's my refrain.
I live in Hell
'Cause I've been expelled
From Heaven.
I think I was in Heaven,
So give me something to sing about.
Please, give me something.
Life's not a song.
Life isn't bliss.
Life is just this.
It's living.
You'll get along.
The pain you can feel,
You only can heal
By living.
You have to go on living
So one of us is living.
WHAT YOU FEEL - REPRISE (Sweet)
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 concealin'.
Say you're happy now, once more with feelin'.
Now I gotta run. See you all in Hell.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE (Dawn, Buffy, Spike, Giles, Anya, Xander)
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
The battle's done and we kinda won,
So we sound our victory cheer.
Where do we go from here?
Why is the path unclear
When we know home is near?
Understand we'll go hand in hand,
But we'll walk alone in fear.
Tell me, where do we go from here?
When does the end appear?
When do the trumpets cheer?
The curtains close on a kiss.
God knows, we can tell the end is near.
Where do we go from here?
CLOSING SONG (Spike & Buffy)
I touch the fire and it freezes me.
(I died so many years ago)
I look into it and it's black.
This isn't real, but I just wanna
(But you can make me)
Feel.
Where do we go from here?
Buffy The Vampire Slayer