Once More, with Feeling/Lyrics

Going Through The Motions ( Buffy, Demons )

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

VAMP: She ain't got that swing

BUFFY: Thanks for noticing

VAMPS AND GOAT GUY: 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

GOAT GUY: She's not even half the girl she - ow.

BUFFY: Will I stay this way forever? Sleepwalk through my life's endeavor?

"HANDSOME" GUY: 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!

I've Got a Theory ( Giles, Xander, Anya, Tara, Willow, Buffy )

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!

(Silence. Crickets chirping.)

TARA: I've got a - -

ANYA (belting): 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! (Pyrotechnics.) ...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.

(Giles lyrics are echoing the others' lyrics.) 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.

They Got The Mustard Out ( David Fury )

MAN (David Fury): They got the mustard out!

CHORUS: They got the mustard out!

I Am Under Your Spell ( Tara )

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'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 the only one there But your power's shone 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: Ahhhh, ahhh, ahhh. (etc...)

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...

I’ll Never Tell ( Xander & Anya )

XANDER (Speaking): 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 "please" is

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 (Spoken): 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, then betrayal And I know there'll come the day I'll want to run and hide

ANYA AND XANDER: I've lied I've 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 in 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!

No Parking

LADY:

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 )

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, mmm

You're scared Ashamed of what you feel And you can't tell the ones you love You know they couldn't deal Whisper in a dead man's ear, It doesn't make it real

That's great - - But I don't want to 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've got a willing slave And you just love to play the thought like you might misbehave But 'til you do I'm telling you 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?

Dawns Lament ( Dawn )

DAWN: Does anybody even notice? Does anybody even care?

That's What It's All About ( Sweet & Dawn )

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 awhile?

I'm the hottest swing I'm the twist and shout 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 (spoken): Oh, so you're like a good demon? Bringing the fun in?

Sung: SWEET: (Laughs) 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 die 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 Cuz I know what you feel, girl

DAWN: No, you see You and me Wouldn't be very regal

SWEET: I'll make it real, girl

DAWN: What I mean I'm fifteen So, this queen thing's illegal

SWEET: 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

SWEET: 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...

Spoken: SWEET: The Slayer?

DAWN: Yuh-huh.

SWEET: Find her. Tell her...tell her everything. Just get her here. I want to see the Slayer burn.

Sung:: Now we're partying That's what it's all about

Standing In The Way ( Giles )

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 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 '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

Wish I Could Stay ( Tara & Giles )

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

GILES (overlaps with Tara's last word): 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' and Tara's following verses overlap) GILES: 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

TARA: Wish I could trust just 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

Walk Through The Fire ( Buffy, Spike, Sweet, Giles, Xander, Anya, Tara, Willow )

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 can 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...

SWEET: Cause she is drawn to the fire

SWEET: Some people never learn / SPIKE: She will never learn

SPIKE AND SWEET: 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 and Tara's following verses overlap.) BUFFY: So one by one, they turn from me I guess my friends can't face the cold But why I froze, not one among them knows And never can be told

TARA: What can't we face If we're together?

(These three parts are sung mostly in unison.)

PART I

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?

PART II

BUFFY: Going through the motions Walking through the part These endless days are finally ending in a blaze

PART III

SWEET: So one by one, they come to me The distant redness as their guide That single flame 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!

SWEET (spoken): Showtime...

Life's a Show ( Buffy )

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 (spoken): She needs backup. Anya, Tara...

BUFFY: Don't give me songs Give me something to sing about (ANYA AND TARA: Ahhhhh...) I need something to sing about

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 (spoken): The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.

Sweet’s Song

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 gotta run See you all in hell!

'''Where Do We Go From Here? ( Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Giles, Xander, Anya, Tara, Willow )'''

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 (spoken): Bugger this.

ANYA, BUFFY, DAWN, GILES, TARA, WILLOW, AND XANDER: When do the trumpets cheer?

(Not on song file, but it's in the background in the episode:) 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's and Spike's following verses overlap.) BUFFY: I touch the fire and it freezes me I look into it and it's black The isn't real But I just want to feel

SPIKE: I died too many years ago You can make me feel

ANYA, DAWN, GILES, TARA, WILLOW, AND XANDER: Where do we go from here?