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"Once More With Feeling"

"Once More With Feeling"
Buffy the Musical

cover

Tracks: 1. Main Title (Instrumental)
                2. Overture / Going Through the Motions
                3. I've Got a Theory
                4. They Got The Mustard Out
                5. Under Your Spell
                6. I'll Never Tell
                7. The Parking Ticket
                8. Rest In Peace
                9. Dawn's Lament
                10. Dawn's Ballet (Instrumental)
                11. Sweet's Song
                12. Standing In The Way
                13. Wish I Could Stay
                14. Henchman Song
                15. Walk Through the Fire
                16. Something to Sing About
                17. Sweet’s Song (Reprise)
                18. Where Do We Go From Here?
                19. End Credits (Instrumental)

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 no one knows,
That I've been going through the motions,
Walking though 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

Henchman
She ain't got that swing.

Buffy
(pause)
Thanks for noticing.

Demon & Henchmen
She does pretty well with fiends from Hell
But lately we can tell
That she's just going through the motions
Faking it somehow.

Demon
She's not even half the girl she...owww!

Buffy
Will I stay this way forever?
Sleepwalk through my life's endeavor.

Handsome Young 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 wanna be alive.



I've Got a Theory

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 dreamin'
And we're all stuck inside his wacky Broadway nightmare.

Xander
I've got a theory we should work this out.

All except Buffy
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 wicked good and loved the earth and women power
and I'll be over here.

Anya
I've got a theory, it could be bunnies...

(All pause -- crickets chirping)

Tara
I've got a theory

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 & Giles
Because it clearly could get serious before it's passed.

Buffy
I've got a theory - 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?

All except Giles
What can't we do if we get in it?
We'll work it through within a minute.

add Giles
We have to try. We'll pay the price.
It's do or die.

Buffy
Hey, I've died twice!

All
What can't we face if we're together?

Giles
- What can't we face?

All
What's in this place that we can't weather?

Giles
- If we're together.
There's nothing we can't face.

Anya
Except for bunnies.



They Got The Mustard Out

Man
They got the mustard out!

Chorus
They got the mustard out!



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 whole world enchanted, spirits and charms in the air,
and I always took for granted, I was the only one there.
But your power shone, 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 made me believe.

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 ecstacy, spread beneath my Willow tree.

You make me complete.
You make me complete.
You make me complete.
You make me complete.



I'll Never Tell

Anya
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.

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.

Both
Cuz 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!

Both
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 kinda hairy.

Both
But it's all very well.
Cuz God knows I'll never tell!

Anya
When things get rough, he just hides behind his Buffy.
Now look, he's gettin' huffy.
Cuz he knows that I know.

Xander
She clings, she's needy, she's also really greedy.
She never...

Anya
His eyes are beady!

Xander
This is my verse, hello? She...

Anya
Look at me! I'm dancing crazy!

Both
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.
I know there'll come the day I'll want to run and hide.

Both
I lied, I said it's easy.
I've tried, but there's these fears I 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
When 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?

Both
We could really raise the beam
in making a 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
Nothin' to see! Move it along!

Anya
I'll never tell!



The Parking Ticket

Woman
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.

(fades out - two more lines)


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. Mmmmmm.
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,
that doesn't make it real.

That's great, but I don't wanna play.
Cuz 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!



Dawn’s Lament

Dawn
Does anybody even notice?
Does anybody even care?



Sweet'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 whadda ya 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 ya 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.

Cuz I know what you feel girl.
I know just what you feel, girl.

Dawn
(spoken)
So, you're like a good demon? Bringin' the fun in?

Sweet
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!

Sweet
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
Somethin's cookin', 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!

Sweet
(spoken)
The Slayer?

Dawn
(spoken)
Yah-huh!

Sweet
(spoken)
Find her! Tell her...tell her everything! Just get her here! ...I wanna see the Slayer burn!

(sung)
Now we're partyin'!
That's what it's all about!



Standing in the Way

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 the 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:
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



Henchman Song
(spoken)

Spike
Come on then, sing.

Henchman
My master has the slayers sister hostage at the bronze, because she summoned him,
and at midnight he's going to take her to the underworld to be his queen.

Giles
What does he want?

Henchman
Her.


Walk Through The Fire

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: (overlapping)
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?

(all overlapping)

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

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

All:
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...



Something to Sing About

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...

Buffy
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 (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 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?

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?
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?

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