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Once More With Feeling

Here are the lyrics for the Buffy musical. Feel free to take them. But please have a link to me on your site! thanx

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Feeling





1 - Opening Credits



Instrumental



2 - Going Through the Motions



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 sure 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!



3a - 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 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 - -



3b - Bunnies



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 - -



3c - What Can't We Face?



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.



4 - Mustard



Spoken:

ANYA

Is it just us? Because that would probably mean a spell...



(Buffy opens the door.)



Sung:

MAN (Go, David Fury!)

They got the mustard out!



CHORUS

They got the mustard out!



Spoken:

BUFFY

It's not just us.



5 - Under Your Spell



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

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...



6 - I'll Never Tell



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 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 (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, than betrayal

And oh will 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!



7 - 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

Mmmm, mmm



You're scared

Ashamed of what you feel

And you can 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 dow 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?



8a - Sweet's Intro



Instrumental



8b - That's What It's All About



SWEET

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 (spoken)

Oh, so you're like a good demon? Bringing the fun in?



Sung:

SWEET

(Laughs)

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 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



9 - 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...



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



10a - 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



10b - Wish I Could Stay



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



11 - 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 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...



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 (unintelligible)

Unintelligible line...

And what they have is mine

Is 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...



12 - 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 all right

If something's 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's ends

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 it



13 - That's What It's All About (Reprise)



SWEET

What a lot of fun

You guys have been real swell

And there's not a-one that 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!



14a - 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?



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?



14b - Walk Through the Fire/Rest in Peace (Reprise)



(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?



15 - Closing Credits



Instrumental