[Lyrics]

Going Through The Motions

BUFFY

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'll find this fight just Doesn't mean a thing.

VAMPIRE
She ain't got that swing.

BUFFY
Thanks for noticing.

VAMPIRES/DEMON
She does pretty well with things 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... oww!

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

MAN
How can I repay you?

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.

XANDER, GILES, ANYA, WILLOW, TARA
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
Wicca good and love the earth
And women power and I'll be over here.

ANYA
I've got a theory, It could be bunnies.

[Silence. Crickets chirp]

TARA
I've got a theory-

ANYA
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!
[pyrotechnics]
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
What can't we do if we get in it?
We're working through with every minute.

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?
What's in this place that we can't weather?
There's nothing we can't face...

ANYA
...except for bunnies.

They Got The Mustard Out

MAN
They got the mustard out!

CROWD
They got the mustard out!

I'm 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 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 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
Wanting 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

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.

XANDER & ANYA
'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.

XANDER & ANYA
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.

XANDER & ANYA
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 gettin' huffy 'Cause 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-

XANDER & ANYA
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 fella.

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.

XANDER & ANYA
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?

XANDER & ANYA
We could 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
Nothin' to see. Move it along.

XANDER & ANYA
I'll never... tell!

No Parking

WOMAN
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?

Rest In Peace

SPIKE
I died so many years ago. You can make me feel like it isn't so.
And why you come to be with me, I think I finally know.

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 wanna play, 'Cause being 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 willing slave And you just love to play the thought
That you might misbehave.
Until you do, I'm tellin' 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?

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 what do you say- Why don't we dance a while?

I'm the how to 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.

DAWN
So you're like a good demon? Bringing 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 into 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.

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.

SWEET
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...

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 here
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 here,
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
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 play the father
And take you by the hand.

Wish I could stay here. Wish I could stay here. Wish I could stay here. Wish I could stay.

TARA
And it'll grieve me 'cause I love you so.
But we both know...
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

Wish I could stay here.
Wish I could stay here.
Wish I could stay here.
Wish I could stay.

Drawn to 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.
Buffy's laughing, I've no doubt.
I hope she fries; I'm free if that bitch dies.
(gets up and follows her)
I better help her out.

SWEET
'Cause she is drawn to the fire.
Some people never learn.
And she will walk through the fire
And let it...

SPIKE
She will never learn.
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.

ALL
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 why 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.

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.

SPIKE
First he'll kill her, then I'll save her.

TARA
Everything is turning out so wrong.

BUFFY
Going through the motions...

SPIKE
No, I'll save her, then I'll kill her!

WILLOW
I think this line's mostly filler.

GILES
What it going to take to strike a spark?

BUFFY
These endless days Are finally ending in a blaze.

SWEET
She will come to me!

ALL
And we are caught in the fire.
The point of no return.
So we will walk through the fire
And let it... burn.

ALL
Let it burn.

ALL
Let it burn. Let it burn!

Life's A Show

BUFFY
Life's a show and we all play a part
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.

Don't give me songs. Give me something to sing about.
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,
On if they know enough to know
That when you bow
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
'Cause 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 Only can heal By living.

You have to go on living.
So that one of us is living.

DAWN
The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.

Sweet's Song (Reprise)

SWEET
It's tempting... but I think we'll waive that clause just this once. 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 gotta run.
See you all in hell!

Where Do We Go From Here?

DAWN
Where do we go from here?

ALL
Where do we go from here?

GILES
The battle's done And we kind of won

GILES & TARA
So we sound our victory cheer. Where do we go from here?

ANYA & XANDER
Why is the path unclear When we know home is near?

ALL
Understand we'll go hand in hand
(everyone joins hands)
But we'll walk alone in fear.
(everyone breaks apart)
(Tell me) Where do we go from here?

When does the end appear?

SPIKE
Bugger this.

ALL
When do the trumpets cheer?
The curtains close on a kiss not known,
We can tell the end is near. Where do we go from here?

BUFFY
I touch the fire and it freezes me.
I look into it and it's black.
This isn't real but I just wanna feel...

SPIKE
I died so many years ago You can make me feel...

ALL
Where do we go from here?