Season 5

5.01: BUFFY VS. DRACULA

I swear I could feel you coming from a long way off
Somewhere hiding in the dark coming to wake me up
Found me in the cemetery, I was easy prey
The blood in your eyes draining my fight away

And you can
Take what you want straight from my heart
Take what you want from me 

Daylight dreaming of the promise of eternal life
Hey I just wanna live forever in a long dark night
Saw you in the cemetery and I lost my grip
Knew if I fell under your spell, that’s it

And you can
Take what you want straight from my heart
Take what you want from me 
Take what you want straight from my heart
Take what you want from me 

Does this feel like love? So caught up in the buzz
I forget who I was; what the hell have a done?
When you stared in my eyes, there was nowhere to hide
You said look inside; that’s when I found my fight

Now you can’t
Take what you want straight from my heart
Take what you want from me 
You can’t
Take what you want straight from my heart
Take what you want from me 

I bet you don’t like my darkness like you thought you would

5.02: REAL ME

Doobydoobydoo, business as usual 
Doing what I do, handstands and such
Crystals stacked up, helping me focus
Honing in on — Ugh, can we go yet?!

Doobydoobydoo, business as usual 
Doing what I do, out on patrol
Dawn needs a sitter, yeah, I already know this — No I don’t! 
But I can get Xander on really short notice
Oh, Xander’s coming? Yeah, yeah okay. I *love* a sitter!

Doobydoobydoo, business as usual 
Doing what I do, cleaning up Dawn’s mess 
Why’d I have to get stuck with the worst brat 
For my only sister when you know — Hey, I heard that! 

Ooh, I got stuck with the weight of the world
Ooh, and she gets to be an ordinary girl
Wish I wasn’t just an ordinary girl

Doobydoobydoo, business as usual 
Doing what I do, saving my sis
For you, I’d fight a million of these nasty blood suckers 
Even though you really can be such a little — You love me!

Why don’t you come inside and say that?!
Ah shoot I should know better by now
I am basically an adult!!
But like, what do you think Xander’s doing right now?
*Sigh* dear diary…
Okay, I like BARELY even got kidnapped
What’s the big deal? You need some stuff to do around here anyway!

5.03: THE REPLACEMENT

I know that I love you, just don’t know how 
I got a lot of things to figure out
Xander took a hit, coulda had me split
Could have been me, could have been happy

If I could split myself in two
Half of me could do slayer stuff
And the other half could stay right here with you
But you know it’s true
I wouldn’t change it if I could 
Being half of me would only be half as good 

Imagine our life in some normal town 
Where the only big bad is my little sister instead of a Hellmouth
Wouldn’t have to fight our way home when you’d take me out
Could have been me, could have been happy 

If I could split myself in two 
Half of me could do Buffy stuff
And the other half would slay the whole night through 
But I know it’s true
You wouldn’t change it if you could 
Having half of me would only be half as good 

On the other hand
Half of Xander ain’t half bad 
But the other half could use a bath
And all together he’s the best friend you could have 

5.04: OUT OF MY MIND

You are who you are to me
You are who you are to me
I need your heart, not your biochemistry 
You are who you are to me

Wait - don’t throw my words away 
Gotta take me honest when I say 

I would feel the same
Even if you never knew the kind I’ve been   
But your stupid brain
Finds a way to turn around the things I mean   

You are who you are to me
You are who you are to me
I need your heart, not your biochemistry 
You are who you are to me

Why would you put up a fight 
You know I just want to get you right 

I would feel the same
Even if you never saw the things you’ve seen
And I hate your brain
Always finds a way to turn around the things I mean   

You are who you are to me
You are who you are to me
I need your heart, not your biochemistry 
You are who you are to me

5.05: NO PLACE LIKE HOME

What’s up right now? 
Did I trip somehow?
Don’t bet on me today 
Think my brain’s half shot 
What’s real, what’s not 
It’s like Toth split my sense away 

Cause there was Giles in a wizard cloak 
And a great big pointy hat
I didn’t think when I woke up today 
That I’d see that 

My mom, she’s no fool
Tough and pretty cool
But lately her head’s been like one big landmine
And frankly, it bites 
Cause Dawn’s got her spotlight 
I wish I had someone in whom to confide

‘Bout my sister fading in and out 
Like a lightbulb going bad 
I didn’t think when I woke up today 
That I’d see that 

This beast, oh wow
Red dress, kapow
I might just be out of my depth

Cause she punched me straight across the room
Like a scarecrow made of rags
I didn’t think when I woke up today 
That I’d see that 
I didn’t think when I woke up today 
That I’d see that  

And I guess Dawn is the key
But that’s not all she is to me

5.06: FAMILY

You can’t choose
Who your blood runs through
But you can choose who to trust
You can’t choose
Who your blood runs through
But you can choose who you love
You can choose who you love

Family 
Feels different to me
Than it did, than it did, way back when 
Won’t always be
How you thought it’d be 
But it fits, in my heart and my head  

Haven’t known you for forever 
But let’s start from here 

You can’t choose
Who your blood runs through
But you can choose who to trust
You can’t choose
Who your blood runs through
But you can choose who you love
You can choose who you love

Always knew
We’d be an army of few
But we fight, oh we fight, side by side 
And now we do
What we know how to do 
Hold the light, we survive, and we rise 

Haven’t known you for forever 
But let’s start from here 

You can’t choose
Who your blood runs through
But you can choose who to trust
You can’t choose
Who your blood runs through
But you can choose who you love
You can choose who you love

5.07: FOoL FOR LOVE

BUFFY: 

I don’t have a death wish 
How could you even say it
Fight it but the truth is 
I’m hanging by a thread  

Thought nobody could touch me
But maybe I been lucky
Cause now I think I might be 
In way over my head 

I hate you, I need you 
To tell me the truth even though I do  
I hate you, I need you 
To show me how predators do what they do   

And I don’t wanna talk about it
So I’m not gonna talk about it 

SPIKE:

Baby’s got a death wish 
I don’t know how to do this
Fight it but the truth is
I’m hanging by a thread 

I know that you don’t see me 
Been a while since my heart beat 
But now I think I might be 
In way over my head 

I hate you, I love you
I wish you were dead, no I don’t
I hate you, I love you
Get out of my head, or I might choke

I don’t wanna talk about it
But if you wanna talk about it
I don’t wanna talk about it
We don’t have to talk about it

5.08: SHADOW

It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake

Snake!
Snake!
Snake!

Punch that snake up, punch it good
Punch it like you know you should
Punch that snake up til it’s dead 
Cause you got people you need to protect

It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake

Snake!
Snake!
Snake!

Now listen - living in Sunnydale, you see some WILD things that you just have to accept: giant praying mantises, cyborg demon hybrids, my sister’s a mystical energy key for crying out loud! But you know what I can’t swallow? I watched Glory put that cobra into that clay pot. Did that cobra have any ARMS when you put it in there Glory I DON’T THINK SO where’d the FUCKIN ARMS come from

Punch that snake up, punch it good
Punch it like you know you should
Punch that snake up til it’s dead 
Cause you got people you need to protect

It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake

It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake
It’s a snake it’s a snake it’s a great big snake

Snake!
Snake!
Snake!

5.09: LISTENING TO FEAR 

I can be strong
I do it all the time, I do it all the time
It just feel wrong
Without you by my side, I’m holding on for life 

Thought I’d gotten used to it
Never knowing what comes next
The moment when you least expect

That’s when the rug comes right out 
Out from under you
Turns the world upside-down 
There’s nothing you can do
That’s when you know you never knew 

I’m breaking down
But I can’t let it show, I need to keep control
If I lose it now
I know that I might not be able to stop 

Thought I’d gotten used to it
Never knowing what comes next
The moment when you least expect

That’s when the rug comes right out 
Out from under you
Turns the world upside-down 
There’s nothing you can do
That’s when you know you never knew 

And I’m not sure what to do
Cause usually 
Right now I’d be 
Leaning on you 

There’s no getting used to it
Never knowing what comes next
The moment when you least expect

That’s when the rug comes right out 
Out from under you
Turns the world upside-down 
There’s nothing you can do
That’s when you know you never knew 

5.10: INTO THE WOoDS

I been 
hanging onto losing 
fingers never keeping 
things I try to hold 

Trying
to find a way to change it 
but for all this information
I can’t find my way home 

I can’t make the pieces fit
I don’t know what to do with it
I think there might be 
something wrong with me 
I feel the problem deep down in  
my fractured heart’s malfunctioning 
Is there some other way 
that I could be

Darling 
oh you know it’s one thing
to feel this aimless aching
the hole you left behind 

But lately
the thing that really scares me 
is thinking I just may be 
unfixable inside  

I can’t make the pieces fit
I don’t know what to do with it
I think there might be 
something wrong with me 
I feel the problem deep down in  
my fractured heart’s malfunctioning 
Is there some other way 
that I could be

I don’t wanna be broken
I don’t wanna be broken 
Tell me I won’t be broken
Cause I don’t wanna be broken

If I can’t make the pieces fit
If I can’t make them...

5.11: TRIANGLE

Oh oh, Xander in the middle
Oh oh, Xander in the middle 
Oh oh, don’t make Xander choose

My watcher took a trip to the land of tweed + scones
But when Giles’s away, witches gonna play, you know 
Now get a load of the great big green-skinned hungry troll
With a thirst for mead + a hatred deep of puny receptacles 

Oh oh, Xander in the middle
Oh oh, Xander in the middle 
Oh oh, don’t make Xander choose
Oh oh, Xander in the middle
Oh oh, Xander in the middle 
Oh oh, he’s got so much to lose 

I might not have the best dating history
Though I’d never swipe right on a big green guy who likes to eat babies
But Anya, I feel ya, we all have some exes we’d sooner forget 
(Olaf: It was just one wench!!

Oh oh, Xander in the middle
Oh oh, Xander in the middle 
Oh oh, don’t make Xander choose
Oh oh, Xander in the middle
Oh oh, Xander in the middle 
Oh oh, he’s got so much to lose 

Whoever will he save? 
Stuck between a troll and a hard place 

Well Sunnydale might be a wreck but we survived
And the triangle that caused trouble is back to circle vibes

No more Xander in the middle
No more Xander in the middle 
Oh no, you can’t make Xander choose
No more Xander in the middle
No more Xander in the middle 
Oh no, I won’t let Xander lose 

5.12 CHECKPOINT

Put me through the wringer
Run me through your tests
Another stupid gauntlet
Won’t make a difference

You say you know what’s coming
I’m hoping that’s the truth
But there’s something you’re forgetting:
You need more more than i need you 

Hey mister wait a minute 
I don’t think you thought about it 
Why you tryna act like the boss of me 
Hey I don’t wanna argue
All about who’s got the power
Fellas I am not your commodity

In your very ivory tower
Making all your best-laid plans 
You move slayers like they’re checkers
Never get blood on your hands

Why you wanna test my patience
And get on my last nerve
It’s almost like your pride is
More important than the 
Safety of the chosen girl

Hey mister wait a minute 
I don’t think you thought about it 
Why you tryna act like the boss of me 
Hey I don’t wanna argue
All about who’s got the power
I think that we both know it’s gotta be me

Wait, this is serious
Look in the mirror cause 
You and me 
We’re on the same team

But when you come after me
Like I’m your property
You keep making me wanna scream!

<<< GTR SOLO!!! >>>

Hey mister wait a minute 
I don’t think you thought about it 
Why you tryna act like the boss of me 
Hey I don’t wanna argue
All about who’s got the power
Fellas I am not your commodity

5.13: BLOoD TIES

Memories move through me like reality
I love you like I loved you my whole life
I love you like I loved you

Ooh, in the summer
Dug our fingers in the sand
Ooh, just to discover 
Didn’t need a plan, didn’t need a plan 

Memories move through me like reality
I love you like I loved you my whole life
I love you like I loved you
Memories move through me like reality
I love you like I loved you my whole life
I love you like I loved you

Ooh, back on the playground
Pushed you on the swings
All of the way round
Remember how you laughed 
Remember everything
Remember everything

Memories move through me like reality
I love you like I loved you my whole life
I love you like I loved you
Memories move through me like reality
I love you like I loved you my whole life
I love you like I loved you

I know you wonder where you came from
Where does anybody come from
You belong to us
You wonder where you came from
Where does anybody come from
You belong to us

Memories move through me like reality 
I love you like I loved you my whole life

Memory is real to me
Memory is my reality

5.14: CRUSH

You been wrapped in a fantasy
Your brain twisting reality 
Dreaming you might have a shot with me - please

You think you are in love with me 
I think you don’t know what that means
Plus, ICK - stay the hell away from me please

I wouldn’t even stake you with a 17-foot pole
What makes you think that you could take me home

Not if you, you were the last dead man living
Not if you, you were the last dead man on Earth
Not if you, you were the last dead man living
Not if you, you were the last dead man on Earth

You show up where I’m hanging out
Dressed in green, khaki, blue, and brown
Your earth tones got me freaking out

I wouldn’t even kill you with somebody else’s hands
What makes you think that you could be my man

Not if you, you were the last dead man living
Not if you, you were the last dead man on Earth
Not if you, you were the last dead man living
Not if you, you were the last dead man on Earth

Just look at your dating history
Harm adored you, you were so mean
You say you loved Drusilla
But were sure ready to kill her

You think you are in love with me 
And you think I’m feeling mutually
But SICK is all I can really feel, that’s right

Not if you, you were the last dead man living
Not if you, you were the last dead man on Earth
Not if you, you were the last dead man living
Not if you, you were the last dead man on Earth
Not if you, you were the last dead man on Earth

5.15: I WAS MADE TO LOVE YOU

A robot, a robot, are you kidding with the robot?
You couldn’t get a date so now a robot?!
She listens when you talk
And says you’re all the things you’re not
Because you programmed her to 

If it plugs into the wall it’s not a girlfriend
Love is dangerous enough when you’re just human

Why are men (like this)
Why are men (like this)
Why are men (like this)
Why are men (like this)

A copter, a copter, a heli-fucking-copter
You gave me twenty minutes then got in a chopper?!
Tried to listen when you talked 
But you never told me what you want
Til way way way too late

Zeroes and ones
Zeroes and ones
Making me numb
Making me feel so dumb

Why are men (like this)
Why are men (like this)
Why are men (like this)
Why are men (like this)

Why are men
(always making sex robots) 
Why are men
(lurking all around my house)
Why are men
(leaving town when we break up)
Why are men

Why are men
(sketching me when I’m asleep) 
Why are men
(for the Me-shrine in their crypt)
Why are men
(fuckin off on jungle jaunts)
Why are men

5.16: THE BODY

5.17: FOREVER

It’s not forever
until it is
Can’t remember 
an ache like this
Wish I could wake up
to see it fade

Just keep in motion
So my limbs stay numb 
Trying to let go
of what’s been part of everything that you know
I don’t know
I don’t know

Fire burning though the wreck 
I don’t know what’s next
And I don’t want to

Forever is a truth
that I can’t take
Forever is a promise
I can’t make

5.18: INTERVENTION

Lately it feels 
like I don’t even know what is real
Head spun, they’re gone
It‘s like every single thread is coming undone

What you did for me
and my family
Know that I can see
that was real 

I been losing
am I giving ground up, am I slipping
Too wrecked to be tough
half-waiting for the earth to swallow me up

But what you did for me
and my family
Know that I can see
that was real 

I can’t make sense of what you did
I just know that I won’t forget 

What you did for me
and my family
Know that I can see
that was real 

5.19: TOUGH LOVE

You messed with the wrong witch
Now you’re going down bitch 
You messed with the wrong witch
Now you’re going down bitch 

Pocket full of venom and a bag full of knives
Now I’m gonna put you in your place this time 

You been comin round fuckin with my family 
I owe you I owe you
Now I’m gonna give you what you gave to me
I owe you pain

You messed with the wrong witch
Now you’re going down bitch 
You messed with the wrong witch
Now you’re going down bitch 

You messed with the wrong witch
Now you’re going down bitch 
You messed with the wrong witch
Now you’re going down bitch 

I owe you I owe you
I owe you pain

5.20: SPIRAL

No more mess around
Getting outta town 
I can’t let you down 
ey ey ey 

I don’t really know
Can’t go toe-to-toe
So we gotta go 
ey ey 

I did my best but it just keeps coming
Keeps coming, keeps coming
I did my best but now I’m running away 

Hit my general 
And now this god from hell
Is ringing my doorbell 
ey ey ey 

Air so full of fear 
And the knights are near
But no one’s dying here 
ey ey 

I did my best but it just keeps coming
Keeps coming, keeps coming
I did my best but now it’s falling apart

Paging Doctor Ben
It’s good to see a friend
Won’t you come on in 

How’d she get inside
We were fortified
There’s nowhere to hide
ey ey ey 

Pulled me right apart
When she took my heart
Flew off in the dark
ey ey 

I did my best but it just keeps coming
Keeps coming, keeps coming
I did my best but now I’m going away 

5.21: THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD

When I start at the bottom then go back to the top 
Walk a mile’s worth of hallway, turn around and stop
There’s a grave in the bedroom, there’s a book up on a shelf 
There’s a piece of my family that I can’t help 

Don’t wake me up I’m dreaming
Don’t wake me up I’m dreaming
Don’t wake me up I’m dreaming
Don’t wake me up, wake me up

Said goodbye to my mother, said goodbye to all my friends
Said goodbye to my lover, how it always ends
Say goodbye to my sister, if I lost the battle then 
No more weight on my shoulders, no more failing them  

Don’t wake me up I’m dreaming
Don’t wake me up I’m dreaming
Don’t wake me up I’m dreaming
Don’t wake me up, wake me up

Did they know I would love her when they made her from my rib
I don’t know in my heart if I gave all that I could give 

Don’t wake me up I’m dreaming
Don’t wake me up I’m dreaming
Don’t wake me up I’m dreaming
Don’t wake me up, wake me up

5.22: THE GIFT

I gave what I had to give
I gave you my only gift 
The easiest thing that I ever did
Was let it go so you could live 

No prophecy
Could undo what has to be
You and me
Built from our blood 
All these memories
Without you then who make more 

I gave what I had to give
Became what the world needed
But the times before never felt quite like this
Let go of your hand so you could live

No prophecy
Could undo what has to be
You and me
Built from our blood 
All these memories
I need you to stay and make more 

You won’t miss graduation
I won’t have to miss my mom 
Just let me do this thing
Let me move on

To close up the dark ‘til it’s gone
To close up the night before —