Buffy - Once More, with Feeling - Rest in Peace

Sung by Spike

[@LittleChaosMachine]

That face right as he realizes he's starting to sing is like "Bloody hell no really ugh"

[@runnfromtheak5972]

It's even better cause he knows its gonna happen so he was like "Get the hell out, noooooo I don't want to sing like a bloody ponce." Lol

[@LittleChaosMachine]

Yeah you can see he's really trying to get her out before he starts singing and then he just gets this look like 'oh fuck me i'm singing'

[@conor.3875]

Oh for god's sake...

[@Symphonizx]

🤣🤣🤣 i die everytime

[@gemmaxox8698]

Spike is iconic

[@mjh7236]

Spike: *Sends 3 minutes singing at Buffy to f*** off and leave him alone* 'So...you're not staying then?'

[@Dermacrosis]

He's meant to be British after all...... PS: I am a Brit.

[@mjh7236]

I mean, I am too? I didn't realise this is apparently classic British behaviour? Lol.

[@Dermacrosis]

It is one of the stereotypes of us lot, along with the stiff upper lip, plummy accent and sexual repression, pip pip old chap sort of thing. I swear some still think we live in the 1800s here. :-)

[@Dermacrosis]

Hence "stereotype" :-)

[@Dermacrosis]

Not as stupid as you claim. :-)

[@user-vv3tq6xj2r]

Spike: Come to serenade me? Spike starts serenading buffy

[@bulbafett5001]

if you want something done right, gotta do it yourself.

[@Lulzipopable]

I really love the line “If my heart could beat, it would break my chest”

[@carleeeagleplume7760]

Me too !! If I can loose 15 pounds this year that quote will be my next tattoo

[@lep2525]

Lmao when they both roll their eyes when he starts singing.

[@Symphonizx]

Key word BOTH 🤣🤣

[@connorchisholm4418]

They both look like really r we really doing this

[@emilynelson19]

Just when you thought he couldn't get anymore attractive. dear lord

[@NicoleCamileSantosAlexandre]

His voice and accent 😵😵😵

[@Global00Vintage]

Right 😵

[@stupidcupcake8437]

Omg yeeeessss😂😂😂

[@cynthiabolen1344]

I love this song. Man he has an amazing voice. Angel is nice but Spike is better. #TeamSpikeForever

[@carriemooney7215]

Don't take this the wrong way spike is amazing buuuut listen to marsters do Harry Dresden some time.. it's a whole new level of yes

[@BlackLagoonSiren]

I love how at the beginning of the song, they're both like, "Oh god, here we go!" #BuffySlays20

[@lilyredmoon7267]

Oh my god Spike is wearing the same outfit in this as he did in the episode that they were "engaged" beautiful

[@axelthelad]

Wait really?? That's brilliant

[@lilyredmoon7267]

@@axelthelad right I found that fact quite amusing and oddly fitting

[@user-qj9en1kp1m]

I love that episode! It is funny and they look so happy! Buffy even sheds a few tears when she accepts Spike's proposal and the look in his eyes...

[@samanthabrunet9772]

​@@axeltheladthank you for pointing that out. It makes it even better

[@davidedwards1705]

James Marsters is an incredible actor and awesome singer.

[@sayairy]

only in sunnydale would they have a funeral at night lol

[@ztslovebird]

alicia dunagan And I love how that’s the weirdest part of the episode.

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Maybe I should have my funeral at night

[@Bensen669]

They would do that in Sunnyvale as well. The trailer park boys give no fucks.

[@adreabrooks11]

All the day slots were booked. :p

[@BookieKillah]

@@Bensen669 SunnyDale!...

[@teresasparks9194]

"Whisper in a dead man's ear doesn't make it real." FUCKING EPIC. this was a great episode, as was the entire series really. I have it dvd but sometimes you get a song stuck in your head and you just have to hear it. plus I suppose I loved the whole Buffy/Spike love drama. I really miss this show.

[@avalynnsvoice1497]

The two dislikes must be Riley and Angel

[@inthaniak]

guess Giles found out too now ;)

[@dangerousvampiregirl]

xD Maybe even Dru joined

[@brittanyBSBbabe]

A and A Amazingness And probably Xander

[@BlancheNeigefan]

Add Scott Hope, Parker, Owen, and Halfrek/Cecily who used her two separate accounts to dislike twice. Exes are petty like that.

[@malcolmmiles846]

Don't forget about Harmony

[@robins5828]

I love how this song conveys how conflicted he is over his feelings for Buffy. He's obsessed with her (not sure if you can say he's legitimately in love with her at this point), but he knows its wrong to feel the way he does. Every verse he flip flops between telling her to bugger off, and then getting on his knees to tell her he'll be her willing slave. He knows that without a soul she'll never accept him, but he can't let her go so he's stuck in this limbo. Later in the season he tells her things like that she belongs with him in the dark, because he knows the only way to have her is if she joins him there. Then he gets his soul, and realizes that what he did before wasn't actually love. Love isn't dragging someone down for your own selfish needs, it's building and lifting them up even if it means letting them go. It's loving them separately from anything you might get in return, just because of who they are. Ironically once he is finally able to do that, he's worthy of being loved by her in return.

[@paulkenfield4909]

The juxtaposition of violence and penance shows this conflict perfectly

[@LivyRivy]

I would argue that he is in love with her at this point. His sobbing when she died, his reaction to seeing her alive again. This seems more like love than just obsession to me.

[@DianaLell]

Very deeply 🔥

[@totaleclipseofmymoon]

@@LivyRivy it’s as in love as spike can be without a soul definitely but it’s when he gets a soul that their relationship is able to truly progress 💜

[@ElfsArt24]

@@totaleclipseofmymoon that was the best spoiler ive ever read thanks mam

[@mdixon4212]

That Mmmmm at the beginning of the song is everything.

[@psychoticrocker13]

I still love that end part, after all that "so, you're not staying then" lol that and his lines in Walk Through Fire gets me too. Spike was such an iconic character. Team Spike!

[@devynetling4724]

I love his voice

[@huskybros2274]

Devyn Etling same

[@brittaneythomas1159]

Husky Bros ikr

[@ctakitimu]

He reads audiobooks - The Jim Butcher series 'The Dresden Files'

[@Rkenton48]

What's funny is that he isn't British. Giles is the only British actor, and he loved Spike's accent, saying that it was Yorkshire-ish.

[@user-qj9en1kp1m]

@@Rkenton48 James Marsters got some training from Anthony Head on the accent. By the way, both of them read audiobooks and Anthony Head's voice is just as soothing and amazing. He could read the phone book for all I care.

[@justinseagullstan2914]

I love how the lyric is, “you know you’ve got a willing slave” but it sounds like he’s saying “you’ve got will enslaved”

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Either line kinda works

[@BookieKillah]

They cut that verse out in the DVD release...

[@kerrychristensen7204]

Oh, shit! 😳

[@gaydumbass871]

@@BookieKillah no they didint-

[@BookieKillah]

@@gaydumbass871 Maybe it was the BluRay release then, because it's definitely missing...

[@odinson99m]

"Sun sets and she appears..."

[@joshfactor1]

am i the only one who really wanted to see the 600-pound chirago demon making like yma sumac?

[@philbertchow5425]

joshfactor1 Yes. Yes, you are.

[@Trek001]

I also wanted to see it

[@zorbanongreco]

Joshfactor1: it would've been great 😀, kinda obscure reference tho'. Most people have never heard Yma.🐂💨💨💨

[@deborah5905]

You and at least 128 people, include me.

[@gemmaxox8698]

I love how he just serenaded her with a song about how she should love him or bugger of and then continues to say “your not staying then?”😂

[@yukiyuukichan5771]

so... you're not staying then?

[@Robert-fd2cc]

LYRICS! (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 mmm-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 wanna play 'Cause being with you touches me More than I can say And since I知 only dead to you I知 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 6-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 But Till you do, I'm telling you Stop visiting my grave 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 Im a hole 6-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?

[@MirouSallow]

Thank u

[@Robert-fd2cc]

@@imsickaboutme your welcome

[@Robert-fd2cc]

@@MirouSallow your welcome

[@sofacushion8153]

Haha, I’ve been listening to these a lot. Thanks for giving lyrics to all of them!

[@Robert-fd2cc]

@@sofacushion8153 their brilliant, and no problem

[@myjessiesgirl]

"If my heart could beat it would break my chest" 💕

[@Zodareal1]

Not the lyrics😂😂

[@lilahesse1774]

@@Zodareal1 it is though lol

[@Zodareal1]

@JaimeBeesVids it could*

[@Zodareal1]

@JaimeBeesVids god u all are ignorant use common sense...

[@poisonberries650]

Buffy's face when Spike starts to sing is more than amazing.

[@tesstheodore2335]

The camera angles when he drops do his knees in front of her, ‘You know, you’ve got a willing slave’ are perfection. The way it points up at her slightly off centre is a great portrayal of how desperate he is and the emotion on her face is incredible. Gah. I’m a sucker for a good angle!😂

[@KurdtKobain_67]

Ok who else was like 😱 when they found out his accent wasn’t real and that he was from Texas or something. He is like one of my favorite actors.

[@charliegraham2789]

I love how Spike turns into a vampire just to terrorize the funeral

[@kaylynowens196]

If I was Buffy, I wouldn't have waited a couple more episodes to act on my feelings.

[@HobbitBabe]

If I was Buffy I would have insisted he get a soul if he wanted me and I wouldn’t have been emotionally abusive. (She was)

[@lilahesse1774]

the way he sounds when he sings "that's great..." is really sexy; this whole song, really

[@perfectlyimperfect2368]

My best friend and I would always rewind that part because of how damn sexy he sounds! 😍

[@allisonfrazier3265]

Love how people comment the lyrics to these songs. Like what do they think... That we didnt watch this episode thirty times and that we dont know all of the lyrics by heart. Jeesh

[@healsnkills614]

I swear to god 😂

[@Half_Blood_Hufflepuff]

Yeah

[@TheCaffeineKid]

I can see... you're unimpressed... :)

[@kitty_k._]

This was my childhood and I'm feeling nostalgic. I always wanted someone to serenade me with this. I also had my mom burn it onto a CD so I could play it in my room on repeat. I miss those times

[@cjsmalley5506]

I just realized something I never noticed; he's all fangy at the pastor but she spins him around he's not fangy.

[@sarahmurphy2434]

She makes him human, he tells her at the start

[@Dermacrosis]

1:00-1:01 "bugger me I am not immune...."

[@cjsmalley5506]

And her face, "Fuck, he's not immune."

[@rossshin184]

Love the way he's sorry at the end, that she's not staying. He's such a wonderful actor and good looking man!

[@davidedwards1705]

James Marsters has always been a great singer.

[@AJ_Lowe]

2:17 wow, Spike really out here confirming the dynamics of their relationship, huh

[@deborah5905]

Put this on a loop for my wallpaper . . . The way he sinks to his knees, the way he turns his head down, and lowers his eyelids; I could change the ending, if I were there; it certainly impressed me!

[@cheshirekat8273]

Poor Spike! I remember feeling so bad for him. I still do.

[@spikeswaifu1572]

Same :/

[@melisandelp4990]

Best song of Once more with feelings, IMO.

[@amandamcleod5378]

Spends the whole song telling her to go away, end of song she does then he asks " Hey, where you going?" Lol

[@unavozcualquiera8234]

2018 and still not over this scene 😍

[@alfie9440]

2019 and still not over this song

[@msia7201]

Almost 2020, this song can wreck me

[@maggie6121]

2020 and i’m still in love w spike

[@Solar_827]

2021 and still not over this song🥰

[@mriv3395]

2022 soon to be 2023 and still not over it.

[@em8066]

I enjoy reading the fan reactions to Spike's character because so many different interpretations of love and humanity and what it means to have a soul come up. Spike is the perfect catalyst for that conversation because he is the gray area in a black & white world of demon vs human. Humans have souls but some still cause mayhem to others. It's presumed that in this world of heaven vs hell, humans alone are capable of redemption, a sort of religious view of human potential. Demons are supposed to be evil, irredeemable. And yet, along comes Spike; the demon who redeemed himself. It's compelling stuff. And he's damned funny. Perhaps especially because his character wasn't meant to stick around beyond 5 episodes, but Marsters was so magnetic that they had to keep him and work with the dichotomy they created in the romantic poet from hell.

[@maritzepryzbilla9295]

He wants to throw her out of his crypt because he is afraid to sing in front of her :-D

[@americaroleplayer]

"I remain immune- happy to say-" *begins singing*

[@mikeyybtownbaby6694]

"I know I should go, but I follow you like a man possessed..." Like when you love the one who's friend-zoned you.

[@breakofdawn5249]

I wish Buffy would have play triangle or drums to go with Spike’s singing🤔 Joyce: Oh God! I love your rock band, honney!😍👏👏👏

[@SRosenberg203]

Hahahahahahaha fuckin love it

[@MatthewSmith-cv2mh]

OMG, i totally forgot this used to be my ringtone when I had my Sidekick LX.

[@timmys_gamingcorner]

That’s genius! 😆

[@jefrioux2]

Buffy Season 6 episode 9 will definitely be the episode that I've watched the most!

[@jennifer_artandembroidery]

His cheekbones are amazing

[@rebeccabrown1563]

I really love the lines "I died so many years ago but you can make it feel like it isn't so" & "Cause being with you touches me more than I can say". Buffy made Spike & Angel both feel alive.

[@breeholthus2423]

Its not a Joss Whedon show without at least one awesome song number

[@Nessie6667]

Best song of the episode hands down!!

[@laurakiddy5405]

spike and buffy are perfect for eachother

[@madampluto3092]

+laura kiddy No. Spike belong with Drusilla.

[@willowtree9709]

laura kiddy Nothing like attempted rape to make someone perfect for you

[@d.p.robertz657]

He didn't have a soul then. He does now. :)

[@willowtree9709]

D. P. Robertz Still immortal and infertile. Tbh he should have remained dead

[@frankiealice4879]

Have you read the comics? If you're a Spike/Buffy fan, the most recent one will make you very happy :)

[@brandonmid]

If my heart could beat it would break my chest, but I can see you're unimpressed ❤

[@taylor2402]

Ich kann nicht anders. Ich wünschte ich wäre wie er. So stark und maskulin. Mit hartem Rie...en.

[@craigh5236]

He was trying to get her out before he burst into song. He knew what was likely to happen.

[@averychristy6746]

Who holds a funeral at night? Seriously.

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

Sunnydale. A place where so many people die they continue burying them into the night.

[@Hasselroeder]

@ Avery Christy Maybe it was the last wish of the one who died... or its just Sunnydale! ;)

[@chrisparkes2179]

Smiley Lachflash Sunnydale. The only place that rents graves by the hour.

[@javansegovia]

Or maybe it had something to do with another musical number hahaha

[@alexmills4867]

Sunnydale

[@thenerdasaurus3717]

For almost a whole minute, he's just like, nope. Nope. You won't get any songs from me, fuckers. Then 0:59 And at 1:01 he's just like: *damnit*

[@ToeBeanCozy]

His face omg xD "Ffs I wasn't going to do this."

[@Axlwrightsprojects]

I'm the straightest person ever and spike is fucking fit bruh he do be looking fine like that goddamn JAWLINE

[@Redstar2613]

You missed the parking ticket song :(

[@Rkenton48]

and - They got the mustard out.....

[@Jessica-bz1vm]

Rkenton48 both are on iTunes though lol

[@Scottwilkie18]

Why James masters is my favorite

[@jasonhelquist7743]

feel like this song the most in this entire Musical

[@krisstinawilson4461]

Didn't Spike just say that he was immune to the spell? So Buffy can make his heart sing....

[@shamefullylost1]

Listening in 2019

[@bipstymcbipste5641]

Way ahead of you

[@harleycao13]

2020

[@connorchisholm4418]

Can I just say my fav bit of this whole episode is this song but the best bit of this song is right at the end when he told her to sod off for the last time he just goes so your not staying then well no brains trust you just told her to sod off

[@audreymichaut1833]

J'suis mort Depuis tellement longtemps Même si par toi j'imagine que je suis vivant Pourquoi tu es venu à moi Enfin je le comprend Mmh mmh Tu as peur De ton cœur qui s'anime Car tu ne sais comment avouer Cet amour difficile Aux morts, tu dis des mots doux Ils restent morts c'est tout D'accord Mais je n'veux plus jouer Ta présence est une souffrance Plus que je ne voudrais Mais comme pour toi je ne suis qu'un mort Je préfère t'éviter J'veux reposer en paix Reposer en paix Dormir au cimetière Cacher mon amour, l'enfouir Au creux de la Terre Si j'contrôle mon pauvre corps Mon âme se tourmente à jamais J'veux reposer en paix Tu sais Je suis comme un esclave Et tu adores te prendre au jeu D'un amour plein d'entrave Mais s'il te plait J'suis pas un jouet Oublie moi au passage J'veux reposer en paix Je veux dire adieu Pourtant je te suis Tu es ma faiblesse Quelque chose en moi m'inquiète, m'oppresse Et me fait plus mal Que je ne le confesse Si mon cœur ne bat plus Tu le mets en pièces Mas tu t'en fiche Et moi j'encaisse Alors laisse moi Reposer en paix Dormir au cimetière Cacher mon amour, l'enfouir Au creux d'la terre Si j'contrôle mon pauvre corps Mon âme se tourmente en secret J'veux reposer en paix Mais laisse moi reposer en paix

[@deborah5905]

Magnifique!

[@mrswan667]

La traduction français est assez mauvaise. On sacrifie le sens pour les rimes. C'est dommage. Enfin l'élément qui me dérange le plus c'est "MON ÂME SE TOURMENTE EN SECRET" Non... Il n'a pas d'âme lol. Ils auraient pu trouver mieux.

[@loveisinthehair69]

Imagine if they added a cameo of David Boreanaz as Angel singing Oh Mandy :D :D :D

[@Symphonizx]

I jam out to this song so much. 🤣🤣🥰

[@JacobSAFC]

it says in the description spike sung it it was really James Marsters

[@sounakbanik3087]

Progamer189 Minecraft and more As far as I knew, all the songs in this episode were sung by the actors themselves.

[@JacobSAFC]

James Marsters is the actor

[@Noubei]

Yes. All the actors sang for real.

[@tedbrock8225]

Indeed. This is why Alyson Hannigan (Willow) had like three sung lines ("I think this like is mostly filler...") the entire episode, and Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn) not that many more ("I'm fifteen so this queen thing's illegal."). Neither one had the singing voices of the others, so they mainly harmonized.

[@chrisparkes2179]

Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas She had the reaction shot to Buffy telling her she'd pulled Buffy out of heaven. You don't need your own song with a moment looked that.

[@marycampbell5349]

spike and buffy really good sing this song tougher :)

[@jamieleehodgson6203]

buffy don't sing in this

[@jamieleehodgson6203]

+Jamielee Hodgson dosnt

[@marycampbell5349]

+Jamielee Hodgson i know look nice in video with him while he sing song

[@jamieleehodgson6203]

Are ok

[@drewydecimalsystem]

if i love spike anymore i will explode

[@SternderNacht-u6g]

Geile stimme hatte und hat er❤ eins meiner Lieblings Songs ❤

[@chsbob9]

This song made me love James Marsters, and then the Dresden Files audiobooks hooked me on him. The only good parts of the live action DragonBall movie were him as Piccolo and the credits (mid credit scene may or may not have had him in it).

[@Pyladin]

James Marsters is a fucking legend!

[@jazzyc1783]

two words: sexual. tension.

[@connorchisholm4418]

Spike: I remain immune happy to say Me before he’s even started singing:chuckle chuckle BOLLOX

[@MizzNijna]

Who knew crypts had amazing acoustics. :D

[@Redstar2613]

He' s like "oh fuck I'm not immune..." and she's like "...oh shit it's effected him too..."

[@Connor-ii1fk]

just when you thought your daddy issues couldn't get any worse. he does this

[@BreezeOnTheLake]

Love love love this.

[@beerfalco8708]

Great Song 👍👍

[@wolfwing1]

funny how I always felt spike and buffy had more of a connection then angel.

[@jordanelza8806]

0:55 , 1:24 , 1:48 and 2:07 This is my favorite episode of the whole series, and that’s saying something considering how great the whole show is. I’m totally Team Spike. I think Buffy and Spike are way better together than Buffy and Angel. Spike loves Buffy with or without a soul and gets his just to prove that he loves her. Angel on the other hand changes completely when he loses his soul.

[@self-sufficiencydownunder7512]

Best episode and buffy had a lot of great ones

[@maloneandsloan2137]

Spike is HOT

[@ksaylor83]

She always loved spike most...we didn't see it until the finale ❤

[@alexbea566]

Spike:oh so that’s all u just came to bump me for questions. Buffy:what else would I want to bump u for

[@alexbea566]

*Pump*

[@upncmnh11]

James Marsters has a great voice

[@d.lan3y]

2018, anyone?

[@mammaboy1]

D. Laney this was one of the best songs in this episode

[@sphynia-cat8250]

UwU 2019

[@EmpressofMankind]

Nah lad. 2020

[@bipstymcbipste5641]

@@EmpressofMankind right here with you

[@mac401]

I love spike

[@jerimiahjohnston9208]

spuffy forlife

[@samwitherington8202]

Why is there a funeral in the middle of the night? Have this lot never been to Sunnydale?

[@joshfactor1]

so was he lying or did he just assume he was immune because it hadn't affected him until then?

[@kaylynowens196]

Judging by the annoyed look on his face when he starts singing, I'm guessing he had been immune until Buffy walked in.

[@SRosenberg203]

Well the singing had to do with repressed emotions, so it's likely that it just hadn't triggered in him until he came into contact with Buffy, because she's the only one he suppresses his feelings around.

[@sarabeatrizarangocamacho6836]

I love when Spike refers about Yma Sumac. 2024

[@megan9590]

This is my favourite song in the episode once more with feeling except for the part in the last song we're spike and buffy kiss

[@KurdtKobain_67]

Who else loves this part 3:36

[@lilyfelicis]

Me 😂

[@TatianaIoana-cx3bj]

loved the rolling head

[@Expressionlesscorpse]

My creepypasta cast in this: Jinx (my oc) as Buffy Jane as willow Mary as Tara Jeff as spike Father Malone as Giles Lily(my ocs sister) as dawn

[@Flowerbow-uv6yt]

Grew up on this show as my mam names me and my sister after some characters

[@rydermccall3590]

0:36 Freudian slip.