Song in CwDP- Whedon & Hart
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UPDATED: Thursday, November 20, 2003 22:57
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Okay, Joss Whedon & Angie Hart wrote the song that was at the beginning of CwDP, as Angie sung it, but does anyone ahve the lyrics to this hauntingly lovely song?
thx
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No, but you can download both versions (beginning and ending) from www.wavesite.com
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Kewl, thanx, anyone got lyrics?
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This is my first time transcripting a song, and this is my best guess:
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Night falls; I fall,
And where were you?
And where were you?
Warm skin, wolf grin.
And where were you?
I fell into the moon.
And it covered you in blue.
I fell into the moon.
Can I make it right?
Can I spend the night…
High tide, inside.
The air is dew,
And where were you?
Wild-eyed, I died,
And where were you?
I crawled out of the world,
And you said I shouldn’t stay.
I crawled out of the world.
Can I make it right?
Can I spend the night…
Alone.
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I've been haunted by this song all day. Until this thread was posted, I didn't know it was written my Whedon, and now I'm all thinking. He wrote it, and it played a large part of the episode, so what does it mean?
My guess: the speaker of the song is Buffy. The song--as far as I can tell--seems to have a very lost feel to it. "High tide, inside," is obviously a reference to her emotions. Buffy has a tendency to bottle her emotions until she explodes (ie. "Weight of the World"), and let's not forget that she let the seeming betrayal of her friends in "Becomming 2" fester for five years. (ie. "Kick his ass") CWDP was all about her venting, and letting things off her chest.
The references to the speaker dying, in this instance can be taken literarly, as well as the "crawled out of the world" bit.
Now, the question is, who is the song/poem addressed to? The speaker/Buffy repeatidly asks "Where were you?" in an accuastory tone. Now, the "wolf grin" and "said I shouldn’t stay" portions seem to indicate Spike, which would make sense, as most of her venting in that episode was over Spike. Yet the "warm skin" line would indicate otherwise. I believe that the "you" is plural. This is addressed to all the men in her life: Angel, Riley, Spike. Where were they when Buffy had to sacrifice herself to save Dawn? When she had to be sixteen, the Slayer, and a child going through a devorice? Through her mother's death? (Ok, Angel was there for a bit on the last part, but clearly not a long as both of them would have liked) The point is--we all know this already--Buffy always feel ultimately alone in all she does. No one else it the Slayer. (Kinda) Ultimately, no one is there for her, as she sees it.
Anyone like to take an alternate stand? Any ideas on the part about falling into the moon and painting blue and what not? 'Cause I'm stumpped.
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Yeah, it does raise a lot of questions, doesn't it/. Thanks a lot for the lyics, yeha, but the link doesn't take you any where near the song, or anything to do with it? Got a diff link?
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http://www.wavsite.com/television.asp
click on "Conversations With Dead People." It is the first two, and last two sound files.
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Ok, not that anyone cares, but I just finished reading the shooting script for CWDP. It's an interesting read, to say the least. It still has Tara as Willow's visitor. And it sheads new light on "Blue":
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INT. BRONZE - NIGHT
Now we see the source of the sounds from the previous scene. On stage, a BAND starts to play a mournful tune. It's full of loneliness. Pain. You know, season six stuff.
We move slowly from the band, through the crowd, finally resting on SPIKE, who sits by himself.
It's clear as we move closer that the music reflects Spike's inner state. He's lost, hurting.
So, the song is probably written about Spike, and not Buffy. But since the song can be interpreted either way, is this a way of Whedon making another tacit parallel between them?
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That song gives me goose bumps every time I listen to it.
Is there a full (3 or 4 minute) version of the song in existence somewhere?
The next BTVS-based compilation disc is shaping up to be quite a collection. The song from CwDP; The Breeders; Cibo Matto; Aimee Mann... off the top of my head are all acts we've seen/heard on BTVS the past few seasons.
Hopefully such a disc is being developed!
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More Info:
Angie Hart of the band Splendid performed the song (it's called "Blue").
Upon visiting the band's official site, www.splendidtheband.com, I learned the webmaster plans to post a better version of the song in the future. Currently their mp3s of "Blue" are recorded off of the broadcast like the mp3s linked above.
I also found this bit of info:
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November 5th 2002
Angie will be appearing in a "bit part" on the television series Firefly, which I have (quite honestly) never heard of. The episode is still being filmed, and we have no air date as yet. We'll be getting back to you with that piece of information as details are revealed. For the moment, we know that Angie will be portraying "a church whore who sings amazing grace over a grave site acapella." In addition, she has a single line. And, for the record, she's glad not to have more than that, as she is nervous enough as it is.
Sounds like one of the three eps we ain't seen yet.
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