We Didn’t Carve the Stake
(to the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire")
Season One:
Darla, Master, Welcome to the Hellmouth
Rupert Giles, Xander Harris, Willow Rosenberg
Buffy Summers, Who ate Flutie?, Sunnydale, prophecies
Cordy Chase, angelic face, vampires in the sewers
Season Two:
Spike & Dru, Anointed One, Jenny’s got a secret
Ethan Rayne shows his face, Oz is a werewolf
Angelus, Jenny dies, magic our Willow tries
Acathla looms, soul returns, “Angel, please. Close your eyes.”
Chorus:
We didn’t carve the stake
No, we didn’t carve it, but we try to use it
We didn’t carve the stake
But when we are gone it’ll still slay on
Season Three:
Senior year, Angel’s back, Mayor’s got a big plan
Snyder, Amy rat, Ethan’s havoc
Faith shows up, father’s love, Anya and D’Hoffryn, evil Will, clothes fluke,
Wesley Wyndham-Price
SlayerFest, Faith screws up, working for the Mayor,
poison arrow, Slayer battle, Angel feeds on Buffy,
hellhounds, class protector, one last dance with Angel
graduation, school goes boom, Wesley is a whiner
(Chorus)
Season Four:
College starts, broken hearts, Giles has a secret friend
Initiative, Spike gets chipped, Buffy falls for Riley
Ethan’s back, 314, Maggie makes a monster
Will meets Tara, Xand dates Anya, Giles at the Espresso Pump
Adam’s loose, town goes mute, Thanksgiving is a hoot
Forrest dies, Oz comes back, things cannot be the same
Amarra ring, Gachnar, Buffy is a caveman
Willow’s magic goes awry, Riley’s not a simple guy
(Chorus)
Season Five:
Dracula, Ben and Glory, Buffy’s got a sister
Joyce gets sick, Xander’s split, Harmony’s a vampire
Giles buys the magic shop, Tara gets a family, snotmonster from space,
Warren makes a love’bot
Joyce dies, Riley leaves, Glory sucks Tara’s brain, Doc bleeds Dawn, hell is near, Buffy does a swan-dive
(Chorus)
Season Six:
Buffy’s dead, Giles flies home, Willow does something rash
Giles returns, nerds appear, Dawn dates a vampire
Song and dance, memory spells, Tara leaves Willow
Watcher’s gone, Amy’s back, Buffy’s at a new low
Tara’s killed, Will goes dark, “I’d like to test that theory.”
Season Seven:
Lessons, visions, Buffy has a new job
Faith returns, Spike is souled, a Slayer had a son
SITs, sacrifices, the Slayer’s work is finally done.
We didn’t forge the Scythe
No, we didn’t forge it, but we try to wield it
We didn’t forge the Scythe,
And when we are gone, it’ll still slay on and on and on…