"What You Feel" is an original song from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More, with Feeling." It was composed by Joss Whedon and arranged by Christophe Beck with Jesse Tobias. The vocals were performed by Hinton Battle as Sweet and Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn.
Lyrics[]
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 heart of 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 partying — that's what it's all about
'Cause I know what you feel, girl
I know just what you feel, girl
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 and doomed this town
So when we blow this scene
Back we will go to my kingdom below
And you will be my queen
'Couse 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:
No 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 partying
That's what it's all about
Production[]
- Whedon describes: "I wanted something very bluesy and kind of old-school for the sound because I knew I wanted to have a real hoofer in the role. And to get Hinton Battle was an extraordinary coup."[1]
Collections[]
- The song is collected in the episode's albums in CD and LP formats.
- The songbook Once More, with Feeling features the arrangements for this song.
- The DVDs Once More, with Feeling and The Complete Sixth Season on DVD feature the episode in which the song is performed.
References[]
- ↑ Joss Whedon, May 25, 2004. The Complete Sixth Season on DVD: DVD commentaries for the episode "Once More, with Feeling". [DVD]. 20th Century Studios.