The Weight of the World

from Songs From Season Five by Buffering the Vampire Slayer

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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

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from Songs From Season Five, released October 9, 2020

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Buffering the Vampire Slayer New York, New York

Buffering the Vampire Slayer is an episodic rewatch podcast hosted by Jenny Owen Youngs & Kristin Russo following the 90s' TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Featured on Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Time, and listed as one of the top 30 podcasts of the decade by Paste Magazine!

Every ep of the podcast also includes a new original song recapping each glorious Buffy episode!

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