This Year's Girl

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I didn’t think we’d meet again
They all said you wouldn’t wake but still I held my breath
Maybe we gave each other wounds that couldn’t mend
But I always hoped we’d meet again

It’s like oh, no one else could ever really know me
Oh, in the way that only you could know me
Oh, and it doesn’t have to be the way it seems
When you see me in your dreams

I didn’t think we’d end up here
Reunited but still pulled apart by hate and fear
If I’m honest, I’d rather burn than disappear
But I never thought we’d end up here

It’s like oh, somehow I knew this day was always comin
Oh the endless strain of always fighting something
Oh, it doesn’t have to be as hurtful as it seems
I’m not your enemy

My girlfriend’s back
My girlfriend’s back
My girlfriend’s back
And we’re gonna be in trouble
Yeah we’re gonna be in trouble

You left your world, came back to mine
But part of me was on the lookout this whole time

I guess it’s true, no one else could ever really know me
Ooh, in the way that only you could know me
Ooh, bad girls do the things they have to to survive
And I’m feelin… FIVE … BY … FIVE!

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from Songs From Season Four, released June 7, 2019

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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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