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Rupert Giles (singing softly and gently, watching over Buffy from the Elysian Fields:)
You’re not ready for a world without me
You keep pretending but I can see
You know I said I’d be there to oversee…
But I…
Your path now’s unknown & all uphill
You can meet it and I know you will
Don’t let mourning me keep you standing still
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I wish I could say the right words & take away your pain
Wish I could stay forever, cover you from the rain
Wish I could stay but now I understand
I’m needed in a different land.
I can see the tears as they start to fall
I’m still with you, I can see them all
But I know your strength and I know you’ll keep standing tall
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But I…
Wish I could take your heartbreak and let you heal at last
Wish I could soothe your sorrow but I know that time has passed
Wish I could linger, your friend & father standing fast
But I know that time has passed
I know that time has passed.