Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8, 1977 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an Ame… Read Full Bio ↴Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8, 1977 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American actress best known for playing Tara Maclay, Willow's girlfriend in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Benson has also written and directed movies for theaters and television. Most notably, she wrote and directed 2002's Chance and 2003's Ghosts of Albion:Legacy. She has also written three comic books, two of them Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics ("WannaBlessedBe" and "Wilderness"). In 2003 she collaborated with director James Kerwin, to produce her play Albert Hall in Hollywood.

October of 2005 saw the publication of Ghosts of Albion: Accursed, co-authored with novelist Christopher Golden. A second Albion book is scheduled for release later in 2006. Also due for release on DVD in September 2006 is Lovers, Liars & Lunatics, the second film which she has written, produced, and directed.

Benson is currently writing for comics once more, collaborating with the likes of Ben Templesmith (30 Days Of Night), Ashley Wood and Cristina Z, in the much awaited 'Shadowplay' for IDW Publications. This special four-part split-book presents the fantastic art of Ashley Wood and Ben Templesmith under one cover.

DVDs of her films 'Chance' and 'Lovers, Liars & Lunatics' can be ordered from LoversLiarsandLunatics.com.

Tara's Song
Amber Benson Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Amber Benson:

I'm Under Your Spell I lived my life in shadow Never the sun on…
Under Your Spell I lived my life in shadow Never the sun on…
Under your spell/Standing I lived my life in shadow Never the sun on…
Whedon: Under your spell I lived my life in shadow Never the sun on…

The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos

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01Under Your Spell

02Under your spell [Music for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"]

03Under your spell/Standing - reprise [Music for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"]

04Under Your Spell/Standing (Reprise)

05Whedon: Under your spell [Music for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"]

06Joss Whedon: Under your spell [Music for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"]

07Joss Whedon: Under your spell/Standing - reprise [Music for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"]

08Tara's Song

Amber Benson

09Whedon: Under your spell/Standing - reprise [Music for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"]

10I'm Under Your Spell

11Under Your Spell / Standing - Reprise

12toucha-toucha-touch me

13Whedon: I've got a theory/Bunnies/If we're together [Music for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"]

14Under Your Spell (KMN OMWF Remix)

15Creature of the night

16You Are Light

17Matter At All

18I am Under Your Spell

19Touch-a Touch-a Me

20UYS - Remix

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Robert

7y↑191

LYRICS!

I lived my life in shadow
Never the sun on my face
It didn't seem so sad, though
I figured that was my place
Now I'm bathed in light
Something just isn't right

I'm under your spell
How else could it be
Anyone would notice me?
It's magic, I can tell
How you've set me free
Brought me out so easily

I saw a world enchanted
Spirits and charms in the air
I always took for granted
I was the only one there
But your power's shone
Brighter than any of I've known.

I'm under your spell
Nothing I can do
You just took my soul with you
You worked your charms so well
Finally, I knew
Everything I dreamed was true
You made me believe...

GIRLS:
Ahhhh, ahhh, ahhh. (etc...)

TARA:
The moon to the tide
I can feel you inside
I'm under your spell
Surging like the sea
Pulled to you so helplessly
I break with every swell
Lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my willow tree
You make me complete!
You make me complete
You make me complete

XxEmoGothOutcastxX

1y↑6

Reprise

I'm under your spell
God, how can this be..?
Playing with my memory...

You know I've been through hell
Willow, can't you see..?
There'll be nothing left of me...

You made me believe...

jora supay

5y↑3

LYRICS - 0:40

I lived my life in shadow
Never the sun on my face
It didn't seem so sad, though
I figured that was my place
Now I'm bathed in light
Something just isn't right

I'm under your spell
How else could it be
Anyone would notice me?
It's magic, I can tell
How you set me free
Brought me out so easily

I saw a world enchanted
Spirits and charms in the air
I always took for granted
I was the only one there
But your power shone
Brighter than any I've known

I'm under your spell
Nothing I can do
You just took my soul with you
You worked your charm so well
Finally, I knew
Everything I dreamed was true

You made me believe!

The moon to the tide
I can feel you inside

I'm under your spell
Surging like the sea
Pulled to you so helplessly
I break with every swell
Lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my willow tree

You make me believe!

You make me com-plete
You make me com-plete
You make me com-plete
You make me

Audrey Michaut

Je l'aime l'enfant dans l'ombre
Le soleil fuyait mon visage
Les jours coulaient sans encombres
C'était mon destin mon image

Mais la lumière est la
Quelle mystère autour de moi
C'est ton envoûtement
Si tu n'était pas la
On ne me verrait même pas
C'est magique, c'est troublant
Libre grâce à toi
Toutes mes craintes volent en éclat

J'ai vu un monde enchanté
Esprit et charme dans l'air
J'ai toujours imaginé
Que j'y était solitaire

Ce pouvoir merveilleux
S'est révellé a mes yeux
Par ton envoûtement
De moi tu te joue
Et mon âme te suis partout
Car tout tes sortilèges
Se tiennent et protègent
Tout tes rêves les plus fous
Et moi, moi j'y croiiiis
Ahahahahaha....
Ahahahahaha...

C'est la pleine lune ce soir
J'y lirait ton histoire
J'aime ton envoûtement
Qui ne laisse à languir
Et sans défense comme l'enfant
J'ai brisé toutes les chaînes
Seulement l'infini
Est lourd comme l'océan
Je deviens enfin moi même
Ahahahahaha....
Je deviens moi même
Je deviens moi même
Je deviens moi même

Meline Matou

TARA:
I lived my life in shadow
Never the sun on my face
It didn't seem so sad, though
I figured that was my place
Now I'm bathed in light
Something just isn't right

I'm under your spell
How else could it be
Anyone would notice me?
It's magic, I can tell
How you've set me free
Brought me out so easily

I saw a world enchanted
Spirits and charms in the air
I always took for granted
I was the only one there
But your power's shone
Brighter than any of I've known.

I'm under your spell
Nothing I can do
You just took my soul with you
You worked your charms so well
Finally, I knew
Everything I dreamed was true
You made me believe...

GIRLS:
Ahhhh, ahhh, ahhh. (etc...)

TARA:
The moon to the tide
I can feel you inside
I'm under your spell
Surging like the sea
Pulled to you so helplessly
I break with every swell
Lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my willow tree
You make me complete!
You make me complete
You make me complete

All comments from YouTube:

Left827

8y↑2.3K

Put into context, this song is much more heartbreaking. In the episode before, Willow makes Tara forget an argument using magic. Tara is literally under her spell.

Wiz Kid

8y↑1

ParaMC Sam 😂

Mark Doyle

7y↑157

Tara says (well sings) this later in the reprieve, saying she's been through hell and that there'll be nothing left of her. And in the next episode when she confronts willow she clears that up by saying how Glory stole her sanity.

Don Gilleo

7y↑210

ParaMC Sam When you think of everything that happens to the various characters throughout the series, all of the pains and losses, Willow casting this spell on Tara is one of the quiet but really horrifying events. With everything that Tara has gone through, to have her mind and spirit violated by Willow, the one person she most loves and trusts, is a terrible betrayal.

Buffy8Fan

5y↑88

When you consider the fact that Tara would never "be with" Willow until after their non-resolved fight (due to Willow erasing Tara's mind), it gets disturbing on a 'Seeing Red' bathroom moment type of scale as well. The song is not about Tara's love for Willow, but about Willow's control and abuse (physical and mental) of Tara.

TheMarkmcr

5y↑12

@Buffy8Fan the reprisal yes, but at this point, tara doesn't yet know about the spell

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Queen Orrilyn

2y↑113

God, I miss Tara. Easily the sweetest, most mature person in the whole show.
Her death is so heartbreaking.
Her and Joyce, I'll never recover from their deaths.

Bryceb

40w↑3

I’m still mortified when buffy came home to see Joyce just laying there…
Fricking creepy and sad

ditto

31w↑2

And the extended drawn out silence... and the brief "oh its okay... No fuck is a dream" it's not okay.

Rampala

7y↑1.5K

I'm still not over losing Tara. :'(

Randy Crawford

7y↑5

Rampala he didn't intend on killing Tara.

scifinerd17

7y↑44

Randy Crawford He intended on killing Buffy and he almost did had it not been for Dark Willow healing her. Warren's a horrible human being.

自干梧桐南

7y↑4

Rampala me too 😢😢😢

desi1790

7y↑66

I don't think any of us are ever going to be over losing Tara

4Tom4 Lepus4

7y↑80

No idea what you're talking about, Tara is fine, lalalalaalalalalalallalalallalalalaal

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phillygirl22

6y↑914

This literally changed my life when it first aired, back when I was still a little baby lesbian lol. Tara and willow were the first representation of lesbians I’d ever seen, and they showed me that I wasn’t alone and I wasn’t the only one who felt that way about other girls. I owe so much to this show, but especially to these two. They helped me through so much and made me proud to be who I am.

LaineyBug2020

5y↑72

To this day I feel like they are the only organically evolved lesbian relationship on TV. Now all the couples just seem so token, like oh, don't forget the lesbians so we're P.C. & edgy at the same time! Willow was straight, she was by herself & whole, then friends with Tara, and their love just naturally blossomed. It showed the true fluidity of sexuality before fluidity was really a thing. It was tasteful & still sensual without sensationalizing it. Classy writing & portayals all around!

Eaziem

4y↑1

For me it was Susan and Carol but you didn’t get to see a lot of them so these two were the couple that made me realize I liked girlssss

Hattie Robinson

4y↑16

My lesbian girlfriend is named willow after this character and it makes me sobbb

Martyn James

4y↑13

Willow isn't a lesbian, she is bi.

Hattie Robinson

4y↑9

@Martyn James but her and Tara are still wlw, regardless of their individual sexual orientations :)

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Conrad Schmidt

8y↑1K

Amber was the best singer in this episode!

SuperGodlike101

8y↑146

Ripper isn't half bad either.

Randy Crawford

7y↑32

Dark Angel for the girls for guys it's Giles.

Hosen Träger

7y↑41

Dark Angel i like Spike as well in this Episode

Slashin' Gamez

7y↑23

I love the demon. he was the best guy singer a

Bees_nail_art

7y↑17

Dark Angel Spike was my favourite then Giles Buffy & Tara I like all the same.

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Kiki Lerer

1y↑39

21 years later, I'm still not over this!!

Matthew Jones

41w↑2

It's been 21 year's.....I'm fine I'm fine

Andrew Michael Grogan

8y↑253

I loved this episode for Tara, she came into her own, because Amber Benson is such an amzing singer and Alyson Hannigan begged not for many lines, it allowed Tara to really come out of her shell a lot more!

Robert

7y↑191

Mr Mann

2y↑10

Although, to be fair, she very deliberately is putting emphasis on the start of the word there so it becomes Cum-plete. Very clever way to slip it past the censors.

Coocoo Cailyn

1y↑4

@Mr Mann i was giggling like a mad man at that point lmfao there are so many little inuendos in this song

XxEmoGothOutcastxX

1y↑6

Reprise

I'm under your spell
God, how can this be..?
Playing with my memory...

You know I've been through hell
Willow, can't you see..?
There'll be nothing left of me...

You made me believe...

Danbutch24

8y↑214

Amber Benson has such an amazing voice!

MadamPluto

8y↑808

I love Amber Benson's voice in this scene and she's so beautiful.

Bruce Cox

I thought all the songs were dubbed with professional singers?

panicattackatthedisco

7y↑62

No they all sang their own songs! Joss Wheden came up with the idea for this episode when he heard what good singers Amber Benson, Anthony Head, and James Marsters were. Though at first, Sarah Gellar wanted someone else to sing it for her, in the end she sang it herself.

jasmine21 knorr

6y↑1

MadamPluto Ikr

Mercury Shadow

5y↑3

She got pipes yo

Millis

4y↑3

agreed - really enchanted <3

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SirDipping

7y↑314

this song is so happy and heartwarming, but at the same time, pretty disturbing since Tara is literally under Willow's spell, but doesn't know it yet

The Last Shady Walking Marvel

3y↑1

👍

Crys Sut

2y↑4

not even mention she was taken advantage of.

Miss Mercy

7y↑1.4K

when your just walking though the park with your girlfriend in your medieval aged dresses when you suddenly start singing and teleport to your bedroom and then proceed to levitate.

Gains Bond

6y↑147

...from getting a good tonguing, don't forget... #YouMakeMeCUMplete

Bornonthecusp

6y↑33

It's more inconvenient than you'd think...

Super Skully

6y↑77

average day in sunnydale

Nihilism Is the Only Way

5y↑33

Best. Drugs. Ever.

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NPA1001

4y↑27

Tara and Giles are easily levels above the rest of the cast when it comes to singing

Sarah Marie

5y↑70

Been so many years and I'm still not over losing Tara . they didn't need to go that route 😞 Tara and Willow were made for eachother💙

Terence Morales

2y↑12

Tara was the most underused character of the series. The character had so much potential, and Amber had just the acting chops to be a real breakout on the show. At least Whedon knew she had a beautiful singing voice so she could shine in this performance. Great job!

Kitty Grimm

7y↑2K

With that voice and in that costume, Tara is basically a lesbian Disney princess. Beautiful!

Dax A.

5y↑54

So if it weren’t for Willow, Tara could’ve been the (singing) girlfriend for Elsa we’ve been rooting for. I mean even her dress would be fitting right into the magical world of Frozen.But of course she would never leave Willow – no way…

Eli

5y↑8

Kitty Grimm I liked it when Oz was her boyfriend. When he left the show it lost its charm.

Matthew Jones

5y↑45

oz was boring would oz stare down down a hell god no

bagheera thelion

5y↑14

totally! Disney should take lessons from weadon lol

bagheera thelion

5y↑55

@Eli but tara and willow is so much better. i love oz, but how perfect are these 2?

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Wild Waves

4y↑1.4K

Tara's "I'm cured! I want the boys!" is such a gay culture joke to make. It was perfect.

mourningdove

3y↑80

Yesss, along with "lesbo street cred" and all the jokes about (love-spell afflicted) Willow trying to turn RJ into a girl. This show gets it. My gay heart is vibin

Wild Waves

3y↑5

yo 420 likes nice <3

Angry Nerd Bird

3y↑22

@mourningdove The sex change thing is actually kinda shitty, because it's bisexual erasure.

Willow earnestly loved and had sex with 2 dudes before she met Tara, and it's shitty to act like loving her erases the rest of her sexuality.

mourningdove

3y↑21

@Angry Nerd Bird yeah ik, im a bi person myself, but im not sure how thats relevant to my point that the humor is good as an independent thing. yes bi erasure is terrible. but it doesnt mean that all other aspects of the representation are automatically bad too. credit where credit is due, the writers got gay culture jokes on point, even if they didnt quite get bisexuality

Ski

3y↑8

@Angry Nerd Bird That was a studio thing, they didn’t want anyone to be gay to begin with but in the end they specifically wouldn’t budge on not allowing her to be bisexual. The creator wanted her to be bi though :/

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pushingdaisy

7y↑231

I remember watching this when I was younger and being really intrigued. I can remember thinking, "They look like princesses but they're in love." It made me extremely happy watching this scene because its like a fairy tale but with two girls and that's what I say now to little kids that ask me why I like girls/have a girlfriend. I just say that we're two princesses in love instead of a prince and a princess in love. It seems to click easier like that.

Ollie Paige

5y↑13

x PushingDaisy x that’s like the cutest thing I’ve ever heard

Jules K

5y↑4

x PushingDaisy x Holy shit I love this!

Sableagle

5y↑2

It sounds even more awesome if you put "self-rescuing" before "princess."

thegreenmanofnorwich

Oh I like that!

LucyQ2001

So cute🥰🥰🥰

Gabe Go

2y↑13

That last “I’m under your spell” she sings when they’re in the bedroom always gives me goosebumps. Amber Benson was amazing in this episode! There’s not one single part I can pick out that I love in this episode because I love it all 😭

KaiTakApproach

2y↑11

The dark tone of this song that poses as joy hits the bullseye of the underlying theme of the whole series. It's pain and loss the whole way, and how we process that as humans. Making moments but not trusting them fully because we keep getting burned.

Paul Callahan

2y↑13

This is my favorite song from One More, with Feeling. There are a few reasons (connected to the plot), but the big one might just be that Amber Benson is such an incredible singer.

Astrid Challat

4y↑178

Producers: How much cuteness do you wanna put into this scene ?

Josh Wheidon: YES !

Astrid Challat

3y↑22

Disney owns the Fox now.

So Disney owns Buffy.

So Tara is officially a Disney Princess.

Here it is Disney ! Your first openly gay character.

Astrid Challat

3y↑6

I love the hippie vibes of this song 🖤

Just A Weirdo

8y↑389

"I bet they're not even working" I love it.

Michele Litchy

7y↑3

what the hell...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 LoL

Kimberly Tunkel

3y↑13

Lol and it was like one of the most perfectly timed scene transitions in the history of movies and tv.

It’s tied only with that scene transition in that show “avatar the last air bender” in the episode where they finally and officially introduced Toph. You know the one where tooth’s mother was like “Toph must be so scared” and then it suddenly transitions to Toph and and Aang hanging in those metal cages and and Toph is yelling “why don’t you come up here so I can smack that smirk right off your face!!!!”

It’s the only time I’ll ever say there was a more perfect scene transition in movie and tv film. Lol 😂

89moonboy

2y↑7

You make me come - plete, You make me come - plete 😆😆😆

Gender Woman

5y↑172

When Tara said "I'm cured (...)" - she laughed so naturally, that wasn't acting, it was honest merry laughing :D

Dario Esquivel

44w↑1

Totally, that laugh was so spontaneous

Cryptic Charm

9y↑204

both actresses have never looked more stunning that in this scene, thanks for posting it xx

Slartibartfast

5y↑7

Definitely the most lovely song in the episode and sung so well too.

princessUSA2

7y↑31

Amber’s voice is the stuff of fairytales=) I wish I could sing like that! She could have easily worked with Disney or something after this, she has a very princessy voice but prettier=)

Lois M

7y↑90

As a gay woman these two were great role models for someone who felt they didnt fit into the "butch" category, still gives me feels as an adult <3

Noa

5y↑1

@Matt Jones yes. But some of us do fit into the stereotype more than we want to admit.

CidVeldoril

2y↑1

Yes, Willow is a great role model as a girlfriend, because she'd never ever do anything sketchy to her partner. Ever. And if she did I forgot because she can use magic.

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slushpuppie

4y↑7

This was and is still the most stunning song!! Amber's voice! Tara as a character was just so lovely. Buffy was a great show and this episode will always be my favourite <3

Leonna Jones

4y↑43

I remember watching this with my family at 6 and I was so happy to see them together. I loved their energy and love they had for each other. My fam hated that I supported it and said I'd end up like them. Welp here we are. I'm gay bitch😂😂❤❤ these two definitely made me feel more comfortable with myself

Katia Estrada

1y↑1

Lucky you! 😊

MsAbixxx

7y↑425

There is no such thing as season 7! Tara is fine and living in a happily ever after lalalalalalala!
Let me live in my delusion! 😭

astrangeone

7y↑21

That episode broke me as a fan. Only watched up the Evil Willow's redemption hug by Xander....

Matt Jones

6y↑14

MsAbixxx kenndey who?lol

Ethan Richmond

6y↑9

Honestly, in my opinion, this episode and "Tabula Rasa" (excluding the ending three minutes and the opening set-up) took place in Season 5 and Seasons 6 and 7 NEVER HAPPENED.

Cristal M

6y↑1

Yellow Crayon!!

Riley Wade

5y↑1

MsAbixxx that is legitimately what I did after that episode

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Steven

8y↑44

I love them together so much. Such a beautiful couple :(

nova on ♇uto

3y↑4

Her voice is so soft and smoothing, I was just like WoW hearing her sing for the first time. She's my favorite voice from the Buffy cast.

Dana Culin

8y↑1.1K

"Oh my god! I'm cured!! I want the boys!!"

Gains Bond

6y↑21

Yeh, I realised I was cured decades ago - I want the boys too...

Jess Davis

6y↑4

Daina Leigh 🤣🤣🤣

𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙨

6y↑1

im not im lesbian 🤭😅

𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙨

6y↑3

Gains Bond i want the Girls xD

Gender Woman

5y↑11

@𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙨 I thought Willow was bi...

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jora supay

5y↑3

SerenityMiya2009

5y↑47

18 years later and I'm back here Under Your Spell.

LucyQ2001

5y↑2

Me too. I adore this song and this couple🥰🥰🥰. They are my second favourite couple in this TV series (my favourite is Xander and Anya).

Scott Bynon

5y↑11

You know this show and it's such a long time ago but for me it's a show that you can never redo because the cast was perfect and the funny thing is they all could sing which was amazing even Sarah Michelle gellar he said she didn't like singing yeah she did an amazing job.

This is one of those shows that no matter how old it is it still gets better in time

ryanandres23

4y↑6

Willow and Tara' outfits make it look like its a Disney Princess movie with the sweet beautiful song and Amber's angelic voice and the whole scene overall and I love it and I am sad knowing the context of the song and also am still mad and sad about Tara's Death :(

Hiigara

3y↑2

It's been 20 years and I'm still in awe of this

DravenGal

5y↑4

I love this scene, and Amber can really sing! And I adore her outfit in this, still.

MightyOboosh

3y↑3

No show can ever top this... Beautiful.

Julia K

29w

Tara. Easily the best character of that whole show. I never got and never will get over them killing her off. She was pure sweetness, kindness, the perfect person. She should have never died 😭

Matthias Cieslik

8y↑136

this scene is so romantic and magical =)

Chris Zastrow

8y↑1

thats right

Alexander Ringler

8y↑25

and bittersweet

Matthias Cieslik

7y↑2

it is :/

Grace Lola

Malak My name is I think it's sad AND romantic and magical

Barka Biggie

je taime😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘🐮🐗

cche16

4y↑13

the greatest musical tv episode of all time.

eatnbytheworms

8y↑273

willow and Tara had the most real and beautiful relationship on the show

Róisín G.

4y↑17

Willow abuses Tara. :(

Eaziem

Roisin G. Huh?

Eaziem

4y↑13

Roisin G. Well Tara’s uncomfortable around everyone, and I wouldn’t say abusive so much as just manipulative. They aren’t the same thing because abusive usually ends in one of them in pain (mentally or physically)

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harleyxquinnash

3y↑3

I love this song itl always remind me of when I first felt comfortable/confident telling people I was bisexual it realy empowered me and made me more confident in my sexuality ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

tigergames

3y↑3

Joss is an absolute master of character development. If you look, for example, at where these two characters started - two incredibly awkward, frumpy, dorky young girls - and where they ended up later in the series - confident, sexy and powerful women - it's incredible because you never see the transition along the way. Same with Angel...the entire cast of characters at the end of the show might as well be totally different people from when the show first began, and yet the development was so slow, smooth and natural that you don't realize it's even taking place and it's shocking to compare how they were in s1 vs. s5. Joss is so good at that sort of thing. Dollhouse was a bit of a bust but I've loved everything else he's done and I wish he would make a new series.

TheAguyer89

7y↑163

Looking back now, their storyline is very progressive; I was a teen then, and off the top of my head, can not think of any other tv show at the time portraying a lesbian couple like this.

Eaziem

4y↑8

Graxxor Anandro Vidhelssen I’m grateful for it too! Willow and (mostly) Tara were what made me realize I liked girls 💀🥰

Synth Apprentice (Nathan V)

2y↑2

Meanwhile, Andrew's bisexuality was played for laughs. So, y'know, there's some good and some not so good.

Matthew Jones

@Synth Apprentice (Nathan V) he was wasn't bi sexual he was just weird

Noah

2y↑1

@Matthew Jones He was a great character and adorable. If you think he’s weird I don’t think you looked at all the characters in this show. They’re all weird. Are you ‘normal’? What does that mean to you ? That’s objective and normalcy seems pretty boring in my eyes.

Flameboy

3y↑4

The "you make me come... plete" is immense and was totally lost on me at the time. 😂

Chris Parkey

1y↑1

I remember when this came out. I was just a kid and had no idea what was really going on, but I loved this song

Moon Child

4y↑15

She's totally princess!! And that dance at "you make me believe" part is the most romantic that I've ever seen 😍😍😍

namaste19

Until you realize she is referring to Willow forcing her to believe in a fictional reality through her magic 😂

manuellopez1956

5y↑6

This is the most gorgeous scene in one of the best episodes of one of the greatest TV shows ever, and the likes of which we will NEVER see again.

Charlie Graham

2y↑1

Such an underrated song from this episode, I always here of the others before this one and it saddens me. It's just so beautiful in a bittersweet way given the context of the show in the previous episode.

Ferne Smith

4y↑36

Sang this for a primary school talent show when I was 12. I smashed it of course.

Dannie M

5y↑3

My favourite song of the episode! So beautiful ^_^

peredebeeste

36w

This scene is so good! The song, Ambers voice, willow going down on her, that would have been so censured if people actually understood at the time what was happening! Its a lovely scene of love !

OneAndOnlySound

7y↑68

What Willow says "Do I have to fight to keep you, because I'm not large or butch."
Reality: "I could kill everyone near us with one flip of the wrist." It was pretty true. Wish we could've seen the show continue, the comics had her actually use her witch magic without being abusive and it would've been amazing on screen.

Dread Cthulhu

6y↑3

Not large WITH the butch. She doesn't like Tara acting so aggressive basically.

CharliePuth Fan

6y↑2

OneAndOnlySound or rip the skin off people lol

Velo

4y↑3

@Dread Cthulhu Willow means SHE'S not butch. Tara isn't acting aggressive at all and Willow's just kidding anyway.

Dread Cthulhu

@Velo Willow was saying she doesn't care for the butch types, but Tara was only kidding with saying she wanted the boys. The thing about Tara is that given the way her family treated her she has low self esteem and has a hard time believing that people like or are attracted to her. That she is important to anyone or a major player in anything. She didn't become important until Willow came along and showed an interest in her. At least that is how she sees it and what this song is about essentially.

Lilith Hedwig

Dread Cthulhu no, willow says “I’m not large with the butch”, meaning WILLOW’s not a butch (a joke, since Tara is jokingly saying she likes boys now)

kai smith

2y↑1

Such a beautiful voice. I love tara so much

Knochenmotte

8y↑10

Once a year I do a rewatch. This is one of my fav episodes.

Robert Burford

8y↑4

I remember when this episode came out, I still know all the words. Watching for Halloween :)

Remnants

3y↑4

Tara's voice is beautiful.

tapo jun

yeah, i love tara me too

Angry Nerd Bird

3y↑2

I fell in love with an amazing woman almost 3 years and 11 months ago, and I came out as a woman 6 1/2 months ago.
This song hits so different now, and it made me so happy. 😭💜

Yes, I know the song has messed up undertones in context, shut up and let me have this. lol

Bespectacled Heroine

4y↑3

Perpetually torn between wanting to be bask in their love and accepting this awful thing Willow did that gives Tara’s words a chillingly literal meaning.

vampires r out there

2y↑2

Here again and I'm thinking Tara done this song not to long ago about 5 years ago now and she is now out of practise but could pick it back up in a heart beat just by seeing her do it again ❤️❤️

Thomas Gregers

1y↑2

Hell of a voice. Pretty good dance moves too.

Manuel Pavanello

5y↑298

The sad thing is that...Tara is actually under Willow's spell.

Lily_EvilDM

3y↑21

That is the horrid undertone of this song, It seems wonderful and adorable and romantic, but there are little details that show the horror underneath, early on she even sings that "something just isn't right" It is so sad as if that wasn't the case this song might've been beautiful.

Joe Friedman

3y↑7

@Lily_EvilDM Yea they do a great job calling it back later in the episode when she realizes she literally is under Willow's spell. Excellent writing.

zoé Turcotte

When Tara song all people they are react to this song say Tara has under Willow spell but that’s not the fact Tara singing al of her love for Willow and Amber benson tell herself Tara singing all of her love for Willow see the behind scenes of Buffy musical episode part 1
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MNG4ra6F9Xw&t=1098s

largol33t1

3y↑4

@Lily_EvilDM For me, that was a dead giveaway that it was forced, the instant I heard her say "Something just isn't right." This is actually clever: showing something positive and light-hearted on the surface while something cruel and sinister is underneath.

Wonder

2y↑2

Very sweet and very disturbing at the same time.

The Colourful Jester

7y↑95

"Now I'm bathed in light, something just isn't right."

"... How else could it be, anyone would notice me?"

😥

LucyQ2001

5y↑9

Yeah,it's so sad to hear such a sweet,kind girl talk like that😭😭😭.

SilentBob73

1y↑1

There are precious few more beautiful songs than this one. Amber Benson is a Goddess of Song. 😍

Peter Lewerin

2y↑2

Oh yes, we still swoon over this in the far future of 2022.

It's so beautiful and tragic. Soft-spoken, second-row, I'll do the dishes Tara takes the stage and lifts off the roof with her singing. Tara rejoicing in the magic in their love and the love in their magic, and Willow the same, but also tricking her. On the other hand, after their first fight, Willow so very nearly lost her forever, and Willow was always more about reacting to things than dealing with things. Even when it gets worse, and worse, and worse.

After this song, if they had said "Sorry, Buffy the Vampire Slayer ends here, but you can watch Tara the Friendly Witch instead", I would have.

TheAtonne

This song gets me every time. It's such a wonderful love song

Mag B

AY por favor estoy tan enamorada de esta canción y de ellas en general <3

’Rew [simplicitylost]

2y↑1

There’s a quick line when they’re all at the magic store, talking about what they sang about the night before, and Tara and Willow talk about how awesome it was. I know Alyson Hannigan was so self-conscious about her voice (more than Michelle Trachtenberg— the other actor who requested to have few singing lines), but I think she could’ve done it. Sarah and Nicholas were also not singers and it’s very obvious. But that’s okay; it adds to the authenticity that this is happening to everyone… even those of us who aren’t singers. Anyway, would’ve been interesting to hear at least a part of their song the previous night.

Geoff Mullins

5y↑6

I love the Willow / Tara storyline. I am still heartbroken with what they did to Tara (I can't even say it). I can't watch that episode, still.

Audrey Michaut

Meline Matou

Golden Age of Dinosaurs

6y↑11

“I break with every swell
Lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my Willow tree”

That’s some sexy shit there!

Joachim Grek

4y↑4

My favorite couple. I'm drunk, but I love and hate this song. Because Tara doesn't realize her own worth. Just the line "what they see in me. You" NO girl, YOU! And also the fact that she is actually under a memory spell.
Tara is probably my favorite character in the show. She starts off timid, almost like a wallflower. She grows so much. I hate when she dies. Don't get me wrong, I love the paralells between Willows magic and real life addiction, but I just wish Tara could have been around more.
Yeah, I'm gonna go and cry in a pillow now...

Tara

That is an incredibly beautiful song.

Hanni

6y↑4

Her voice 😍😍

Harpywiththebrownfeathers

3y↑1

Tara and Willow are the most in love, no doubt. I think their relationship is stronger than any other in the show. After all, in the episode where everyone forgets everything, the others are all confused; Anya and Giles thought they were engaged to each other and Anya didn't even consider Xander during the episode, Buffy and Spike thought they were teammates and trusted each other, and that was true for a time, but even though Tara and Willow forgot each other, they still managed to be in love.

Katie Davis

2y↑1

I love tara,s voice when she sings

J. H.

This song, like this whole episode, whole series, is pure genius.

john e Lawler

rewatching it & loving it all over again

Goodthrust69

4y↑2

Anyone know if this is her real voice? This is by far the best song from the episode and the singer is downright magical.

Fetero

yup it is

Secret Squirrel

It’s absolutely Amber Benson as Tara singing, yes.

Roderick Hernandez

7y↑4

She has a beautiful voice. I also love how you could put both of them in Game of Thrones wearing those dresses and they would still fit in.

Lisa Murphy

Or BBC's Merlin.

trey que

DH & I are binge-ing the show, just watched this again.
There are few songs that really evoke an entire environment - in this one I can FEEL the wind and magick-y night - like some starry nights when I was young.
Same evocation as Dancing in the Moonlight, Witchy Woman, You can do Magic

upncmnh11

When I first heard this I thought Amber Benson had an amazing voice I still think so by listening to this.

Charm Serenia

This always makes me tear up.

Mr Maclovin

1y↑4

Without context this is cute. With context this is dark af

Antonio Sánchez

3y↑5

Although I think Spike is the best singer, Tara has the most beautiful voice; she reminds me a lot of Joni Mitchell. And she got to sing the best song in the episode. Totally unexpected moment.

czhg10

7y↑4

I couldn't love more this song

Ivy McCrimmon

7y↑2

The best song from that episode ♥

wetbrain1

The best song on the best episode of the best TV show ever made.

Andrea Ariosto

4y↑1

You make me complete
You make me complete
You make me complete
You make me ...

Genius!

Joshua.D Murphy

4y↑1

You know the relationship is brilliant when your floating in mid air

MDP Official

She's got a beautiful voice 😍

o o f

7y↑385

Ummm "I can feel you inside of me" and "Spead under my willow tree" yeah they did it

Gains Bond

6y↑23

Well duh...

emgardo

4y↑47

‘You make me com-‘

Georgie Lockhart

4y↑23

2:29

Watched this for the first time when I was 16 and so many times since then, and I literally just realized whats happening here LOL

Line Anhøj

4y↑23

"You make me co-" "I bet they are not even working." Well Xander shuhs we wanna hear more of Ambers voice..

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Chris Peplinski

5y↑2

Tara has a great voice and her outfit looks like the outfit from frozen

Dave Millet

3y↑1

Amber Benson has a beautiful singing voice!!😯

Jose Wgaut

50w

Great song and great singer!!. Amber!!

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