Summery: I think this song fits Spike's thoughts & feeling as he rides off, leaving Sunnydale behind, set during the end of 'Seeing Red'.

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Disclaimer: Buffy, Spike and all the rest are owned by 20th Century Fox, Joss Whendon and the rest of them. I DON'T OWN THEM. I just like playing in their dimensions for a while –Thanks. Songs lyrics by Creed. 

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Note: My thoughts of what Buffy and Spike were thinking at the end of 'Seeing Red' and after.

Second of three POV set to music by Creed, they can stand alone but are best read together.

    Beautiful  

She wears a coat of color

Loved by some, feared by others

She's immortalized in young men's eyes

How could I do that to you?

Why did you push me away, pet?

Why can't you just admit it? Love me?

Lust she breeds in the eyes of brothers

Violent son make bitter mothers

So close your eyes' here's your surprise

Fine, if you won't let me in, I'll leave.

But, I'll be back and when I do, things are going to change.

Beautiful is empty

Beautiful is free

Beautiful loves no one

Beautiful stripped me

We had something, something real.

But you shut me out just like the rest.

Now you're all alone, empty once again.

In you mind she's your companion

Vile instincts often candid

Your regret is all that's left

We're some much alike, why can't you see it.

Someday maybe you'll realize what we had, but until then……

Beautiful is empty

Beautiful is free

Beautiful loves no one

Beautiful stripped me

She told me where I'm going

And it's far away from home

I think I'll go there on my own

But when I come home you'll see….you'll see pet, things are gonna change.

Then maybe we can be free, free to love one another the way it was meant to be.

Beautiful is empty

Beautiful is free

Beautiful loves no one

Beautiful stripped me