Back To You

"**Back To You**" is a song from the Season 1 finale "The Uncondemning". It is sung by Arlo as he and his friends set off for The Swamp on Ansel's yacht after responding to Edmée's distress call.

## Lyrics

*Note: Lines in blue do not appear in the episode version of the song.*

A day turns to another day

But your memory never fades away

From me (From me, from me)

Mmm...

And the distance that we could feel

It's the distance that we know is real (is real)

Without you by my side (By my side)

Return me unto the place that I'm from

Take me back in

I will travel

Round the world I'll travel

Back to you

To get back to you

I will roam

Around the world, come home

Back to you

To get back to you, yeah

I've been missin'

When you would hold me just so

And now I'm fallin'

Fallin' home

And all before

My heart and yours

Ready for now

I'm ready, yeah

Return me unto the place that I'm from

Take me back in

I will travel

Round the world I'll travel

Back to you

To get back to you

I will roam

Around the world, come home

Back to you

To get back to you, yeah, yeah

Return me unto the place that I'm from

Take me back in

I will travel

Round the world I'll travel

Back to you

To get back to you

I will roam

Around the world, come home

Back to you

To get back to you, yeah, yeah, yeah

Back to you

To get back to you

## Trivia

* This song marks Arlo's second solo in-series, and his sixth overall.
* Part of the song serves as a call-back to "Beyond These Walls", with Arlo jumping and dancing through a Disney-acid version of the swamp complete with glowing lily pads.
* The line "Return me unto the place that I'm from/Take me back in" foreshadows the introduction of the Bog Lady and her plot to lure Arlo back to the swamp so he can stay forever.
* On the album, there is an additional chorus.
* There are several differences between the original storyboard and the final product:
	+ Before the song, in the storyboard, Marcellus wasn't present with Arlo when he screams, "I'm comin', Edmée!!!"
	+ The close-up of the photo of Arlo and Edmée in the hospital with the bear she fought was not in the original storyboard.
	+ When Arlo is looking at Ansel and Elena waving to him, in the storyboard, he looks to his left; in the final product, he looks to his right.
	+ In the storyboard after Arlo passes the Jersey Boy and Lily on the beach, the yacht passes a cargo ship; that scene does not appear in the final product.
	+ During Peggy's cameo, in the storyboard, Alia and Furlecia see her dancing in front of the yacht; in the final product, this is replaced with three shots where they see her from the side.
	+ Before Arlo's fantasy begins, in the storyboard, the camera rotates to behind him as he watches birds in the night sky; in the final product, this is replaced with an establishing shot of the yacht heading for the swamp.
	+ During Arlo's fantasy, there is a close-up of him before he swings to the shack which does not appear in the final product.
	+ At the end of the song when Arlo's fantasy fades, he is seen in a wide shot in the storyboard, but in the final product, he is seen in-close up before cutting to a wide shot.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTiPhBBoq7K/