The Bog Lady (song)

## Video

"**The Bog Lady (song)**" is a song from the Season 1 finale "The Uncondemning". It is sung by the Bog Lady as she has Arlo imprisoned in her domain and coaxes him into staying with her in the swamp forever.

## Lyrics

(You-you-you d-dis-o-o)

(You-you-you d-dis-o-o)

Mmm, hey, little gator boy

You tried to say "See ya later, boy"

You were gone for too long, mmm...

Look how you've grown (Ha!)

Oh, Lord, I've been patient

Oh, I've been so patient

Now you owe me an apology

You owe me, owe me!

You've been lookin' for some trouble

Why should I be so humble?

Is that the way you thank me?

I'm the one who created this whole thing

I'm the swamp that made you,

Now I'm the swamp that take you!

You left me, should've stayed, babe

You spite me, you shouldn't, you disobeyed!

(You-you-you d-dis-o-o)

(You-you-you d-dis-o-o)

I'm a very simple creature, hon

Don't want anything to change, none

I'm a simple creature, ha

I'm your simple teacher, ha

Now ya back where you belong

Don't fight the song

Gonna have to stay with me

'Til your last breath, it's okay

You've been lookin' for some trouble

Why should I be so humble?

Is that the way you thank me?

I'm the one who created this whole thing

I'm the swamp that made you,

Now I'm the swamp that take you!

You left me, should've stayed, babe

You know, you never should've disobeyed!

Lord I've been patient (See?)

I've been so patient (See?)

Now you owe me an apology

You owe me, OWE ME!

I'm the one who created this whole thing!

I'm the one who created this whole thing!

The one who created this whole thing...

***I'M THE ONE WHO CREATED THIS WHOLE THING!!!***

I'm the swamp that made you,

Now I'm the swamp that take you!

You left me, should've stayed, babe

You know, you never should've disobeyed!

(You-you-you d-dis-o-o-beyed)

## Trivia

* The Bog Lady's opening line "Hey, little gator boy/You tried to say 'See ya later, boy'" follows the same rhyming scheme as the chorus to Avril Lavigne's 2002 single "Sk8r Boi": "He was a sk8r boi/She said, 'See you later, boy'".
* In the final chorus when Arlo gets hypnotized, it is similar to when Mowgli gets hypnotized by Kaa in the 1967 Disney movie *The Jungle Book*, during Kaa's song "Trust in Me". The Bog Lady also messes with Arlo like how Kaa did in the song, and it ends with her pulling him in for a cuddle like how Kaa wrapped his tail around Mowgli before attempting to eat him.
	+ Arlo being ensnared in roots also resembles Mowgli being ensnared in Kaa's tail.
* During most of the song, the edges and corners of the screen are darkly shadowed.
* The song seems to be a dark parallel to "Better Life" from the movie:
	+ The aforementioned song is sung by Ansel, Arlo's biological father, while this was sung by the Bog Lady, who acted somewhat of a mother.
	+ The latter is an upbeat Broadway-esque number of Ansel's life as a successful businessman, while the former is a slow hypnotic melody of the Bog Lady dedicating her life to taking care of everything in the swamp.
	+ While Ansel tried to convince Arlo to change himself, the Bog Lady tried to force him into never leaving her.
	+ Arlo's reaction throughout both songs are different. In "Better Life", he enjoyed Ansel's company and danced along with him, while in this song, he was attacked by the Bog Lady and tried to avoid her as he tried to rescue Edmée.
	+ Both songs end with Arlo undergoing some sort of physical change. In "Better Life", Ansel gives him a hand-me-down suit; in this song, Arlo is ensnared in the Bog Lady's roots.
	+ In the bridges of both numbers, Arlo's reaction is different; he smiles in glee at Ansel singing to him from the chandelier, while in this song, he glares angrily at the Bog Lady holding him hostage and shakes his head no when she demands an apology from him.
		- While Arlo politely turned down Ansel's advice, he was forced into apologizing to the Bog Lady when under her spell.
	+ Both songs have an instance of redness visible when the final chorus begins. In the former, the spotlights turn red when Ansel puts a feather on Arlo's hat. In the latter, Arlo' eyes turn into red and yellow spirals when he falls under the Bog Lady's control.
	+ Arlo's response after the song is different; he refused Ansel's idea to change himself, while he was brainwashed into obeying the Bog Lady and doesn't do anything about it when under her control.