"Bridge Troll" is the third track by Melanie Martinez featured on her second studio album, Fairytale Dreams.
Theme[]
This song is based on DFG's real-life struggles with anxiety, using the troll under the bridge from the fairytale The Three Billy Goats Gruff as a metaphor. Eventually, she kills the troll, but his ghost is still haunting her, meaning that the anxiety isn't as bad as it was before.
Lyrics[]
Italics= DFG
Bold= Both
There's a troll under the bridge
That I walk on, tearing it down to its ridge
And the troll, with its sappiness
Makes me pay the toll, with my happiness
There's a bridge, by the great willow
My daughter walks on, 'cause it's the only way to go
And the troll, with its sappiness
Makes her pay the toll, with her happiness
Though she dare not shed a single tear
The troll always makes my daughter freeze in fear
Her feet, they can't move off the ground
And she longs to be safe and sound
The troll gives her a curse
She begins to fear the worst
Not just afraid of him, but of everything
There's a troll under the bridge
That I walk on, tearing it down to its ridge
And the troll, with its sappiness
Makes me pay the toll, with my happiness
There's a bridge, by the great willow
My daughter walks on, 'cause it's the only way to go
And the troll, with its sappiness
Makes her pay the toll, with her happiness
Under the bridge, there's a troll, troll Bridge, bridge Troll, troll
Under the bridge, there's a troll, troll Bridge, bridge Troll, troll
So I walked to the gates of house eleven
To get some help, and maybe some weapons
I'll find ingredients where the bluebird sings
That should break the curse, some potions and things
Not just afraid of him, but of everything
There's a troll under the bridge
That I walk on, tearing it down to its ridge
And the troll, with its sappiness
Makes me pay the toll, with my happiness
There's a bridge, by the great willow
My daughter walks on, 'cause it's the only way to go
And the troll, with its sappiness
Makes her pay the toll, with her happiness
Under the bridge, there's a troll, troll Bridge, bridge Troll, troll
Under the bridge, there's a troll, troll Bridge, bridge Troll, troll
There's a troll under the bridge
That I walk on, tearing it down to its ridge
Even though the troll was killed
His ghost, it haunts me still
Music Video[]
The music video essentially illustrates the song. Sophia is walking over the bridge, where she is confronted by Zayne the Bridge Troll, who puts a curse on Sophia that makes her afraid of everything. Sophia then goes to House Number Eleven, where she gathers ingredients to drink a potion that gets rid of the curse, then kills the troll, however his ghost still haunts her at the end.
Trivia[]
- House Number Eleven is a reference to the fact that DFG was born in November, which is the eleventh month.