Borderline
Duffy Lyrics


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Something in the way
You love me
Won't let me be
I don't want to be
Your prisoner
So baby
Won't you set me free
Stop playing
With my heart
Finish what you start
When you make
My love come down
If you want me
Let me know
Baby, let it show
Honey
Don't you fool around

Just try to understand
I've given all I can
Cause you got
The best of me

Chorus:
Borderline
Feels like I'm going
To lose my mind
You just keep on
Pushing my love
Over the borderline

Something in your eyes
Is makin' such
A fool of me
When you hold me
In your arms you love me
Till I just can't see
But then you let me down
When I look around
Baby
You just can't be found
Stop driving me away
I just wanna stay
There's something
I just got to say

Just try to understand
I've given all I can
Cause you got
The best of me

(Chorus 2x)

Someday we'll be together
Someday we'll be together
Yes, we will
Someday we'll be together
Someday we'll be together
Someday we'll be together





(Chorus)

Overall Meaning

In the song Borderline by Duffy, the singer is expressing her feelings of being trapped in a relationship that is not fulfilling. She feels that something in the way her partner loves her is holding her back and she does not want to be a prisoner anymore. She asks her partner to stop playing with her heart and to finish what they started. She wants her partner to be clear about their feelings and to stop fooling around.


In the chorus, the singer feels like she is going to lose her mind because her partner keeps pushing her love over the borderline. She feels like she is being made a fool of and when she looks around, her partner can't be found. She pleads for her partner to stop driving her away and to let her stay. The singer has given her all in this relationship, but it feels like her partner is not reciprocating.


The song ends on a hopeful note with the repetition of the phrase "someday we'll be together". The singer is not sure when that day will come, but she is still holding onto hope that things will work out in the end.


Line by Line Meaning

Something in the way
There's a feeling in the way we interact


You love me
That's causing my confusion


Won't let me be
I can't escape this feeling


I don't want to be
I'd rather not be


Your prisoner
Trapped in this cycle


So baby
Please


Won't you set me free
Let me go


Stop playing
Stop messing with


With my heart
My feelings


Finish what you start
Committing to this or ending it


When you make
Every time you cause


My love come down
My heart to feel heavy


If you want me
If you truly desire me


Let me know
Be open and honest


Baby, let it show
Make sure it's clear


Honey
Dear


Don't you fool around
Don't play games


Just try to understand
Have empathy for me


I've given all I can
I'm at my limit


Cause you got
Because you've taken


The best of me
All that I can give


Borderline
Teetering on the brink


Feels like I'm going
Sensation of falling


To lose my mind
Becoming insane


You just keep on
Continuously


Pushing my love
Testing my feelings


Over the borderline
Beyond threshold of love's patience


Something in your eyes
There's a look you give


Is makin' such
It's causing


A fool of me
Me to act irrationally


When you hold me
Every time you embrace me


In your arms you love me
I feel loved


Till I just can't see
It becomes my only focus


But then you let me down
Then you hurt me


When I look around
When I try to find you


Baby
Dear


You just can't be found
You're absent


Stop driving me away
Stop pushing me to leave


I just wanna stay
I want to remain


There's something
I need to articulate


I just got to say
I need to express


Someday we'll be together
Eventually we'll unite


Yes, we will
It will happen




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Comments from YouTube:

Juliana Augusto

This song suits Duffy so well!

Jorge Godoy

Hermosa versión de Duffy

Newell bate

Such a good singer

Sanderson Alberto

great cover... her style! new arrangement .. just loved it. Great artist.

pulangtuldok

Funky bluesy Borderline. Love it Duffy

Esteban Lopez

Loved it

MadonnaImperia

Very different but actually quite good :)

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duffy anything you sing is so good with love jeff

doh1959

luv it

Rich W

Duffy..... no... just DUFF!!!

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