borderline
Jane Lyrics


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I've got to send a message!
Left and right side disconnected!
It's a lonely conversation!
With only static on this station.!
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Medicated by life's finer things!
Believe me I can take it!
High and wasted, I'm tearing at the seams! Clinically antiquated!
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Always light the first flame!
While the last fire's still uncontained!
It's your way of burning everything!
You keep me on the borderline!
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Flush it out with venom!
Or leave it chained up in the basement! Half of you is still half of me!
Strategic self-effacement!
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Too deep in the first place!
While the last flood's still uncontained!
It's your way of drowning everything!
You keep me on the borderline!
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Always on balance beam!
Or falling somewhere in between! A tragic murder scene!
And a filthy filthy dream!




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I hold on as the earth shakes! While your faults try and separate! It's your way destroying everything! You keep me on the borderline!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Jane's song "Borderline" tell the story of a woman who has reached her breaking point - she has finally spoken up without any hope left. The comfort she was once fed rushes to her head as she recalls the pain she has endured, and how others watched her struggle. The chorus reveals that the world is cruel and that all the good has gone away. The woman had believed that purity was all that was required to live a better way but learned that there was nowhere to hide as a child's death occurred on the same day. Two boys were charged and questioned but were unable to reply.


The lyrics appear to speak to the idea that innocence can be lost and that once it is, it is impossible to go back to the previous state of purity. The woman in the song has gone through a difficult time and appears to have lost her hope and faith in people. The song's lyrics highlight the harsh realities of the world and how difficult it can be to maintain one's beliefs in the face of such cruelty.


Line by Line Meaning

She hit the borderline
She reached a point of no return


The day she finally crossed the line and spoke
The day she spoke her truth, despite her fears


Without the hope
Without the illusion that everything will be okay


That had her choked till now
That had been suffocating her up until this point


And swiftly to her head came
And suddenly she remembered


All the comfort she'd been fed
All the lies she'd been told to keep her comfortable


And she recalled just how she'd bled
And she remembered the pain she had endured


And how they'd watched her try
And how they had watched her struggle without helping


Don't take me for a fool
Don't underestimate me


'cause I know the world is cruel
Because I understand how harsh the world can be


Don't say it's OK
Don't pretend like everything is okay


All the good has gone away
All the goodness in the world has disappeared


And innocence it was her fire
She believed that being innocent and pure was her power


For she believed that purity
Because she believed that being pure would make the world a better place


Was all that was required
She thought that being pure was enough to effect change


But there was for us
However, for the rest of us


No place to hide
There was nowhere to go to escape the harsh realities of the world


For that same day
On the same day


A child died
A child was killed


Two boys were charged and questioned why
Two young boys were held responsible, but questioned about their motives


But they could not reply
But they could not give a satisfactory answer


We fall and call and we carry it all
We stumble, we yell out for help, and we bear the weight of our struggles


Gathering on the way
And we come together for support


We reach and we teach and how we love to preach
We strive to teach others what we've learned, and we love to give advice


As long as our views can stay the same
As long as we can remain stubborn and set in our ways


As long as they stay the same
As long as our perspectives and opinions don't change




Lyrics © KILLPHONIC
Written by: Daniel Toccalino, Jane Bryant

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