Borderlines

Seeking Freedom: Ruby Gill's Borderlines Echo the Struggle for Home
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Lyrics

I just wanna know

The speaker desires information.

When I can board this train

Expresses a desire to embark on a journey represented by a train.

The lack of change in landscape

The lack of change in surroundings is causing mental fatigue.

Is greying out my brain

The stagnant landscape is dulling the speaker's mind.


And I just wanna know

Reiterates the desire for information.

How much it costs to leave

Questioning the cost of leaving a capitalistic job.

A capitalist, full-time job

The speaker feels compelled to grieve despite leaving the job.

And still I have to grieve the space I was raised in

Emotional attachment and sorrow regarding the place of upbringing.


It's a borderline offence to keep me locked in

Feeling confined and restricted.

And I'm tired of all your bureaucratic nonsense

Frustration with bureaucratic complexities.

Imma buy a ticket out here in the morning

Planning to leave by purchasing a ticket the next morning.

What's the worst could happen, maybe you'll deport me?

Considering the worst-case scenario of deportation.

Well, I guess you're making this decision easy

Feeling that external circumstances simplify the decision to leave.

I just wanna go home

Expresses a strong desire to return to the speaker's 'home'.


I just wanna know

Repetition of the desire for information.

When I can hug my mum

Yearning to reunite with the speaker's mother.

My step father is getting old

Concern for the aging stepfather.

And someone's bullying his son

Worry about bullying faced by someone close.


And I can't help

A sense of helplessness in not being able to assist until a certain point.

Not till he's six feet tall

Condition for helping the individual until they reach maturity.

And forests that I used to love

Sadness over the transformation of beloved natural spaces into commercial areas.

Will mutate into shopping malls that I was raised in

Emotional attachment to the forests that are changing.


It's a borderline offence to keep me locked in

Repeated feeling of being confined and restricted.

And I'm tired of all your bureaucratic nonsense

Frustration with bureaucratic complexities reiterated.

Imma buy a ticket out here in the morning

Intent to leave by buying a ticket in the morning reiterated.

What's the worst could happen, maybe you'll deport me?

Consideration of the negative outcome of potential deportation reiterated.

Well, I guess you're making this decision easy

Feeling that external factors simplify the decision to leave reiterated.

I guess you're making this decision for me

Recognition that external circumstances are influencing the decision.


And I just wanna go home

Reiteration of the desire to return 'home'.

And I just wanna go home

Expresses the strong desire to return 'home'.

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