Borderline

I guess whoever wrote these lyrics here doesn't understand english too well...here's the way I hear them:

So you're on your own looking down the road that goes only by one name And you need the signs to know lonely still runs both ways So who's the fool that would think the ties would be better off undone? Did your heart heed the warning when you veered from the path that was narrower and straight?

On a borderline, somewhere between the plight for freedom; feeling like you can't move on The toll will be the time, takes your off of my mind and out of my heart, I know. And when you cross over, there's no turning back, once that burning bridge is gone.

I may lose, but I'm in it for the long run Loving you, for good reason could be the wrong one I don't wanna lose control, but the heart won't learn To let it dwell and not forlorn

Repeat chorus

So you're on your own looking down the road that goes only by one name...

I always loved this song but never really delved deep into the meaning I think it is about getting to that point (the borderline) where you are truly trying get over someone you once loved. Though you face loneliness when you leave that person, you also realize you'll still face it in a relationship where the love is gone, thus the road that 'runs lonely both ways' The last verse: 'To let it dwell and not forlorn' (though I seem to be one of the only person who hears the words this way?), I think, is about holding on to the memory of that person you love without letting it drag you into sadness and depression. This is surely one of Alison Krauss's most beautiful and powerful songs.