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Here if you want me, listening so close from far away
I memorized what you told me, like a foreigner on holiday
I know to smile at confusion, not forget the soul that smiles on me
Dancing on the highway, the broken line that led from you to me
Well, I’ll be at my station all night, so come on by if you feel like
Still here if you want me, look at what I can do with empty time
A lost love that likes to haunt me - it’s waiting around to meet me when I die
Death surrounds, protects the living - this is what you said and I agreed
Not to be unforgiving just because your soul’s done time and free
Because I’m here if you want me, my love, dancing on the highway
But your sun still burns my eye
Oh, why?
Oh, why?
I memorized what you told me, like a foreigner on holiday
I know to smile at confusion, not forget the soul that smiles on me
Dancing on the highway, the broken line that led from you to me
Well, I’ll be at my station all night, so come on by if you feel like
Still here if you want me, look at what I can do with empty time
A lost love that likes to haunt me - it’s waiting around to meet me when I die
Death surrounds, protects the living - this is what you said and I agreed
Not to be unforgiving just because your soul’s done time and free
Because I’m here if you want me, my love, dancing on the highway
But your sun still burns my eye
Oh, why?
Oh, why?
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Bailando en la Carretera
Aquí, si tu me quieres,
escuchando tan cerca desde tan lejos
Memoricé lo que me dijiste, como un extranjero en vacaciones
Sé sonreír en una confusión, no olvido el alma que sonríe en mí
Bailando en la carretera, la línea rota que conducía de tí hacia mí
Bueno, estaré en mi puesto toda la noche, asi que vamos por si se te antoja
Aún aquí, si me quieres,
mira lo que puedo hacer con el tiempo vacío
Un amor perdido que le gusta rondarme
- que está esperando por ahí para conocerme cuando yo muera
Muertes envolventes, protegen la vida
- esto es lo que dijiste y yo afirmé
No se es implacable sólo porque tu alma cumplió tiempo y es libre
Porque estoy aquí si tu me quieres, mi amor, bailando en la carretera
Tu sol aún me quema los ojos
Oh, ¿Por qué?
Oh, ¿Por qué?
(...)
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I think it has to do with an old relationship that he misses more than he thought he would.
I also think that the lyrics can be a little frightening, saying "dancing on the highway" leads me to believe that Elliott is in a bad state (somewhat suicidal) thinking about the relationship-gone-wrong. Dancing on the highway is not a safe thing to do. It also has a reference to him maybe being a toll taker, though this is mere speculation.
And speaking of imagery, I love it in this song. The idea of driving through the darkness with the specter of this lost love haunting the narrator. Elliott tops my list, no doubt.
I have two interpretations of what's going on. The more likely is that the guy's faith or spirituality is tested and challenged right now. While she's definitely there in his memory, he wants to see her, talk to her spirit or ghost. But this doesn't happen, he's waiting for any sign of her, he wants to know she still cares and that she's still there in spirit... but all he has is her memory ("your sun still burns my eye, oh why?")
The other interpretation is more grim. He's dancing on the highway in the middle of the night-- a dark stretch of road where cars may hit him. He is tempting death to come and take him so that he can be with his lost love.
Just my take... I'll always be in awe of Elliott's songwriting..