Lyric discussion by Blackberry22 

Not all One Republic songs have to do with love, I don't think this one has any romance to it. It's simply about life, having ups and downs, facing obstacles and overcoming them.

The "There isn't a flag I'd wave" part, I think he is saying he is never taking a side, although it's hard to connect with the meaning.

"Right, right, right; right, left, right": At first I thought was just for the rhythm, but I think it's about how things don't always go smoothly as they should(right, left, right, left) but sometimes the road gets bumpy and we take time to straighten out problems, so we don't move on to the "left" for some time.

The "I'd sink us to swim" part I still don't understand. Can someone clarify?

It could be about life but the beginning it sounds like he is referring to one person, saying that their relationship wasn't wrong.

For those days we felt like a mistake, Those times when love's what you hate Somehow We keep marchin on

For those nights that i couldn't be there, I've made it harder to know that you know That somehow We'll keep movin on

It could be about life but the beginning it sounds like he is referring to one person, saying that their relationship wasn't wrong.

For those days we felt like a mistake, Those times when love's what you hate Somehow We keep marchin on

For those nights that i couldn't be there, I've made it harder to know that you know That somehow We'll keep movin on

I also think it isn't about relationship. It just about life. We will encounter many difficulties as long as alive. However, we still need to go on.

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