Kinda like a cloud I was up, way up in the sky
And I was feeling some feelings you wouldn't believe
Sometimes I don't believe them myself
And I decided I was never coming down
Just then a tiny little dot caught my eye
It was just about too small to see
But I watched it way too long
It was pulling me down

I was up above it
I was up above it
(Now I'm down in it)
I was up above it
I was up above it
Now I'm down in it
Shut up

So what, what does it matter now?
I was swimming in the haze now I crawl on the ground
And everything I never liked about you
Is kind of seeping into me
I try to laugh about it now but isn't it funny how everything works out
I guess the jokes on me, she said

I was up above it
I was up above it
(Now I'm down in it)
I was up above it
I was up above it
(Now I'm down in it)

I used to be so big and strong
I used to know my right from wrong
I used to never be afraid
I used to be somebody
I used to have something inside
Now just this hole it's open wide
I used to want it all
I used to be somebody

I'll cross my heart, I'll hope to die
But the needle's already in my eye
And all the world's weight is on my back and I don't even know why
What I used to think was me is just a fading memory
I looked him right in the eye and said goodbye

I was up above it
I was up above it
Now I'm down in it
(Now I'm down in it)
I was up above it
I was up above it
Now I'm down in it
I was up above it
I was up above it
Now I'm down in it
I was up above it

Rain, rain go away
Come again some other day
Rain, rain go away
Come again some other day
Rain, rain go away
Come again some other day
Rain, rain go away
Come again some other day

I was up above it
I was up above it
Now I'm down in it
I was up above it
Now I'm down in it

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I believe that only the artist knows the true meaning of his/her song, however, if I were to define the metaphor behind "Down in It", I would have to describe it as more of an identity crisis. Maybe this song is about losing yourself to another person. Those who are self-loathing and full of themselves like Trent, seek their own identity in the opposite sex. I think this song starts out with Trent explaining how he used to be in control of himself but then lost who he was by sharing his self-consumption with who he thought to be his soul mate. Instead of them conjuring into one person, they switched places and the female possessed Trent, taking his heart, soul, and entire identity. He thought he knew who he was until he gave himself to her. Now he explains how all the things he hates about her are really things he hates about himself...he now has become her, and her him. She forces him to look himself in the eye and see himself for who he is. He sees that he's empty and soulless. He looks himself/her in the eye and says good bye.

This is certainly a radical point of view, but it's just another interpretation of this song, and what it could mean to someone.

I believe that only the artist knows the true meaning of his/her song, however, if I were to define the metaphor behind "Down in It", I would have to describe it as more of an identity crisis. Maybe this song is about losing yourself to another person. Those who are self-loathing and full of themselves like Trent, seek their own identity in the opposite sex. I think this song starts out with Trent explaining how he used to be in control of himself but then lost who he was by sharing his self-consumption with who he thought to be his soul mate. Instead of them conjuring into one person, they switched places and the female possessed Trent, taking his heart, soul, and entire identity. He thought he knew who he was until he gave himself to her. Now he explains how all the things he hates about her are really things he hates about himself...he now has become her, and her him. She forces him to look himself in the eye and see himself for who he is. He sees that he's empty and soulless. He looks himself/her in the eye and says good bye. This is certainly a radical point of view, but it's just another interpretation of this song, and what it could mean to someone.

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