Down the Line

I feel like he is talking to a friend with this beautiful song. A friend who has been going through a relationship rollercoaster but is still staying in the relationship. He's telling his friend straight up, "i see problems down the line.. making the same mistake twice" He's also there for his friend, he offers company for this friend, to pass those grueling hours of having to be away from a lover the friend has to let go. Don't let the darkness eat you up.

this song makes me cry. a lot.

and I'm trying to figure it out.

To me, this song is about just letting nature take it's course...not forcing things to work/happen...letting things fall into place because eventually they will.

I can't help but feel that this is a song of sadness, yet, at the same time one of redemption. It's as if he's singing this to a friend/or the listener who is going through a hard time and he's retelling their problems, how they made mistakes, their attempts to solve them and then finally he says to not worry.

It makes me think of when he says,"I see problems down the line, I know that I'm right." He's a person looking ahead and knows things are going bad as if out of experience he's seeing it again and again.

Then when he says,"Doing the same mistake twice..." As if he knows it's that this problem he has to deal with he can't do anything but the same solution which maybe wrong.

The end when he says,"Don't let the darkness eat you up." Is as if he's saying to his friend/listener not to let all the depression and darkness looming over us to take over.

I can't believe how simple the lyrics are yet they are so moving. Every person goes through a darkness and he's singing to us not to let it take over us. I try hard yet fail miserably sometimes this song really does make me feel teary-eyed yet by the end of it I feel strong, happy and most of all less anxious about the future. Great song.

I think it's about a complicated relationship, or the end of a relationship. You know, those weird weeks when there is "break-up sex" or two people don't love each other anymore but can't break up because they are so used to each other.The reason why i think this is this verse: "Come on over be so caught up its all about compromise." To me that says to the person to basically ignore the problems "down the line" and do the same wrong again, which is hanging on to a relationship that shouldn't be. And there are almost no reasons to do so anymore, it's just "all about compromise".

He says clearly: It's all about colonizing (in the second time)

Such a beautifully simple song. I think it's about the importance of seeing the world for what it is, instead of seeing it for what you want it to be. Could relate to personal relationships or the world in a broader context (the video for this song supports this idea).

I personally think these are the lyrics...

I see problems down the line I know they’re not mine Wash the dirt upon your hands Doing the same mistake twice Making the same mistake twice

Come on over don’t be so caught up It’s not about compromising.

I see problems down the line I know they’re not mine I see darkness down the line I know it’s not fine Wash the dirt upon your hands Doing the same mistake twice Making the same mistake twice

Come on over don’t be so caught up It’s all about compromising.

I see problems down the line I know they’re not mine.

Don’t let the darkness eat you up.

I agree with Airthmann about the lyrics.

I agree with Airthmann about the lyrics.