Lyric discussion by Ichi 

Cover art for Sweet Up and Down lyrics by Dave Matthews Band

it seems as if the song is trying to convice one to love/date/whatever. When he's talking about how sometimes you get what you get and other times you don't as in being a good or bad relationship, and the bad times relationship or not having the relationship seems to bring you down 'bad times choke us all once or twice' and then with the stanza after that is him saying love is nothing with out you... ehh just a thought