Oh, of course, the beginning of the chorus could be taken as a full sentence of itself... "I was with you when you were down, to see you again," which (ignoring its run-on-idness) would mean that the person addressed was "down" to "see" themselves, which implies some sort of self-discovery, apparently self-discovery that the speaker witnessed.
I realized that a couple hours ago...
Oh, of course, the beginning of the chorus could be taken as a full sentence of itself... "I was with you when you were down, to see you again," which (ignoring its run-on-idness) would mean that the person addressed was "down" to "see" themselves, which implies some sort of self-discovery, apparently self-discovery that the speaker witnessed. I realized that a couple hours ago...