I think this song is just about someone explaining to a down person that he understands him/her, and the singer uses this to give this message to everyone : even if life sometimes feels meaningless and really hard, we are not alone, there is always someone feeling the same, on "the same road".
In the first verse, there are 2 persons talking :
The first one is a girl, and she says :
"Life's a lot to think about sometimes, When you're in between the lines"
These lines are really important, as they are a central part of the whole song. These lines are just limits. She's basically saying that she's bored of this life, and she has a lot to think about which is tiring her.
Her next line : "And all the stars are sparkling, shine everyday" is her envying the persons that are out of these limits she impose herself. She sees them shining, like beautiful stars.
The second person is a man, he says :
"Life's so hard to move in sometimes, When it feels like I'm towing the line".
He thinks the opposite way : he feels like he's pulling the limits too far with him.
"and no one ever cares to ask me why I feel this way" : he's popular, he's the person that the girl saw shining, but he feels really alone, he feels like no one cares about him.
In the chorus, it's the narrator (probably the singer) speaking :
He adresses his message to the two people speaking (in his mouth by the way, the verse says "he says" so the man isn't really talking, it's only the narrator), but also to everyone listening : you are not alone.
"And I know you feel helpless now, And I know you feel alone" :
He understands the situation, he understands the people feeling down, because : "That's the same road that I'm on". He feels, or has felt the same one day. Even if we think we're alone, nobody understands us, and nobody loves us, that's not true. There are always supporting people around us, we just need to find them.
The next verse, a man is speaking (we don't know if he's the same than the first or a new one, I think it's a new one.) : "life's a lot to think about sometimes, When you keep it all between the lines" : he feels exactly the same as the girl from the first verse.
"And everything I want and I want to find one of these days" : He has dreams, he wants things, but he doesn't know how to achieve them, or how to do it.
The chorus once again, but the first part is completely different from the first :
"But what you thought was real in life, Oh it somehow steered you wrong" :
Sometimes, we have a bad feeling, and it happens to be real. It happens to everyone.
"And I know you just keep drivin', Trying to find where you belong" :
He knows that we're strong, we're never gonna give up (never gonna let down, you just got rickrolled), and we'll always be looking for a way to feel better, to get out of the sadness tunnel we're in.
So, this song is just a hopeful message to all the people feeling down !
I think this song is just about someone explaining to a down person that he understands him/her, and the singer uses this to give this message to everyone : even if life sometimes feels meaningless and really hard, we are not alone, there is always someone feeling the same, on "the same road".
In the first verse, there are 2 persons talking : The first one is a girl, and she says : "Life's a lot to think about sometimes, When you're in between the lines" These lines are really important, as they are a central part of the whole song. These lines are just limits. She's basically saying that she's bored of this life, and she has a lot to think about which is tiring her. Her next line : "And all the stars are sparkling, shine everyday" is her envying the persons that are out of these limits she impose herself. She sees them shining, like beautiful stars.
The second person is a man, he says : "Life's so hard to move in sometimes, When it feels like I'm towing the line". He thinks the opposite way : he feels like he's pulling the limits too far with him. "and no one ever cares to ask me why I feel this way" : he's popular, he's the person that the girl saw shining, but he feels really alone, he feels like no one cares about him.
In the chorus, it's the narrator (probably the singer) speaking : He adresses his message to the two people speaking (in his mouth by the way, the verse says "he says" so the man isn't really talking, it's only the narrator), but also to everyone listening : you are not alone. "And I know you feel helpless now, And I know you feel alone" : He understands the situation, he understands the people feeling down, because : "That's the same road that I'm on". He feels, or has felt the same one day. Even if we think we're alone, nobody understands us, and nobody loves us, that's not true. There are always supporting people around us, we just need to find them.
The next verse, a man is speaking (we don't know if he's the same than the first or a new one, I think it's a new one.) : "life's a lot to think about sometimes, When you keep it all between the lines" : he feels exactly the same as the girl from the first verse. "And everything I want and I want to find one of these days" : He has dreams, he wants things, but he doesn't know how to achieve them, or how to do it.
The chorus once again, but the first part is completely different from the first : "But what you thought was real in life, Oh it somehow steered you wrong" : Sometimes, we have a bad feeling, and it happens to be real. It happens to everyone. "And I know you just keep drivin', Trying to find where you belong" : He knows that we're strong, we're never gonna give up (never gonna let down, you just got rickrolled), and we'll always be looking for a way to feel better, to get out of the sadness tunnel we're in.
So, this song is just a hopeful message to all the people feeling down !