Discover the story of the song > Anything But Down – Sheryl Crow

The protagonist does everything she can to make her partner happy, but he doesn't do anything to make her happy. She feels like she is constantly being brought down by him. She tries to leave, but he keeps asking her to come back. She realizes that maybe she's not what he wants, and they're just wasting time. She describes him as someone who says one thing but does another. She wishes that he would make things easier for both of them, and she knows that he wishes he were stronger and never wrong.