Reported speech
"We're beautiful like diamonds in the sky" (Rihanna)
She said that they were beautiful like diamonds in the sky
"We can live like Jack and Sally if we want, where you can always find me" (Blink-182)
He said that they could live like Jack and Sally if they wanted, where she could always find him
"I've been roaming around, always looking down at all I see" (Kings of Leon)
He said that he had been roaming around, always looking down at all he saw