Iphone 5 has the music but won't sync to Itunes Library

I've seen all kinds of posts about issues syncing music from Itunes to iphone.  But has anyone had issues with it the other way?  I have 473 songs on my phone and my library only shows 110.  I need to sync my phone for some ring tones but it says I will lose my music if I do.  How do I make sure my music is safe?
(Iphone 5 with ios 8.1 and latest itunes, cloud turned off of everything)

You can only sync with one iTunes library at a time.
The message you're getting indicates that your phone is NOT set up to sync with the library you're attempting to sync to. In order to fix that, the media on the phone must be erased and a new sync relationship established with the library you're trying to sync to.

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