My iPhone 5 (iOS7) makes me download songs through iCloud once synced?

I have been having this issue for a while, but just now got around to trying to solve it. When i go to Music on my iPhone, and then go to songs, all of the songs have the iCloud symbol next to them (Cloud with red arrow pointing down through the middle). I have before downloaded a few, but then once I sync the phone, it forces me to reinstall it.
Is there an easy way to get them to all download? And possibly to prevent this from continuing to happen?
I really don't understand much with all the new Apple things happening (iCloud, Home Sharing, etc.) so sorry if this is an easy fix.
Thanks for reading, anything helps!

Apple now have 2 ways of letting you hear music. The first way is the traditional way, like you always used to do where you have the songs downloaded to your iPhone.
The second way is that some of your songs might be backed up in iCloud and you can get them from there.
To stop this iCloud confusion change the following settings -
Settings > Music > Show All Music (set to off)
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