It's a relationship gone sad and which is now mired by her partner's use of drugs. She is mildly admonishing her druggie partner: "where is your hope? it's all gone up in smoke". She's just trying her best to keep his head above water, gently talking him out of his bad habits: "hold on to the good things that keep you from falling down"; "what are we really learning when we make the same mistakes?". And yet she herself might well feel powerless to haul him out of the mire, help him fight his addictions and dispel his confusion: "you struggle on and on to find where you belong"
It's a relationship gone sad and which is now mired by her partner's use of drugs. She is mildly admonishing her druggie partner: "where is your hope? it's all gone up in smoke". She's just trying her best to keep his head above water, gently talking him out of his bad habits: "hold on to the good things that keep you from falling down"; "what are we really learning when we make the same mistakes?". And yet she herself might well feel powerless to haul him out of the mire, help him fight his addictions and dispel his confusion: "you struggle on and on to find where you belong"