I don't think this song is necessarily trying to be specific about what situation this guy is doing it in, but somewhere along the line someone is depending on her for all the wrong reasons - maybe she has a problem with it coz she's wondering if he doesn't love her exactly, just NEEDS her - and I agree, he needs her for the things he's not getting elsewhere. He's put her on her pedestal because so far she's been responsive to these needs. But would he still want to be together if it meant just simply "being" with her for a change? She represents the person who is holding up someone else through their troubles and has sacrificed her needs in order to listen to or cater top her partner exhaustedly.
I don't think this song is necessarily trying to be specific about what situation this guy is doing it in, but somewhere along the line someone is depending on her for all the wrong reasons - maybe she has a problem with it coz she's wondering if he doesn't love her exactly, just NEEDS her - and I agree, he needs her for the things he's not getting elsewhere. He's put her on her pedestal because so far she's been responsive to these needs. But would he still want to be together if it meant just simply "being" with her for a change? She represents the person who is holding up someone else through their troubles and has sacrificed her needs in order to listen to or cater top her partner exhaustedly.