This is about somebody who has time and time again been through failed relationships and eventually hits rock bottom, but was saved by a new lover. The speaker insists that no matter how many times he has failed and how likely it is that this one will fail too, he will fight to keep it together.
This idea seems to be communicated through Cornell's comparison of the situation to the rescue of a stray dog; someone who could not fend for itself and was saved by the good of another.
This is about somebody who has time and time again been through failed relationships and eventually hits rock bottom, but was saved by a new lover. The speaker insists that no matter how many times he has failed and how likely it is that this one will fail too, he will fight to keep it together.
This idea seems to be communicated through Cornell's comparison of the situation to the rescue of a stray dog; someone who could not fend for itself and was saved by the good of another.