He's an abusive alcoholic, she's had enough. He's begging her to stay, because he's seen hope through the haze, but he lacks the will to change for the better.
"Everybody gets what they deserve... but I could be wrong, cause I could never live with me before you came along."
This line beautifully highlights the problem with finding yourself in another person... you're not fixing your own problems, you're just using that person to cover them up. When that cover starts to look thin, and you can't hide behind them anymore, you've got to find something else to hide behind...
He's an abusive alcoholic, she's had enough. He's begging her to stay, because he's seen hope through the haze, but he lacks the will to change for the better.
"Everybody gets what they deserve... but I could be wrong, cause I could never live with me before you came along."
This line beautifully highlights the problem with finding yourself in another person... you're not fixing your own problems, you're just using that person to cover them up. When that cover starts to look thin, and you can't hide behind them anymore, you've got to find something else to hide behind...