Goo Goo Dolls - Acoustic #3 Lyrics Meaning

To me its a song about a person who is trapped by their family's dysfuction. A mother who stayed with a man Because she likes education and money And needed to be taken care of. And the only reason why she loves her husband is because she's vulnerable. His mother did not know how to love herself or her children. So when it says the what they gave you was the best they knew. A voice that small and fading is a voice that's afraid to speak up because your voice is never heard or understood. Which is common and families of dysfunction. No one wants to change no one wants to hear the truth. It's about a love that tried to save this person but could not. It is a very sad song because it seems like the person is constantly seeking love from a place they will never get it