I always assumed it was from an abused child, as an adult, speaking to a parent. I never listened to anything but the chorus really.
I hate that song. It’s so whiny. No, if you’re a grown-ass woman and you still haven’t learned to take risks in life, that’s on you, not your parents. I’m not saying it’s easy or you can snap your fingers and make it so, but fixating on an external cause to your own dysfunctional pattern of behavior is not, in my experience, very helpful.