All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you
I've never had a selfless thought since I was born
I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through
I want God, you, all friends merely to serve my turn
Peace, reassurance, pleasure are the goals I seek
I cannot crawl one inch outside my proper skin
I talk of love, a scholar's parrot may talk greek
but, self-imprisoned, always end where I begin
Only that now you have taught me,
but how late my lack, I see the chasm
and everything you are was making my heart
into a bridge, by which I might get back from
exile and grow man...
and now the bridge is breaking
For this I bless you as the ruin falls
the pains you give me are more precious than
all other gains.
C. S. Lewis
this poem (and song) is about how a man was with a woman for a while and all he ever thought about was himself..."i spoke of love, a scholars parrot may talk greek", <<shows how he would speak to her about how he loved her, but he never knew the real meaning.
finally, in the thrice song part, (only now that....) he finally realizes what he has been lacking. but its too late.
he thanks her, now, for teaching him about love. he does this saying "for this i bless you as the ruin falls, the pain you bring, far greater than all other gains"
well here is the original poem by C.S. Lewis:
As the Ruin Falls
All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you I've never had a selfless thought since I was born I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through I want God, you, all friends merely to serve my turn
Peace, reassurance, pleasure are the goals I seek I cannot crawl one inch outside my proper skin I talk of love, a scholar's parrot may talk greek but, self-imprisoned, always end where I begin
Only that now you have taught me, but how late my lack, I see the chasm and everything you are was making my heart into a bridge, by which I might get back from exile and grow man... and now the bridge is breaking
For this I bless you as the ruin falls the pains you give me are more precious than all other gains. C. S. Lewis
this poem (and song) is about how a man was with a woman for a while and all he ever thought about was himself..."i spoke of love, a scholars parrot may talk greek", <<shows how he would speak to her about how he loved her, but he never knew the real meaning. finally, in the thrice song part, (only now that....) he finally realizes what he has been lacking. but its too late. he thanks her, now, for teaching him about love. he does this saying "for this i bless you as the ruin falls, the pain you bring, far greater than all other gains"