i believe it's about he's trying to be a hero to someone very special to him ( i believe it could be his now wife) and he's trying to be a hero but he just doesn't get it right, realizing "dumb to the wise" he tries and tries and she keeps on slipping away, and he sees, her clothed in white, (which is a metaphor) to the writer, and it hurts him to see her that way.
i believe it's about he's trying to be a hero to someone very special to him ( i believe it could be his now wife) and he's trying to be a hero but he just doesn't get it right, realizing "dumb to the wise" he tries and tries and she keeps on slipping away, and he sees, her clothed in white, (which is a metaphor) to the writer, and it hurts him to see her that way.