"To you I had no words to say
My experience was limited and underfed
You were talking while I hid...
After waking enough times to think I see
The Holy Kiss that's supposed to last eternity
Blow up in smoke, its destiny..."
When the narrator hears his friend of a friend utter those words (that love is just a four letter word), his romanticized view of love is challenged; he may even feel that his belief in the noble definition of love has been reduced or cheapened by the speaker's statement. Perhaps he feel disillusioned. But he admits that he was young then. Now that he's had some experience in the world (and with love), he realizes that even marriage and commitment doesn't last. He doesn't need to argue or question the point or to be convinced about the veracity of the statement any longer:
"And I do not really need to be
assured/ that love is just a four-letter word..."
"To you I had no words to say My experience was limited and underfed You were talking while I hid... After waking enough times to think I see The Holy Kiss that's supposed to last eternity Blow up in smoke, its destiny..." When the narrator hears his friend of a friend utter those words (that love is just a four letter word), his romanticized view of love is challenged; he may even feel that his belief in the noble definition of love has been reduced or cheapened by the speaker's statement. Perhaps he feel disillusioned. But he admits that he was young then. Now that he's had some experience in the world (and with love), he realizes that even marriage and commitment doesn't last. He doesn't need to argue or question the point or to be convinced about the veracity of the statement any longer: "And I do not really need to be assured/ that love is just a four-letter word..."
[Edit: capitalization]