To me, this song is the ultimate irony. The speaker is capable of a wide range of talents, some desirable and others more questionable, even manipulative. He is totally engrossed by this woman and feels all his abilities are nothing unless he can share them with her. Yet despite all these "gifts" which apparently have given him the proverbial fame and fortune, he is unable to move an emotionally superficial woman who goes through the motions of love, but never has a real depth or sharing of self that is so associated with sincere love or, to use yet one more cliche', "meaningful relationship." What a waste! A poetic person so capable of self-honesty and completely devoted to an uncaring woman. It's Petrarch and Laura all over again--constantly yearning for the untouchable and unreachable ideal.
To me, this song is the ultimate irony. The speaker is capable of a wide range of talents, some desirable and others more questionable, even manipulative. He is totally engrossed by this woman and feels all his abilities are nothing unless he can share them with her. Yet despite all these "gifts" which apparently have given him the proverbial fame and fortune, he is unable to move an emotionally superficial woman who goes through the motions of love, but never has a real depth or sharing of self that is so associated with sincere love or, to use yet one more cliche', "meaningful relationship." What a waste! A poetic person so capable of self-honesty and completely devoted to an uncaring woman. It's Petrarch and Laura all over again--constantly yearning for the untouchable and unreachable ideal.