Talk:Star Swirl the Bearded/@comment-24311841-20131219103753/@comment-10390252-20131224104155

FWIW, I'm pretty sure it's Twilight's revision that's important. The writing team just went backwards and turned it into gibberish.

However, Star Swirl's version generally all links in with what Celestia said about him "not understanding friendship as you do". You can interpret all stanzas of the spell as talking about Star Swirl's imagined unique standing and position and his seeking power, possibly even ascension to Alicornhood, because he believed himself singularly worthy of it.