Speak Low
Whispers of Ephemeral Love: Speak Low by Anthony Newley
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Emphasizes the need for discretion and subtlety when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away
Describes the fleeting nature of a summer day, symbolizing the transience of happiness.
Too soon, too soon.
Expresses regret that the pleasant moments are ending too quickly.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiterates the importance of speaking softly in love, possibly to keep it private.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Compares the brevity of their shared moment to ships drifting apart.
We're swept apart too soon.
Conveys the sorrow of being separated too soon.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Repeats the call for speaking softly, reinforcing the theme of intimacy.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Suggests that love is fragile and easily lost in the darkness of life.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterates the sense of untimely endings in love.
I feel wherever I go
Expresses a constant awareness that the future is approaching.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Anticipates tomorrow, suggesting that time is always catching up.
And always too soon.
Highlights the inevitability of things ending prematurely.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Reflects on the contrast between the oldness of time and the brevity of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Metaphorically describes love as precious gold and time as a thief.
We're late darling, we're late,
Acknowledges being late in realizing the fleeting nature of their time together.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Portrays the end of everything, possibly symbolized by a descending curtain.
Too soon, too soon,
Repeats the theme of untimely endings and the feeling of things concluding too soon.
I wait darling, I wait
Expresses a sense of waiting, possibly for a reunion or continuation of love.
Will you speak low to me,
Pleads for continued soft and low expressions of love.
Speak love to me and soon.
Reiterates the desire for love to be spoken softly and suggests an imminent connection.
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