Speak Low
Whispers of Ephemeral Love: Barbra Streisand's 'Speak Low'
Lyrics
Speak low
Expressing a desire for a quiet and discreet conversation.
When you speak love
Emphasizing the need for a hushed tone when discussing love.
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Reflecting on the fleeting nature of a summer day, suggesting that moments of love are brief.
Speak low
Reiterating the importance of speaking softly when expressing love.
When you speak love
Highlighting the swift and transient nature of the shared moment, drawing a parallel to ships drifting apart.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart, too soon
Continuing the theme of love's brevity, acknowledging its fleeting nature like ships separated in the vast sea.
Speak low, darling, speak low
Encouraging a loved one to speak softly, emphasizing the fragility of love.
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
Describing love as a spark that can be easily lost in the darkness of life, underscoring its ephemeral nature.
I feel wherever I go
Expressing a sense of anticipation and awareness that tomorrow, and possibly the future of the relationship, is imminent.
That tomorrow is near
Affirming the closeness of tomorrow and the realization that time is passing quickly.
Tomorrow is here and always too soon
Emphasizing the perpetual feeling that tomorrow is always arriving too soon.
Time is so old and love so brief
Reflecting on the contrast between the agelessness of time and the brevity of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief
Metaphorically portraying love as valuable and pure, contrasting with time, which is described as a thief stealing moments.
We're late, darling, we're late
Acknowledging a delay or tardiness in the progression of the relationship.
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
Contemplating the inevitable end of everything, emphasizing its premature nature.
I wait, darling, I wait
Expressing patience and a willingness to wait for the expression of love, despite the fleeting nature of time.
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon
Requesting the continuation of speaking softly and expressing love, despite the anticipation of waiting.
I wait, darling, I wait
Repeating the theme of waiting and the desire for soft-spoken expressions of love.
Will you speak low to me
Asking again for a gentle and slow expression of love.
Slow to me, oh, please
Desiring a deliberate and unhurried expression of affection.
Just don't say no to me
Requesting not to deny the expression of love and to let it flow slowly.
Let it flow to me, slow to me
Encouraging a gradual and unhurried flow of love.
Soon, soon, soon, soon
Repeating the urgency of the previous lines, emphasizing the desire for a slow and deliberate expression of love.
Darling, speak low to me
Reiterating the request for a soft-spoken expression of love.
Darling, speak slow to me
Extending the request for a slow and gentle expression of love.
Whoa, oh, oh
Concluding with a vocal expression, emphasizing the longing for a slow and soft delivery of love.
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