Speak Low
Whispers of Love: Unveiling the Timeless Essence of 'Speak Low'
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Speak quietly and with care when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away
Our enjoyable summer day is fading away.
Too soon, too soon.
It is happening too quickly, sooner than expected.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiteration of the importance of speaking love softly.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Our shared moment is fleeting, like ships drifting aimlessly.
We're swept apart too soon.
We are separated abruptly and prematurely.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Emphasizing the need to speak love softly, using endearment.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Love is fragile, easily lost in the darkness of life.
Too soon, too soon,
Again, expressing the feeling that love ends too soon.
I feel wherever I go
The speaker senses the proximity of tomorrow wherever they go.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Tomorrow is not distant; it is imminent and always arriving too soon.
And always too soon.
Repetition of the theme that things end prematurely.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Time is portrayed as ancient, while love is brief and fleeting.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Love is described as precious, but time steals it away.
We're late darling, we're late,
Expressing regret for being late in realizing the transience of time.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Everything concludes as the metaphorical curtain falls.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterating the idea that everything ends too soon.
I wait darling, I wait
The speaker is waiting for something, possibly a continuation of love.
Will you speak low to me,
A plea to speak softly, echoing the earlier themes of the song.
Speak love to me and soon.
A final request for the expression of love, emphasizing urgency.
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