Speak Low
Whispers of Love: Unveiling the Poetic Depths of 'Speak Low' by Chet Baker
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Caution or whisper softly when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away
The enjoyable time of summer is fading away.
Too soon, too soon.
Expresses the idea that the pleasant season is ending prematurely.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiterates the need to speak quietly in love.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Describes the fleeting nature of the moment, using the metaphor of drifting ships.
We're swept apart too soon.
Conveys the sense of being separated or torn apart too soon.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Reiterates the plea to speak softly in love.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Compares love to a spark that gets lost in the darkness, emphasizing its ephemeral nature.
Too soon, too soon,
Echoes the sentiment that love ends prematurely.
I feel wherever I go
Expresses a feeling of awareness wherever the person goes.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Highlights the proximity of tomorrow, suggesting a sense of urgency.
And always too soon.
Underscores the recurring theme of things ending too soon.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Contrasts the old age of time with the brevity of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Depicts love as precious (pure gold) and time as a thief.
We're late darling, we're late,
Indicates being late or delayed in love.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Suggests the finality of events, with the curtain descending and everything coming to an end.
Too soon, too soon,
Repeats the idea that things conclude prematurely.
I wait darling, I wait
Expresses a sense of waiting, possibly for love.
Will you speak low to me,
Pleads for the continuation of speaking softly in love.
Speak love to me and soon.
Reiterates the desire for love to be spoken softly and soon.
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