Speak Low
Whispers of Love: Unveiling the Timeless Essence of 'Speak Low'
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Emphasizes the need for a discreet and quiet communication in matters of love.
Our summer day withers away
Describes the transience of a summer day, symbolizing the fleeting nature of love.
Too soon, too soon.
Expresses a sense of premature ending or separation, reinforcing the idea of love's brevity.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiterates the importance of speaking softly in love, linking it to the swift passing of moments.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Compares the fleeting nature of their moment to ships adrift, suggesting a lack of control in the course of love.
We're swept apart too soon.
Conveys the feeling of being swept apart from the loved one too soon, highlighting the transitory nature of their connection.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Encourages maintaining a low and intimate tone in communication, referring to love as a spark easily lost in darkness.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Portrays love as fragile and easily extinguished, emphasizing its vulnerability in the dark.
Too soon, too soon,
Repeats the theme of premature endings in love, echoing the idea that love can be lost too soon.
I feel wherever I go
Expresses a constant awareness of the proximity of tomorrow, suggesting a sense of impending change.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Further emphasizes the immediacy of time by stating that tomorrow is already near or here.
And always too soon.
Conveys a consistent sense of things ending too soon, capturing the ephemeral nature of love.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Compares the age of time to the brevity of love, highlighting the fleeting and precious nature of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Contrasts the purity of love with the thieving nature of time, underlining the inevitable passage of time.
We're late darling, we're late,
Acknowledges lateness, suggesting a missed opportunity or a sense of regret in the relationship.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Symbolizes the end of a performance or an event, extending the theme of things concluding too soon.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterates the idea that everything ends prematurely, continuing the motif of love's brevity.
I wait darling, I wait
Expresses a sense of anticipation, waiting for something that may also end too soon.
Will you speak low to me,
Pleads for a continuation of the soft and intimate communication in love.
Speak love to me and soon.
Reiterates the request for the expression of love in a gentle and low manner, implying the urgency of such expression.
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