Speak Low
Whispers of Love: Unveiling the Timeless Essence in Gato Barbieri's 'Speak Low'
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Advice to speak quietly or discreetly when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away
Describing the fleeting nature of a summer day.
Too soon, too soon.
Emphasizing the brevity of the summer day, suggesting it ends too soon.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiteration of the need to speak quietly in the context of love.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Comparing the briefness of their moment to ships drifting apart.
We're swept apart too soon.
Expressing the feeling of being separated too soon.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Repetition of the advice to speak low, addressing the lover.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Describing love as a spark that is easily lost in the darkness.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterating the theme of love ending prematurely.
I feel wherever I go
Expressing a sense of awareness or premonition wherever the speaker goes.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Highlighting the proximity of tomorrow and its inevitability.
And always too soon.
Stressing that tomorrow always arrives too soon, implying a sense of regret.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Reflecting on the contrast between the old age of time and the brevity of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Metaphorically describing love as pure gold and time as a thief.
We're late darling, we're late,
Acknowledging lateness, possibly in the context of the relationship.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Depicting the end of everything, perhaps symbolizing the conclusion of the relationship.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterating the theme of things ending too soon, with a sense of urgency.
I wait darling, I wait
Expressing a sense of waiting, possibly for reconciliation or closure.
Will you speak low to me,
Pleading for the lover to speak quietly to the speaker.
Speak love to me and soon.
A request for the lover to express love soon, emphasizing the urgency of the moment.
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