Speak Low
Whispers of Love: Unveiling the Tender Tale in Hank Jones' 'Speak Low'
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Advocates speaking softly or discreetly when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away
Describes the fleeting nature of a summer day.
Too soon, too soon.
Emphasizes the brevity of the summer day, suggesting it ends too quickly.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiterates the advice to speak quietly in the context of love.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Compares the swiftness of their moment to ships adrift, conveying a sense of transience.
We're swept apart too soon.
Expresses the inevitability of being separated prematurely.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Reiterates the call for speaking softly in the context of love.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Describes love as a fleeting spark easily lost in the darkness.
Too soon, too soon,
Echoes the sentiment of love ending prematurely.
I feel wherever I go
Expresses a sense of awareness and anticipation wherever the speaker goes.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Suggests the immediacy of tomorrow, implying that time is advancing rapidly.
And always too soon.
Reiterates the theme of things ending too soon.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Contrasts the agelessness of time with the brevity of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Metaphorically describes love as pure gold and time as a thief, emphasizing the preciousness of love and the inevitability of its theft by time.
We're late darling, we're late,
Acknowledges being late in realizing the fleeting nature of time and love.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Portrays the end of everything, symbolized by the descending curtain.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterates the theme of untimely endings.
I wait darling, I wait
Expresses a sense of waiting, possibly for something that may never come.
Will you speak low to me,
Asks for a continuation of speaking softly, reinforcing the theme of love.
Speak love to me and soon.
Reiterates the plea for the expression of love through soft speech.
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