Speak Low
Whispers of Ephemeral Love
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Advice to speak softly or discreetly when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away
Describing the fleeting nature of a summer day, suggesting impermanence.
Too soon, too soon.
Emphasizing the brevity of the moment, perhaps implying the ephemeral nature of happiness.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiteration of the need to speak softly in the context of love.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Comparing the swift passing of their moment to ships adrift, signifying unpredictability.
We're swept apart too soon.
Expressing the inevitability of being separated or parted too soon.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Continuation of the plea to speak softly in the context of love.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Describing love as a spark lost in the dark, suggesting its fragility and vulnerability.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterating the idea of love ending prematurely, emphasizing its transitory nature.
I feel wherever I go
Expressing a sense of awareness or premonition wherever the speaker goes.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Anticipating the arrival of tomorrow, emphasizing its proximity and inevitability.
And always too soon.
Stressing the theme of things ending too soon, including the arrival of tomorrow.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Commenting on the contrast between the oldness of time and the brevity of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Metaphorically portraying love as pure gold and time as a thief, hinting at love's value and the relentless passage of time.
We're late darling, we're late,
Acknowledging lateness, possibly in the realization of the impermanence of the moment.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Describing the descent of the curtain, symbolizing the end of everything.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterating the idea that everything ends too soon, emphasizing the untimely nature of conclusions.
I wait darling, I wait
Expressing a sense of waiting, possibly for something that is anticipated but delayed.
Will you speak low to me,
Pleading to speak low, reintroducing the theme of discreet communication in love.
Speak love to me and soon.
A final plea to speak love, suggesting a desire for affection despite the impending end.
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