Speak Low
Whispers of Love: Unveiling the Timeless Tale in 'Speak Low'
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Emphasizes the need for discretion and subtlety when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away
Refers to the fleeting nature of a summer day, symbolizing the transient nature of love.
Too soon, too soon.
Expresses regret for the quick passage of time and the premature end of the summer day.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiterates the importance of speaking softly in love, highlighting the brevity of their shared moment.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Compares their moment to ships adrift, underlining the unpredictable and transient nature of their connection.
We're swept apart too soon.
Conveys the sorrow of being separated too soon, reinforcing the theme of love's impermanence.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Encourages speaking in hushed tones, portraying love as a fragile spark easily lost in the darkness.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Describes love as a fleeting moment lost in the obscurity of time.
Too soon, too soon,
Expresses the sentiment that love often ends prematurely, before its full potential is realized.
I feel wherever I go
Shares a personal feeling of awareness that tomorrow is approaching, bringing with it both anticipation and uncertainty.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Stresses the immediacy of tomorrow and its constant presence in the narrator's consciousness.
And always too soon.
Repeats the idea that everything, including love, tends to end too soon.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Reflects on the contrasting durations of time (old) and love (brief).
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Metaphorically describes love as precious (gold) and time as a thief, suggesting the stealing away of love's moments.
We're late darling, we're late,
Acknowledges the lateness or delay in recognizing the ephemeral nature of love.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Describes the finality of endings, symbolized by the descending curtain.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterates the theme of things concluding too soon, emphasizing the inevitability of endings.
I wait darling, I wait
Expresses a sense of waiting, possibly for love, despite the awareness that time is running out.
Will you speak low to me,
Pleads for a continuation of the soft-spoken love, highlighting the desire for a lasting connection.
Speak love to me and soon.
Reiterates the plea for love expressed in a gentle and discreet manner.
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