Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love
Encourages speaking softly when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Reflects on the fleeting nature of a summer day, ending too soon.
Speak low when you speak, love
Reiterates the need to speak low in the context of love.
Our moment is swift; like ships adrift, we're swept apart too soon
Compares the swift passage of their moment to ships adrift, separated too soon.
Speak low, darling, speak low
Repeats the plea to speak low, emphasizing the delicate nature of love.
Love is a spark lost in the dark too soon, too soon
Describes love as a spark easily lost in the darkness and ending prematurely.
I feel wherever I go
Expresses a pervasive feeling that tomorrow is always too soon.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon
Suggests a sense of imminent future, with tomorrow arriving too quickly.
Time is so old and love so brief
Philosophizes on the old age of time and the brevity of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief
Metaphorically compares love to pure gold and time to a thief.
We're late, darling, we're late
Acknowledges being late and implies the approaching end, emphasizing the transience of everything.
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
Highlights the inevitability of the curtain descending, symbolizing the end of all things.
I wait, darling, I wait
Expresses a sense of waiting and anticipation in the face of the approaching end.
Will you speak low to me? Speak love to me and soon
Asks for a continuation of the low, loving communication despite the impending end.
Time is so old and love so brief
Reiterates the juxtaposition of the old age of time and the brief nature of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief
Repeats the metaphorical comparison of love to pure gold and time to a thief.
We're late, darling, we're late
Reiterates being late and the imminent conclusion of everything.
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
Repeats the theme of the descending curtain and the premature ending of all things.
I wait, darling, I wait
Restates the sense of waiting and anticipation as the end approaches.
Will you speak low to me? Speak love to me and soon
Asks once again for the continuation of low, loving communication despite the inevitable end.
Speak low
Concludes with a repetition of the plea to speak low, bringing the song full circle.
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