Speak Low
Love's Fleeting Whispers: Speak Softly of Time's Theft
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Advising to speak softly 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 pleasant time.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiterating the need for quiet expression in love.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Comparing the swift passing of their moment to drifting ships.
We're swept apart too soon.
Expressing the sudden separation that occurs too soon.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Encouraging the partner to speak softly in affection.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Describing love as a fleeting spark easily lost in darkness.
Too soon, too soon,
Highlighting the untimely end of love.
I feel wherever I go
Expressing a constant awareness of the proximity of tomorrow.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Indicating that the future is always imminent.
And always too soon.
Reiterating the theme of things ending prematurely.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Reflecting on the contrast between the age of time and the briefness 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,
Expressing regret for being late in realizing the transience of the moment.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Conveying the finality of events as the curtain descends.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterating the untimely end and expressing the urgency of time.
I wait darling, I wait
Waiting for the beloved, aware of the fleeting nature of time.
Will you speak low to me,
Asking the beloved to speak softly to the speaker.
Speak love to me and soon.
Requesting the expression of love to come soon.
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