Speak Low
Love's Fleeting Whispers: Speak Softly of Transient Romance
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 that is fading away.
Too soon, too soon.
Emphasizes that the summer day is ending too quickly.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiterates the importance of speaking quietly in matters of love.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Compares the brevity of their moment to ships drifting apart swiftly.
We're swept apart too soon.
Expresses the sudden separation or departure that occurs too soon.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Encourages speaking softly, reinforcing the delicate nature 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,
Reiterates the theme of things ending prematurely in the context of love.
I feel wherever I go
Expresses a sense of inevitability or anticipation wherever the speaker goes.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Suggests the nearness of tomorrow, signifying the rapid passage of time.
And always too soon.
Emphasizes the consistent theme of things concluding too soon.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Contrasts the agelessness of time with the briefness of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Metaphorically portrays love as precious gold and time as a thief.
We're late darling, we're late,
Expresses a realization of being late or delayed in the progression of love.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Highlights the inevitability of endings as the curtain descends.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterates the theme of things concluding too soon, using repetition for emphasis.
I wait darling, I wait
Expresses a sense of waiting for something that arrives too late.
Will you speak low to me,
Pleads for the continuation of speaking softly or discreetly in love.
Speak love to me and soon.
Requests the expression of love through soft speech.
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