Speak Low
Love's Fleeting Whispers: Speak Softly of Transient Romance
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Advocates speaking softly when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away
Describes the fleeting nature of a summer day.
Too soon, too soon.
Emphasizes the brevity of the summer day, expressing regret.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiterates the importance of speaking softly in love.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Compares the swiftness of their moment to ships drifting apart.
We're swept apart too soon.
Conveys the feeling of being separated too soon.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Encourages the partner to speak softly in an affectionate way.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Describes love as a spark that can be easily lost in the dark.
Too soon, too soon,
Repeats the theme of love being lost too soon, expressing sorrow.
I feel wherever I go
Expresses a sense of awareness that tomorrow is approaching.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Highlights the immediacy of tomorrow, suggesting its arrival.
And always too soon.
Reiterates the idea that everything, including love, ends too soon.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Reflects on the contrast between the oldness of time and the brevity of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Metaphorically describes love as precious gold and time as a thief.
We're late darling, we're late,
Expresses lateness, perhaps in realizing the transience of time and love.
The curtain descends, everything ends
Portrays the finality of endings, comparing it to a descending curtain.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterates the theme that everything ends too soon.
I wait darling, I wait
Expresses anticipation and waiting, possibly for a love that is delayed.
Will you speak low to me,
Asks the partner to speak softly, emphasizing the importance of love.
Speak love to me and soon.
Reiterates the request for the partner to speak love softly and soon.
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