Lyrics
Time is so old and love so brief
Time is enduring, while love is fleeting.
Love is pure gold and time a thief
Love is precious like gold, but time steals it away.
Speak low when you speak love
Speak quietly when expressing love.
Our summer's day withers away too soon, too soon
Our joyful summer days fade away too quickly.
Speak low when you speak love
Continue to express love with restraint.
Our moment is swift like ships adrift
Our time together is brief, like ships drifting apart.
We sail apart too soon
We separate too soon.
Speak low when you speak love
Continue to express love in a hushed tone.
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
Love is like a spark, easily lost in the darkness and ends prematurely.
I feel that wherever I go that tomorrow is near
The speaker feels the imminent presence of tomorrow wherever they go.
Tomorrow is here and always too soon
Tomorrow arrives too soon, always.
Time is so old and love so brief
Reiteration of the idea that time is ancient, and love is fleeting.
Love is pure gold and time a thief
Love is as valuable as gold, but time steals it away.
We're late, darling, we're late
The speaker and their loved one are running late, and everything comes to an end.
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
The curtain falls, symbolizing the end of everything, happening too soon.
I wait, darling, I wait
The speaker waits, knowing that things end too soon.
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me?
Asking the loved one to speak low and express love.
Speak low to me and soon
Requesting the loved one to speak low, and the speaker anticipates love soon.
Speak low, speak low
Repetition of the plea to speak low.
Speak love
Asking for the expression of love.
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