Speak Low
Whispers of Ephemeral Love: Unveiling the Meaning Behind 'Speak Low'
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Advising to speak softly or discreetly 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 summer day, suggesting it ends too quickly.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiterating the advice to speak quietly in matters of love.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Comparing the briefness of their moment to ships drifting apart.
We're swept apart too soon.
Expressing the sorrow of being separated too soon.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Repeating the call to speak quietly, emphasizing intimacy.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Describing love as a fragile spark easily lost in the darkness.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterating the idea that love is often cut short prematurely.
I feel wherever I go
Expressing a sense of being followed by the awareness of tomorrow.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Highlighting the imminent arrival of the future.
And always too soon.
Stating that tomorrow always arrives too soon, implying a sense of longing.
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 precious gold and time as a thief.
We're late darling, we're late,
Expressing a realization of being late or delayed in some aspect.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Conveying that everything comes to an end, symbolized by a descending curtain.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterating the theme of things ending too soon.
I wait darling, I wait
Expressing a sense of waiting for something, possibly the return of love.
Will you speak low to me,
Pleading for a quiet expression of love.
Speak love to me and soon.
Repeating the request for a soft expression of love and intimacy.
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