Speak Low
Whispers of Fleeting Love: 'Speak Low' Song Meaning Explored
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Advice to speak softly or discreetly when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away
Describes the fleeting nature of a summer day.
Too soon, too soon.
Emphasizes that the beautiful day is ending too quickly.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiteration of the need to speak quietly in matters of love.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Compares the brevity of their moment to ships drifting apart.
We're swept apart too soon.
Expresses the sadness of being separated too soon.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Repeats the plea to speak softly, emphasizing intimacy.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Describes love as a fleeting spark that gets lost in the darkness.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterates the theme of love ending prematurely.
I feel wherever I go
Expresses a feeling of impending separation wherever the person goes.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Suggests the immediacy of tomorrow and the inevitability of its arrival.
And always too soon.
Conveys the idea that tomorrow, symbolizing the future, always comes too soon.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Reflects on the contrast between the age of time and the brevity of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Metaphorically describes love as precious (pure gold) and time as a thief.
We're late darling, we're late,
Acknowledges lateness, possibly in the context of their love story.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Highlights the inevitability of endings, likening it to a descending curtain.
Too soon, too soon,
Repeats the theme that everything ends too soon.
I wait darling, I wait
Expresses a sense of waiting, possibly for a reunion or resolution.
Will you speak low to me,
A request to continue speaking softly or intimately.
Speak love to me and soon.
A plea to express love in words, emphasizing the urgency of doing so soon.
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