When You Are Old And Gray
Love Today, Regret Tomorrow: Embracing Youthful Passion
Lyrics
Since I still appreciate you,
Expressing current appreciation for the partner.
Let's find love while we may.
Encouraging to find love in the present.
Because I know I'll hate you
Anticipating future feelings of hatred.
When you are old and gray.
Referring to the potential dislike during old age.
So say you love me here and now,
Emphasizing the importance of love in the present moment.
I'll make the most of that.
Committing to making the most of the current love.
Say you love and trust me,
Asking for a declaration of love and trust.
For I know you'll disgust me
Expressing the expectation of future disgust.
When you're old and getting fat.
Predicting physical changes and potential dislike during aging.
An awful debility,
Describing aging as a negative condition.
A lessened utility,
Highlighting a decrease in usefulness.
A loss of mobility
Referring to a loss of mobility in old age.
Is a strong possibility.
Stating the strong likelihood of physical decline.
In all probability,
Indicating a high probability of losing virility.
I'll lose my verility
Anticipating a decrease in fertility.
And you your fertility
Expecting reduced desirability.
And desirability,
Referring to the liability of total sterility.
And this liability
Highlighting the negative consequences of sterility.
Of total sterility
Emphasizing the potential for hostility due to sterility.
Will lead to hostility
Anticipating a sense of futility in the relationship.
And a sense of futility,
Stressing the importance of acting promptly.
So let's act with agility
Advocating for swift action to avoid negative consequences.
While we still have facility,
Emphasizing the importance of acting while still able.
For we'll soon reach senility
Highlighting the inevitability of reaching senility.
And lose the ability.
Anticipating the loss of certain abilities due to aging.
Your teeth will start to go, dear,
Predicting physical changes, such as tooth loss.
Your waist will start to spread.
Anticipating weight gain and changes in appearance.
In twenty years or so, dear,
Expressing a future wish for the partner's death.
I'll wish that you were dead.
Indicating a potential lack of love in the future.
I'll never love you then at all
Reiterating the decreased future love compared to the present.
The way I do today.
Requesting the partner to remember the current feelings.
So please remember,
Specifying the timing of the speaker's departure.
When I leave in December,
Reinforcing the message of decreased future love.
I told you so in May.
Stating the initial warning about future feelings given in May.
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