Speak Low
Whispers of Love: Unveiling the Timeless Tale in Vic Damone's 'Speak Low'
Lyrics
Speak low when you speak, love,
Advice to speak softly or discreetly when expressing love.
Our summer day withers away
Describing a summer day that is fading away.
Too soon, too soon.
Emphasizes the brevity of the summer day, ending too quickly.
Speak low when you speak, love,
Reiteration of the advice to speak softly in the context of fleeting moments.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
Comparing the fleeting nature of their moment to drifting ships.
We're swept apart too soon.
Expressing the inevitable separation that occurs too soon.
Speak low, darling speak low,
Repeating the advice to speak low, emphasizing intimacy.
Love is a spark lost in the dark,
Describing love as a fleeting spark easily lost in darkness.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterating the theme of love ending prematurely.
I feel wherever I go
Expressing a sense of being followed by the future.
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
Suggesting that tomorrow is always close, here now.
And always too soon.
Emphasizing the constant feeling of things ending too soon.
Time is so old and love so brief,
Reflecting on the contrast between the oldness of time and the brevity of love.
Love is pure gold and time a thief.
Metaphorically describing love as pure gold and time as a thief.
We're late darling, we're late,
Expressing a sense of lateness or missed opportunities.
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends
Describing the end of everything as the curtain descends.
Too soon, too soon,
Reiterating the theme of things ending too soon.
I wait darling, I wait
Expressing a sense of waiting, possibly for a love that never comes.
Will you speak low to me,
Pleading for the continuation of speaking softly and expressing love.
Speak love to me and soon.
Repetition of the plea to speak love, emphasizing urgency.
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