Hello, I need help to figure out a phrase. The phrase is "Godspeed your love to me". I was just watching the movie "Ghost" and almost at the end of the movie a song plays and I heard that phrase that I cannot understand. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Godspeed your love to me
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Remember also the archaic meaning of speed (noun - success; verb - cause to succeed), as in the idiom more haste, less speed. If you wish someone Godspeed, you're actually saying 'May God prosper you'. In the song you mentioned, I think it could mean 'May God cause your love to me to flourish'. (Yes, speed is in the subjunctive as indicated by Paul).
The words are from Unchained Melody, a U.S. pop hit of 1955 that just about every singer in the English language recorded.
As with many, perhaps most, songs, the rhyme and meter often outweigh the meaning. The previous line in the lyrics being "I need your love."
The full lyrics are at: http://www.metrolyrics.com/unchained-melody-lyrics-the-righteous-brothers.html
As with many, perhaps most, songs, the rhyme and meter often outweigh the meaning. The previous line in the lyrics being "I need your love."
The full lyrics are at: http://www.metrolyrics.com/unchained-melody-lyrics-the-righteous-brothers.html