Simon and Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence

[Swede]

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools," said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence"

[littlewolf]

1. That takes me back .. thanks ... nt

[turtlerescue1]

2. Ahhhh you hit me right in the heart.

[mrmpa]

3. Simon & Garfunkel...April Come She Wil

April come she will
when streams are ripe and
swelled with rain

May she will stay resting in
my arms again

June she'll change her tune
in restless walks she'll prowl
the night

July she will fly
and give no warning to
her flight

August die she must the
autumn winds blow chilly and
cold

September I'll remember
a love once new has now
grown old

[Ptah]

4. My Senior English teacher in high school {Class of 1969} asserted

that Simon & Garfunkel were the only poets on the charts.

I agree.

Thanks for the post, Swede.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Thank you so much, my dear Swede...

I just love this song!