I love Simon and Garfunkel. This is a newly rediscovered love, as I have been listening to them on my Bob Dylan Pandora radio station. I first discovered them in my sophomore (high school) English class, as my teacher thought we should hear "The Sound of Silence." And so, as a tribute to them (Simon, Garfunkel, and my English teacher), here are the beautiful lyrics.
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 share and 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 signs said, "The words of the prophets are written
On the subway walls and tenement halls.
And whispered in the sounds of silence."
*KatieW*
Comments (1)
I love Simon and Garfunkel! My personal favorite is Bleeker Street.