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Sounds Of Silence Lyrics

Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Album: Sounds Of Silence

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 sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence

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Comments/Interpretations
by dsa on 5/20/2008 12:38pm i really like this song :)
by louis on 5/22/2008 6:01pm most amazing song ever
by siobhan tikka on 5/26/2008 12:43pm love this song was sitting in a mates lastnyt n it came on reminds me of u musterd monks ;) xx
by pietro on 6/4/2008 6:16pm indeed."The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls''
by Ivy on 6/11/2008 9:58pm Amazing song. Gorgeous, with beautiful lyrics and sound. I loved the fact that it was in The Graduate otherwise I would never have known about it. :(
by mary on 6/14/2008 10:44am It is a wonderful song! Wonderful lyric Wonderful melody Wonderful S & G performance
by Mello on 6/16/2008 9:56pm Le agrego al comentario de Mary (a de ser maravillosa) que esta rola vale sobre todo cuando a la palabra ya no se le respeta
by Pete on 6/17/2008 9:56am This song was written after JFK was..... Lyrics in this song are so powerful, I think of Ron Paul when I hear this song...
by rob on 6/18/2008 11:00am a perfect song
by Leon Gallego on 6/18/2008 12:19pm Tres fantastik, c'est jolie, on me transmet beaucoup de messages, je tremble quand je l'ecoute... ouaissss, felicitations S et G
by an anonymous person with ALS on 6/23/2008 7:32pm Sounds like life before an awareness of this disease. Education can bring the afflicted back into the light and life.
by vianey on 6/24/2008 4:22am MARVELLOUS!! "people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening, people writing songs that voices never share" This is an everyday thing. We all say things without thinking and that is when we are not speaking. we hear what people tell us, or we sometimes hear songs without actually listening to what the lyrics have to tell us. people write their hearts out and make wonders when they put words together but they never let people her it in the most lovely way...music. these lyrics are some of the best in the history of music. they teach so much with such great melody! i love this song!!
by Eric Kirk on 6/25/2008 7:06pm Probably the most beautiful song ever written, as haunting as it is - particularly as sung in two part harmony by the S&G voices. As I read it, it's about alienation and apathy.
by Mario on 6/30/2008 2:04pm They ae good guys, I really like when they sing together with two voices:-)
by Peter on 7/4/2008 1:01am I am going thru a bit of personal hell right now and for some reason I keep singing this song in my head -- "Hello darkness, my old friend." It is on my I-pod and I hear it every time I walk or run. It may be strangely therapeutic, at least I hope so. What an incredible song!
by TONNI on 7/7/2008 8:35pm GREAT SONG
by Bam on 7/9/2008 9:53pm good lyrics
by Goodtyms on 7/12/2008 7:35am My friend wanted us to play this song for him at his funereal. i didn't understand until i read it now. :(
by femaleperson on 7/20/2008 8:40pm i woke up today with an urge to grab the guitar and play this song, which i'd never done. it just came out so intensely my boyfriend woke up and grabbed his guitar and we played it together a few times. felt sort of healing.
by elda on 7/22/2008 2:42pm its the highs't level that could ever exist
by NikiRa on 7/24/2008 3:20pm It is written after the assassination of JFK
by pili on 8/8/2008 12:20pm i love this song me encanta is the best felicitaciones....
by kevin on 8/22/2008 7:57pm My high school class song... 1969
by Nic on 9/4/2008 10:34am I love this song "And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made" my favorite verse they should use this songin an episode of heroes
by Kayla on 9/7/2008 6:40pm I love the Harmony, its completly amazing <3 i love it
by Forestles on 9/8/2008 2:20pm The Graduate Movie..Dustin Hoffman..Mmmm.Cool!
by Walter on 9/10/2008 6:14pm wow that is a very god song realy its a very very very god song neta k esta de pokamadre yeahhhh
by Lia on 9/14/2008 12:59pm powerful lyrics, i like it!
by Saul on 9/24/2008 4:21pm I feel this song as a vestige, a trace, for those who will see the remains of what we lost.
by Rodolfo Aragon on 9/26/2008 9:41pm He amado esta cancion desde el primer dia que la escuche, siendo un nino-adolecente. Tanto en su version original, como la cristiana o gaspel (ya que en centroamerica hay varias canciones cristianas que utilizan su musica tanto en iglesias catolicas como protestantes.
by Espen on 10/8/2008 3:08am A good song is open and general, so that the rest can come to our fantasy while we ponder upon what the song is all about. This song is one of the world's greatest. It can be related to so much. And even if you take it as it is, lyrically - you understand the fact that Silence is quite seldom these days, and that it can be a creative inspiration and a method to gain deep knowledge about ourselves. This song is just amazing...
by Nya on 10/10/2008 10:49am I have always loved this song even though i never totally understood it. I read these lyrics and it helped me understand it so much more ! it is an amazing song
by carrie on 10/11/2008 3:09pm This song is a based in The Beatitudes
by Bobby on 10/12/2008 10:06pm couldn't agree more with you guys
by Joel on 10/14/2008 8:43am I agree with a previous comment. I am also going through a personal hell these days and for some reason out of no where came "Hello darkness my old friend" For someone looking to hide from the world right now it seems appropriate to listen to this wonderful song. Amazing how healing a song with the correct words can be.
by hubuly doo on 10/23/2008 9:12pm I find that it is nice to hear songs like this in a time like ours were every time you turn on the radio you hear rap and other thing like it its just good to go back to s&g and the beatles and others like them
by mukul on 10/31/2008 2:30pm I am not finding last stanza in my soundtrack! Is the last one is missing from my song file?
by kleinnak on 11/3/2008 1:41am brilliance in its finest form. my fav song to listen to when i'm walking anywher ebecause the tempo is exactly the same as my pace.
by suraj on 11/3/2008 11:53am gosh!! love this song!! Everytime i hear this song i get a feeling that am listening for the first time...its magic!!
by alst on 11/9/2008 8:55am Fits perfectly as a description of our times.. nodody talks, nobody listens.. nobody cares.. profit, ratings & "be famous" is all that matters.. the decay of human intellect is amaizing.. By the time song as this one where written, the US withdrawn from Vietnam due to population preasure and the power of ideas. Nowadays in this rap-profit-internet communicating era.. nobody has a clue on why a country is being invaded, nobody cares.. With the killing of JFK the era of "what the human kind could be" was replaced by this era of neon gods. Amaizing how early these guys described what was to come...
by Ida on 11/11/2008 10:32am amazed by this song.. truly, madly, deeply..
by fudgeebartr3s on 11/12/2008 5:29am can't really understand the song...but as i heard it i think it's too...it's just good to be true....luvds!!!!!!!
by mygod on 11/18/2008 2:25am i like this song hay report namen to eh gudluck smen
by k max on 11/24/2008 11:09pm best song ever it fits every decade if have experienced
by gourav on 12/1/2008 11:15am cant rite in words how gr8 the song is
by Big head on 12/2/2008 12:01pm I think its really gay just because i'm kul like that and i can say anything i want when i what and i think they should take if of the internet cuz its gay
by reg on 12/5/2008 8:56am i hear this song a long time ago when i was a kid and i made it mine. then i heard it in the simpsons no to long ego. now if there are any veterans no matter what conflict, remember you are not along "when the vision softly creeping left it seeds when i was sleeping and the vision that was planted in my brain still remains" you are not along in the darkness
by "D" man on 12/15/2008 11:51pm I'm using it to teach listening skills in my Psychology class. Could there possibly be a better choice? "People hearing without listening..." kinda says it all doesn't it? PEACE
by Skypie on 12/17/2008 3:03pm oh my goodness!!! best song ever made!!! The lyrics fit so well with the harmony and it's just beautiful!!!!
by Wiktor on 12/17/2008 7:03pm The best song ever.!
by krishna on 1/4/2009 2:52pm i love this song....it feels good every time i listen to it...
by DR CEP on 1/10/2009 3:18pm Great Song. Few folks realize they are speaking of the tv...
by BenDemise on 1/17/2009 9:49pm This song haunts me everyday! Truly an epic song. Also, there is a great cover of this song done by a group called Ascension Of The Watchers. Nothing can beat originals, but I believe this cover is well worth a listen to
by ADRIANA on 1/23/2009 5:35pm WOW. FANTASTIC SONG..NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I HEARD SUCH BEAUTIFUL DEEP MEANING TO A SONG. FIRST TIME I HEARD IT, IT ABSOLUTELY LEFT ME WANTING TO HEAR IT OVER ND OVER AGAIN... CLASSIC.
by Norma on 1/24/2009 9:06am Esta canci�n es hermosa, los int�rpretes hacen una combinaci�n incre�ble pero sobre todo, el mensaje es genial.
by Anupam;anpm on 1/25/2009 2:25am I feel this song as the pace of life which turns slowly like in trueman's syndrome.Great and heart touching.....i like it and would be a suggestive jest forever
by bobby d on 2/9/2009 10:01pm Like many of S&G songs, there is a spiritual element to them. This is no exception. In the Old Testament, the prophets, under Divine inspiration, wrote of the coming of the Messiah - Jesus Christ. No one listened to them. Today, "the words of the prophets are written on the barroom walls, and tenement halls". But "no one listens" to them either. There is so much wrong with today's society. Will anyone listen to the voices of reason? All we have is each other.
by WORC MA on 2/12/2009 10:09pm my music of choice is normally rap music mostly old school but all day at work the oldies station is playing and when this song came on not to sound gay or anything but something happened to me and i needed to hear it over and over amazing song, luv it
by applepie on 2/15/2009 3:17am someone dear presented this song to me otherwise i would not have hear abt it. listen to this song reminds me of him..."And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains"
by Mode Castillo, de N. Laredo on 2/15/2009 8:17pm every music player, has this song in the heart, beautiful, amzing...
by syll on 3/6/2009 1:25pm love it in watchmen..
by Jessie on 3/8/2009 5:57am This song's an amazing song with very meaningful lyrics. Love it a lot.
by pyrogamer168 on 3/9/2009 2:34pm OMG Watchmen lololololol
by Rooster on 3/10/2009 9:01am Am amazing song, along with Bridge over Trouble waters, two of the best songs ever, and I am a hard rocker.
by Subway Prophet on 3/10/2009 1:52pm The deep connection this song has with many aspects of society these days is touching and terrifying at the same time. It's application in Watchmen was increadibly appropreate. When my best friend was 12 years old she would listen to this song as loud as she could comfortably stand and try to explain the various meanings it could have to me and anyone else she could. I didn't understand until I was almost 24. By then we had lost touch and she had fallen prey to society. The tragity lay with this brilliant 12 year old girl who had an advanced understanding of people and human nature and no one would listen to her. She slowly evolved into what she tried to warn people about and was lost. Now that I think about it, the lyrics could easily be applied to her situation at that time as well. All in all a beautiful song with deep inflections and enough strength to touch the emoations. Heed the warning and observe the world.
by SMILES on 3/11/2009 1:00am this is a awesome song. its also on the new watchmen movie soundtrack (unbelievable movie) i think it goes well wit the movie
by Phil on 3/11/2009 1:10pm What additional superlatives can be used to describe this song? This song is not only powerful, it has a soothing rhythm too.
by harry riddle on 3/26/2009 5:14pm i hate this song! its sooooooo bad
by Zubin on 3/30/2009 3:43am Man its an amazing song ... i have this song in my cell phone ... and now on my laptop too ... i keep listening to it ... its like a never ending melody !!!
by Russ on 4/1/2009 4:18am Great song with a powerful message. By far the best S&G song. You get a hauntingly calm feeling and everytime I listen to this song I can't stop singing it!! Beautiful and mistifying
by Inquier on 4/1/2009 10:19pm I know exactly what this song tr�es to teach. Since one of The original singer is Jewish-Paul Simons, he try to persuade the world tru this song (contrary to popular belief) that originally the true onenes of the Creator was pervade "to their own neon gods they made"
by Greg Shepherd on 4/2/2009 4:34am This is a beautiful, poignant song promoting a vision of a world where people truly connect with each other in the most fundamental ways. A song of very profound humanity.
by jonathan on 4/9/2009 9:45am Beautiful........
by The neon light! on 4/15/2009 11:21pm I love it when they say "-neon light" it really sounded like the lights flashing throughout the city. To me, the lyrics reflect on the people, especially the homeless people and the bad side of a city.
by jondoe on 4/18/2009 8:29am brilliant lyrics, just brilliant !!!!
by Ashan on 4/21/2009 1:20am this song is so magical !!!
by hello =) on 5/9/2009 6:38pm Whoever 'harry riddle' and 'big head'are, they are completely wrong about this song....obviously just a couple of bored teenagers!! I'm willing to bet that they haven't even heard this song--no one who has heard this would think of it like they apparently do....legendary song bro! byebye..
by RAUL IN HAVANA on 5/12/2009 1:12pm I am in my 50�s now and I have been listening this song for over 40 years. I was a teenager when I first listened over the radio. It must have been at the end of the 1960�s. This song is full of mistery and it portrays something that only masterpieeces can portray. Only the voices of Simon and Garfunkel could produce such a wonder!!!
by RAUL IN HAVANA on 5/12/2009 1:14pm I am in my 50�s now and I have been listening this song for over 40 years. I was a teenager when I first listened the song over the radio. It must have been at the end of the 1960�s. This song is full of mistery and it portrays something that only masterpieeces can portray. Only the voices of Simon and Garfunkel could produce such a wonder!!!
by Norma in Tasmania(Australia) on 5/16/2009 8:20pm Having being diagnosed with Breast Cancer this song has significance for me, "silence like cancer grows'. Beautiful poignant song.
by Jediah on 5/17/2009 12:24pm This is a beautiful song one of the greatest ever
by kiana on 5/19/2009 2:14pm omgosh this song touched my soul
by michael thiessen on 6/11/2009 6:02pm the last line of Psalm 88 is "the darkness is my closest friend." It is a depressing Psalm of one who is close to death. I wonder if this song is written with Psalm 88 in mind.
by Eric on 6/13/2009 10:57am just a great song. S&G one of the best groups ever. I can listen to this song non stop. mellow and calm.
by Alexandra on 6/26/2009 10:36pm two of the most gifted harmonisers there are. beautiful song, gives me goosebumps.
by Ashwin on 7/3/2009 1:57pm Awesome song...Wudnt hav heard it if it wasnt in Watchmen...Touched my heart...Hav S&G sung some other songs lik this one...?

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