The Sound of Silence (Original Version from 1964)

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 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"

This is the original version from 1964 from the album "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM." Just Simon's guitar and the vocals. The famous version was released in 1966. After "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM" flopped, they split up. Without either their knowledge, electric guitars and drums were added and that version of The Sound of Silence became very popular, reaching #1 on the charts in America on New Years Day, 1966. Because of this, Simon and Garfunkel teamed up again and created three more studio albums, one of which one a Grammy award for album of the year and song of the year (Bridge Over Troubled Water).

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[Thomas Deskins]

I'd hate to be a grammar nazi, but you misspelled virus.

[Dolgaz]

Never heard anything as perfect as this.

[Chris Hoyle]

Love this , this is music !

[smurfton94]

But this isn't the case in papers including several numbers, or on the subject of math, in which every number is not spelled out.

[smurfton94]

Actually, if you listen, it's "And whispered in the sounds of silence" in the last lyric.

[smurfton94]

The actual convention is not under a hundred, but numbers containing at most two words. So, a million is written out, but not one hundred one.

[meireanta]

sublime

[crossduke2]

echt inspirierend

[Rebeca Cordero]

MARAVILLOSO de gramatica judía



[stanfordpc39]

I was taught under a hundred 

[Deiana Ananieva]

amazing song !!