Sound Of Silence Lyrics
By Simon And Garfunkel

Below you'll find the Sound Of Silence Lyrics and my partial version acoustic demo.

Initially this song was released in Mar of 1964 and was a flop. Simon and Garfunkel split and Simon went to England for a year. But their producer took the track and had an electric guitar, bass and drums added to the original. In Jun of 1965 the song was re-released and it reached #1 on New Years Day 1966.

The original title was The Sounds Of Silence and was released later as The Sound Of Silence.




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--- Start Of Sound Of Silence Lyrics ---

Hello darkness, my old friend ... Ive 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 deared
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 whisperd in the sounds of silence

--- End Of Sound Of Silence Lyrics ---

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