Benedictus (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
The Sound 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 wos sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In resrless 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 whisper'd in the 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 wos sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In resrless 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 whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Simon, Arthur Garfunkel
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Other Album Tracks
- He Was My Brother (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- Leaves That Are Green (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- Sparrow (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- Homeward Bound (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- A Most Peculiar Man (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) [Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967]
- The Dangling Conversation (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- Richard Cory (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- A Hazy Shade of Winter (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
Altri album
- Live At Carnegie Hall 1969 - EP
- Playlist: Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
- Live At Syracuse University, Syracuse, Ny, Nov 1967 (Remastered)
- The Early Years 1957-1962
- Live 1969
- Old Friends Live On Stage
- The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
- The Collection
- Live From New York City, 1967 (Alben für die Ewigkeit)
- Live from New York City, 1967
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