Wednesday, August 8, 2007

y'all made me do it !!!! :))

The Sounds Of Silence:

By Simon And Garfunkle


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 dare
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.

14 comments:

josie2shoes said...

Oh God Soul, I LOVE that song. I used to play it over and over on my stereo as a teen. Shows you hold old that one is, doesn't it?!

Anonymous said...

Soul, hate to tell you this...but I like that song... Ha! So there... but now it'll be in my damn head all day....

SOUL said...

oh jos.. never admit to liking a crappy song. :))
this wasn't a cry in your beer song was it?
simon and garfunkle... LOL.. i have to laugh, cuz they actually did do a few that i liked.... but this aint one of em.
but i'm glad you enjoyed it
(snicker)

Anonymous said...

oh which SG song do you like? Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water♪?

SOUL said...

OH GAWD.. yankee.. you jumped in while i was typing.... i'll just ditto what i said to josie.
criminey. what's wrong with you people?
i bet everyone is gonna say they like this song ????
argh.
guess i'll have to try harder next time?

Anonymous said...

come chat if ur still bored!

SOUL said...

YANKEE...how'd you guess? i do like THAT one! LOL

SOUL said...

on the way kiddo

Unknown said...

Wow, when you said a shitty song, you weren't kidding. Of course, this hippie liked it.

SOUL said...

OMG another one. :))

Unknown said...

That shoulda read "that hippie"...Josie.

SOUL said...

i wondered if that was what you meant. now i don't feel so alone. ha

Rebecca said...

I absolutely LOVE that song. Love S & G period! Their live in Central Park double record form the early 80s one of my all time faves!

Do you like the fighter? Last verse is my favorite--depending where I am in my cycle, it can make me cry.

In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him
til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Yes he still remains

SOUL said...

well, apparently i have failed at my shitty song O' the day. hmmm
but rebecca, that's alright i guess.

i do not remember the song in which you speak of. but the lyrics sound alright.
perhaps i'll check u tube for it.

anyways.

well. that's about it for here. moovin on.