The Sound Of Silence 
Composer(s): Paul Simon
First release by: Simon and Garfunkel - 1964
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1965 - Het Geluid Van Stilte (Boudewijn de Groot)
1966 - La Voix Du Silence (Marie Laforêt)
1966 - La Tua Immagine (Mike Liddell & Gli Atomi)
1975 - Il Suono Del Silenzio (Adriano Pappalardo)
1982 - Chanson D'innocence (Gérard Lenorman)



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 
Beneath the halo of a street lamp 
I turned my collar to the cold and damp 
When my eyes where 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 listening without hearing 
People writing songs that voices never share 
And no one there 
Disturbs the sound of silence 

Fools, I said, 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 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