The Sound of Silence (Live at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL - November 1969)-Simon & Garfunkel

[ti:The Sound of Silence (Live Version)] [ar:Simon & Garfunkel] [al:Simon & Garfunkel - Live 1969] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Sound of Silence (Live at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL - November 1969) - Simon & Garfunkel [00:04.91]Written by：Paul Simon [00:09.82]Hello darkness my old friend [00:13.32] [00:14.79]I've come to talk with you again [00:18.05] [00:19.74]Because a vision softly creeping [00:23.47] [00:24.86]Left its seeds while I was sleeping [00:28.96] [00:29.83]And the vision that was planted in my brain [00:36.26] [00:37.46]Still remains [00:40.08] [00:41.44]Within the sound of silence [00:46.95] [00:47.98]In restless dreams I walked alone [00:51.92] [00:53.60]Narrow streets of cobblestone [00:57.18] [00:58.43]'Neath the halo of a street lamp [01:02.60] [01:03.48]I turned my collar to the cold and damp [01:07.79] [01:08.71]When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light [01:14.92] [01:16.52]That split the night [01:17.73] [01:20.63]And touched the sound of silence [01:25.77] [01:26.90]And in the naked light I saw [01:31.22] [01:31.86]Ten thousand people maybe more [01:36.60] [01:37.37]People talking without speaking [01:40.93] [01:42.08]People hearing without listening [01:46.09] [01:47.29]People writing songs that voices never share [01:54.82] [01:56.52]No one dared [01:58.10] [02:00.11]Disturb the sound of silence [02:05.25] [02:06.63]Fools said I you do not know [02:10.87] [02:11.49]Silence like a cancer grows [02:15.96] [02:16.69]Hear my words that I might teach you [02:20.36] [02:21.70]Take my arms that I might reach you [02:25.53] [02:27.00]But my words like silent raindrops fell [02:32.67] [02:37.95]And echoed in the wells of silence [02:44.57] [02:46.22]And the people bowed and prayed [02:50.06] [02:50.85]To the neon god they made [02:54.81] [02:55.93]And the sign flashed out its warning [02:59.46] [03:00.87]In the words that it was forming [03:04.38] [03:05.61]And the sign said [03:07.35]The words of the prophets are [03:09.95]Written on the subway walls [03:13.03] [03:14.18]And tenement halls [03:16.15] [03:17.47]And whispered in the sounds of silence