The Sound of Silence (Original Version from 1964)

"And the people bowed and prayed....to the neon god they made" ........
Sounds current to me

Memes aside, this is truly a beautiful song.

One problem with this song...




It ends.

Contrapoints brought me here, with her "edgy" darkness

Helo darkness my old friend

Darkness: who tf said we are friends

Simon & Garfunkel are not even talking anymore :( so sad

Cant believe disturbed version got way more views then this

1965: "Wow, this song is amazing!"

2019: "Wow, this song is amazing!"

3050: "Wow, this song is amazing!"

"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 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 streetlamp
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
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"

Hello darkness my old friend
Forgot to pay the electric bill again

When you tried to kill the spider, but you failed and it fell somewhere on your bed.

Still touches the heart and soul. Nobody does it better!

When Brightness unfriends you

Anyone here after seeing the PENTATONIX cover?
(And realising what all you've missed on in life)

You guys here for Valentines Day too?

Hey guys it's February 14...and I'm going to spend this day alone...like always...yeet

Edit: Thanks for 200 likes :) I wasen't expecting to get any
Edit.2: If this gets 300 likes I don't know should I be happy or sad
Edit.3: ....300 likes..thanks guys!
Edit.4: Someone just wanted me to make 4th edit so I'll make this. Uuh thanks for almost 500 likes and if I get it on next week Im sorry that I wont be abled to make edit about it fast
Edit.5: okay I found some time to edit and holy sheet 600 likes! I have never got this much likes and I didn't even ask for them
Edit.7: there is no edit 6 sorry :(
Edit.8: 900 likes...yeetus why is this happening! Thx!

This song is epic, and will always remind us of the greatness of our singers in the past. Through music they basically were having a vision of our future as well. So not only were Simon and Garfunkel visionary singers, so were many others. Even now when you hear their songs and you are from another generation, you fall in love with the songs from the 60's through the 80's and even 90's . Because music from then made a lot sense, and touched everyone with it's lyrics. It continues to touch us!That is the beauty of music. That it reaches your soul and spirit and gets you to sing the words with it, to raise your spirits and give you positive vibes to help you get through another tiring day on earth!

play this song in my funeral

Me:Hello darkness my old friend


Darkness: I have girlfriend

Great song and one of the best lyrics I've ever read.

These two men were put on this planet to do one thing...Sing with each other. I, personally, don't believe in destiny, but this might be just about the best example of it. As well as "The Boxer."

when your at cloncurry state school and your 2 months of summer you just play video games and sadly wacth youtube and if you have freinds they be like sorry mate im doing something else maybe next time

I remember listening to this in the back seat when on a road trip with my family, 25 years ago. Can still smell the cigarette smoke and the cool breeze from the back window with nobody else on the road.

Damn I miss my father.

This song is actually so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

I'm glad this song is still listened to, by people
Even if it's because of some silly memes

came for the meme, stayed for the music

People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening.

Sums up the comments pretty well.

When someone thinks the song is called “hello darkness my old friend”

when 90% of the comments start with WHEN

When 80% of the comments starts with when...

When all the comments starts with "when"

When you forgot to pay the electricity bill

When all the comments begin with "When"

When you thought you plugged in your phone at night, but when you wake up its at 5%

When you realize life could just be a hallucination caused by inhaling oxygen

When your playing the no internet game on chrome...

when you just Exploded and realize there is no toilet Paper

When u forget to save your game

When the teacher tells everyone to "find a partner" and no one chose you so youre left with the most rancid classmate available.

When you see the first question on the test

Me: Hello darkness my old friend..
Darkness: I have a boyfriend

When a good song like this gets memed to hell

When you say a joke but no one laughs...

When you think the cookie is chocolate but it's actually raisin.

Me : Hello Darkness My Old Friend
Darkness : I'm Not Your Friend

When you listen to this song unironically because it's a good song

When you write a message in a group chat and everyone sees it but no one answers

when you realize that the girl that you kidnapped is Liam Neeson's daughter

When pewdiepie won't delete his channel

When you finally get the balls to say that you like her but she sends you to the friend zone...