The Sound of Silence (Original Version from 1964)
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Lyrics: 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 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 shared
No one dared
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 sound of silence"
This is the original version from 1964 from the album "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM." Just Simon's guitar and the vocals. The famous version was released in 1966. After "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM" flopped, they split up. Without either their knowledge, electric guitars and drums were added and that version of The Sound of Silence became very popular, reaching #1 on the charts in America on New Years Day, 1966. Because of this, Simon and Garfunkel teamed up again and created three more studio albums, one of which one a Grammy award for album of the year and song of the year (Bridge Over Troubled Water).
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 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 shared
No one dared
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 sound of silence"
This is the original version from 1964 from the album "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM." Just Simon's guitar and the vocals. The famous version was released in 1966. After "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM" flopped, they split up. Without either their knowledge, electric guitars and drums were added and that version of The Sound of Silence became very popular, reaching #1 on the charts in America on New Years Day, 1966. Because of this, Simon and Garfunkel teamed up again and created three more studio albums, one of which one a Grammy award for album of the year and song of the year (Bridge Over Troubled Water).
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50 synchronized"And the people bowed and prayed....to the neon god they made" ........
2Sounds current to me
Memes aside, this is truly a beautiful song.
1One problem with this song...
204It ends.
Contrapoints brought me here, with her "edgy" darkness
264Helo darkness my old friend
9Darkness: who tf said we are friends
Simon & Garfunkel are not even talking anymore :( so sad
9Cant believe disturbed version got way more views then this
691965: "Wow, this song is amazing!"
6622019: "Wow, this song is amazing!"
3050: "Wow, this song is amazing!"
"The Sound Of Silence"
113Hello 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
454Forgot to pay the electric bill again
When you tried to kill the spider, but you failed and it fell somewhere on your bed.
148Still touches the heart and soul. Nobody does it better!
43When Brightness unfriends you
113Anyone here after seeing the PENTATONIX cover?
157(And realising what all you've missed on in life)
You guys here for Valentines Day too?
6Hey guys it's February 14...and I'm going to spend this day alone...like always...yeet
911Edit: 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!
185play this song in my funeral
11Me:Hello darkness my old friend
2,236Darkness: I have girlfriend
Great song and one of the best lyrics I've ever read.
35These 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."
46when 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
0I 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.
84Damn I miss my father.
This song is actually so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
180I'm glad this song is still listened to, by people
19Even if it's because of some silly memes
came for the meme, stayed for the music
459People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening.
734Sums up the comments pretty well.
When someone thinks the song is called “hello darkness my old friend”
393when 90% of the comments start with WHEN
991When 80% of the comments starts with when...
593When all the comments starts with "when"
850When you forgot to pay the electricity bill
1,253When all the comments begin with "When"
1,273When you thought you plugged in your phone at night, but when you wake up its at 5%
385When you realize life could just be a hallucination caused by inhaling oxygen
285When your playing the no internet game on chrome...
431when you just Exploded and realize there is no toilet Paper
269When u forget to save your game
305When the teacher tells everyone to "find a partner" and no one chose you so youre left with the most rancid classmate available.
297When you see the first question on the test
417Me: Hello darkness my old friend..
888Darkness: I have a boyfriend
When a good song like this gets memed to hell
1,437When you say a joke but no one laughs...
1,065When you think the cookie is chocolate but it's actually raisin.
223Me : Hello Darkness My Old Friend
1,334Darkness : I'm Not Your Friend
When you listen to this song unironically because it's a good song
1,665When you write a message in a group chat and everyone sees it but no one answers
1,384when you realize that the girl that you kidnapped is Liam Neeson's daughter
865When pewdiepie won't delete his channel
633When you finally get the balls to say that you like her but she sends you to the friend zone...
826