The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its (1)__________ 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 (2)____________ 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 (3)________________ 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 (4)________ a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I (5)__________ (6)__________ you.
But my words (7)________ 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 (8)______________ out its warning
In the words (9)________ it was forming.
And the signs said: The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls,
And whisper'd in the sound of silence.
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its (1)__________ 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 (2)____________ 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 (3)________________ 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 (4)________ a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I (5)__________ (6)__________ you.
But my words (7)________ 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 (8)______________ out its warning
In the words (9)________ it was forming.
And the signs said: The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls,
And whisper'd in the sound of silence.
Answers:
(1) seeds(2) street(3) thousand(4) like(5) might(6) reach(7) like(8) flashed(9) that