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 seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision
That was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the (1)__________ of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow (2)______________ of cobblestone
Beneath the halo of a (3)____________ lamp
I turned my collar to the (4)________ and damp
When my (5)________ were stabbed
By the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And (6)______________ the (7)__________ of silence

And in the (8)__________ light I saw
Ten (9)________________ people, maybe more
People talking (10)______________ speaking
People (11)______________ without listening
People (12)______________ songs that voices never share...
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.

Fools, said I, you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my (13)__________ (14)________ I might (15)__________ you,
Take my arms that I might (16)__________ you.
But my (17)__________ like (18)____________ (19)__________________ fell,
And echoed in the wells of silence.

And the people (20)__________ and prayed
To the (21)________ god (22)________ made.
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said: The (23)__________ of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls,
And whisper'd in the sound of silence.

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