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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 (2)____________ I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Beneath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my (3)________ were stabbed
By the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And (4)______________ 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 (5)________ 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 words (6)________ I might (7)__________ you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And (8)____________ in the wells of silence.

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign (9)______________ out its warning
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said: The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And (10)________________ halls,
And whisper'd in the sound of silence.
Answers:
(1) sound(2) dreams(3) eyes(4) touched(5) that(6) that(7) teach(8) echoed(9) flashed(10) tenement