Sounds Of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've (1)________ to talk (2)________ you again
Because a (3)____________ softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the (4)____________ that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless (5)____________ I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my (6)____________ to the (7)________ and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a (8)________ light
That (9)__________ the night
And touched the (10)__________ of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten (11)________________ people, (12)__________ more
People talking (13)______________ speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs (14)________ voices (15)__________ share
And 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 (16)__________ you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words, (17)________ silent (18)__________________ fell,
And echoed In the wells of silence
And the people (19)__________ and prayed
To the (20)________ god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words (21)________ it was forming
And the sign said: "The words of the prophets
Are written on the (22)____________ walls
And tenement halls,
And whispered in the (23)____________ of silence."

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