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Sounds Of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to (1)________ (2)________ you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its (3)__________ while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In (4)________________ (5)____________ I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I (6)____________ my (7)____________ to the cold and damp
When my eyes (8)________ stabbed by the (9)__________ 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 (10)______________ (11)______________ listening
People writing songs (12)________ voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the (13)__________ of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a (14)____________ grows."
"Hear my (15)__________ that I might (16)__________ 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 (17)____________ (18)__________ and prayed
To the (19)________ god (20)________ made
And the sign (21)______________ out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said: "The (22)__________ of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And (23)________________ halls,
And whispered in the sounds of silence."
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