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The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've (1)________ to talk with you again
Because a vision (2)____________ creeping
Left its seeds 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 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 touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, (4)__________ more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices (5)__________ share...
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.

Fools, said I, you do not know
Silence like a (6)____________ grows.
Hear my words that I might (7)__________ you,
Take my (8)________ that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed in the wells of silence.

And the (9)____________ bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words (10)________ 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) come(2) softly(3) eyes(4) maybe(5) never(6) cancer(7) teach(8) arms(9) people(10) that