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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 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 (1)________ 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, (2)__________ more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing (3)__________ that voices (4)__________ share...
And no one dare
Disturb the (5)__________ of silence.

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

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