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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 (1)__________ while I was sleeping
And the vision
That was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I (2)____________ alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Beneath the halo of a (3)____________ lamp
I (4)____________ my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes 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, (5)__________ more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share...
And no one dare
Disturb the (6)__________ of silence.

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

And the (9)____________ bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed 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 tenement halls,
And whisper'd in the sound of silence.
Answers:
(1) seeds(2) walked(3) street(4) turned(5) maybe(6) sound(7) that(8) wells(9) people