Sounds 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 (1)__________ of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a (2)____________ lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes (3)________ stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And (4)______________ the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices (5)__________ share
And no one dared
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 (8)__________ you."
But my words, like (9)____________ raindrops fell,
And echoed In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god (10)________ made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said: "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls,
And whispered in the sounds of silence."
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 (1)__________ of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a (2)____________ lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes (3)________ stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And (4)______________ the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices (5)__________ share
And no one dared
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 (8)__________ you."
But my words, like (9)____________ raindrops fell,
And echoed In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god (10)________ made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said: "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls,
And whispered in the sounds of silence."
Answers:
(1) sound(2) street(3) were(4) touched(5) never(6) sound(7) that(8) reach(9) silent(10) they