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Sounds Of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to (1)________ 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 (2)__________ of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were (3)______________ by the flash of a (4)________ light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked (5)__________ I saw
Ten thousand people, (6)__________ more
People talking without speaking
People (7)______________ without listening
People writing songs that (8)____________ never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows."
"Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my (9)________ that I might reach you."
But my words, like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed In the wells of silence
And the (10)____________ 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 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) talk(2) sound(3) stabbed(4) neon(5) light(6) maybe(7) hearing(8) voices(9) arms(10) people