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 sound 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 stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That (1)__________ the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten (2)________________ people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People (3)______________ without listening
People writing songs that (4)____________ 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 (5)________ I might (6)__________ you,
Take my arms (7)________ I might reach you."
But my words, like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed In the wells of silence
And the (8)____________ 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 (9)________ 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 sound 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 stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That (1)__________ the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten (2)________________ people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People (3)______________ without listening
People writing songs that (4)____________ 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 (5)________ I might (6)__________ you,
Take my arms (7)________ I might reach you."
But my words, like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed In the wells of silence
And the (8)____________ 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 (9)________ said: "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls,
And whispered in the sounds of silence."
Answers:
(1) split(2) thousand(3) hearing(4) voices(5) that(6) teach(7) that(8) people(9) sign