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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 (1)__________ of a neon light
That split the night
And touched 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 (2)______________ songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a (3)____________ grows."
"Hear my (4)__________ that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words, (5)________ (6)____________ raindrops fell,
And echoed In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the (7)________ god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said: "The (8)__________ of the prophets
Are (9)______________ on the subway walls
And tenement halls,
And (10)__________________ in the sounds of silence."
Answers:
(1) flash(2) writing(3) cancer(4) words(5) like(6) silent(7) neon(8) words(9) written(10) whispered