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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 (2)____________ softly creeping
Left its (3)__________ 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 (4)______________ by the (5)__________ of a neon light
That split the night
And (6)______________ 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 (7)______________ songs that voices 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 arms that 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 (9)________ 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) vision(3) seeds(4) stabbed(5) flash(6) touched(7) writing(8) people(9) they