The Sound of Silence
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 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 writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
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 people 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 whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
Comentarios: Obra maestra total, no ya en el catálogo de Simon, sino en la historia del pop-rock. Fue empezada en noviembre de 1963 despues de que Paul se enterara del asesinato de Kennedy, llevándole bastante tiempo acabarla, pues no estuvo concluida hasta el 19 de febrero de 1964. Según Simon es una visión social de la falta de comunicación. Con esta canción comienza el ciclo de composiciones dedicadas a la soledad y a la alienación que tanto caracterizaron la mayor parte de las composiciones que realizó para S&G. |
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