The Sound Of Silence Lyrics

The song The Sound Of Silence is performed by Paul Simon in the album named Concert in the Park in the year 1991 .



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
Beneath 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 signs said: "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls,
And whisper'd in the sound of silence."




Paul Simon - Concert in the Park

Nov 1991

  1. The Obvious Child (Live Version)
  2. The Boy In The Bubble (Live Version)
  3. She Moves On (Live Version)
  4. Kodachrome (Live Version)
  5. Born At The Right Time [Live]
  6. Train In The Distance (Live Version)
  7. Me And Julio Down By The School Yard (Live Version)
  8. I Know What I Know (Live Version)
  9. The Cool, Cool River [Live]
  10. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Live Version)
  11. Proof (Live Version)
  12. The Coast (Live Version)
  13. Graceland (Live Version)
  14. You Can Call Me Al (Live Version)
  15. Still Crazy After All These Years (Live Version)
  16. Loves Me Like A Rock (Live Version)
  17. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (Live Version)
  18. Hearts And Bones (Live Version)
  19. Late In The Evening (Live Version)
  20. America (Live Version)
  21. The Boxer (Live Version)
  22. Cecilia (Live Version)
  23. The Sound Of Silence [Live]


The Sound Of Silence