The Sound Of Silence

After a looooooooong long time, here I am. Not to "rock you like a hurricane" like The Scorpions would say, but to make you hear the sound of silence.

Tonight, my girlfriend was listening to some songs from Kings Of Convenience (which is a fantastic group, by the way) and than I told her that their voices reminded me of Simon & Garfunkel. So, I found this song at youtube that is my favorite: The Sound Of Silence

So, listening to it, reading the lyrics, I closed my eyes and tried to figure the scenes that they mention in this song. I don't know about you, but I can see a lonely guy walking in some dark streets in a small town after midnight. The melody is really special and the harmony that they make is very peculliar. Quite relaxing, isn't it?

Read it, listen to it, think about it, enjoy it, and let me know your impressions!
I hope to be back soon.

The Sound Of Silence (Paul Simon)
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 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 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.