Sound of Silence (寂静之声)

作词 : Paul Simon

作曲 : Paul Simon

选自电影《毕业生》　词曲：Paul Simon　合唱及钢琴改编：Mark Hayes　演出：北京酷儿合唱团　指挥：亚瑟　钢琴：江雨

Listen to the sound of silence.

Hello, darkness, my old friend,

I've come to talk to 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 cobble stone.

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 night 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 rain-drops, fell,

and echoed in the wells of silence.

And the people bow and prayed

to the neon god they made.

And the sign flash 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 whispered in the sounds of silence.

Listen to the sound of silence.

Silence.