C.: Well, Ralph and his band are quarantined in a hotel room in Hoboken, New Jersey for now. Covid is still active on the east coast. I guess everyone living on top of each other is detrimental to one’s health. Go figure. Since I am off work from The Kennel this weekend, I will just chill and listen to some mellow tunes. I will let my mind wander as I do this…
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
C.: How can silence have a sound when it is, by definition, “The complete absence of sound”? And how can someone befriend something that is not only inanimate, but also is intangible?
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
C.: Maybe, if he chose a wider street to walk on, he wouldn’t have to walk alone. Just a thought. .And we have two inanimate, intangible things touching? How so?
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 No one dared Disturb the sound of silence
C.: Boy, can I relate. In the twenty-first century, everyone communicates, NOBODY listens!
"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
C.: I only have legs, not feet. Besides, if he takes a human’s arms, doesn’t that leave that person at a disadvantage in life?
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
C.: That IS how the “Head Cat” (hehe) came into being on MY planet, too!
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"
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Paul Simon
The Sound of Silence lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
C.: Sounds of Silence? Now the inanimate and intangible is plural?
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