The Sound of Silence

Kheng Kim, a friend of mine, asked me whether I still blogged. I said yes but I was kinda lazy by then =P All of a sudden, the urge of blogging suddenly comes into my mind again hahaha. Thus I declare this blog will not die before I did =P Actually I have a few stories but perhaps I should keep them for the next postings.

Watched "Watchmen" with a few friends on Thursday. The movie was crap but the songs were really nice. One of the songs, titled "The Sound of Silence" really touched my soul. The last time I listened to it was really long ago and that served as a perfect opportunity to refresh my memory again haha.

Here it goes:



Yes it is really old but only great songs able to endure the challenge of time, am I right? ;D

Lyrics:


Hello darkness, my old friend,
Ive 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 deared
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 whisperd in the sounds of silence.