（音樂：Sound of Silence）
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The Sound Of Silence

賽門與葛芬柯二重唱(Simon & Garfunkel)
是在一九六零年代風行美國的合唱團，
賽門與葛芬柯在紐約皇后區就讀高中時
就是好友，而且共組了二重唱合唱團，
上大學時兩人都在紐約，
開始以真名演出，演唱賽門自己寫的歌曲。
1964年出了第一張唱片，
這首The Sound Of Silence是其中的一首，
可是唱片銷路奇差，
兩人因之分手，賽門獨自到英國打天下。
沒想到唱片公司把這首歌的伴奏部分重新錄音，
並且在1966年九月出了單張， 很受好評，
在1966年一月登上排名榜寶座。
兩人因之再度合作，
以後又連續出了好些成功的歌曲，
如《惡水上的大橋》等。
1990年兩人被選入搖滾樂名人堂。

這首《The Sound of Silence》是
對現代社會人與人之間的疏離，
以及對現代人崇尚金錢的一個諷刺。

The Sound Of Silence

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 turn 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 shared
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 whispered in the sound of silence