“Sound of Silence” with Lyrics/Simon & Garfunkel

 “Sound of Silence” with Lyrics 

“The Sound of Silence” is a song. The song had been performed by Simon & Garfunkel and it was written by Paul Simon for many months in 1963 and 1964. After the studio audition, they had signed a record deal with Columbia Record. In March 1964, the original acoustic version of the song was being recorded at Columbia Studios in New York City and had been released on 19 October, 1964. The song was included on their debut album “Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M” but after releasing the album, it was a commercial failure. For this reason, Simon went back to England and Art Garfukel started his study at Columbia University. 

In 1965, Tom Wilson had remixed the track which was being released on September 1965 but Simon and Garfunkel didn’t know about the song’s remix. The song reached at the top position on the Billboard Hot 100. Simon & Garfunkel again reunite and they had recorded their second album, which Columbia had titled “Sounds of Silence”. 

"The Sound of Silence" had been used in several movies including Kingpin (1996), Old School (2003), Bobby (2006), Watchman (2009), Trolls (2016), and One Twelve Years Night (2018). 

In 2012, the song had been added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress because of being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" 

Singer: Simon & Garfunkel 

Album: Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. and Sounds of Silence 

Songwriter(s): Paul Simon 

Recorded:  March 10, 1964 (original vocals)  

Studio: Columbia Recording, New York City 

B-side: "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'" 

Genre: Folk rock 

Length: 3:05 

Label: Columbia 

Producer(s): Tom Wilson 

Released: 12 September, 1965 

“Sound of Silence” Lyrics 

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 streetlamp 

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 

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 sounds of silence."