美添音乐 Everyday music 《The Sound of Silence》
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美添音乐
Everyday music
第67添
——《The Sound of Silence》
歌名：《The Sound of Silence》
歌者：Simon & Garfunkel
词曲：Paul Simon
流派：民谣
歌曲评分：满分五星，歌词意境、旋律动听程度（包括歌手的演唱是否优美）、情感的丰富性、配乐水平、流行程度等五个方面判断。
学习难度：最容易的为1星，最难为5星。
歌词
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 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
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
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多添一点：
Paul Simon创作的这首《The Sound of Silence》可谓民谣的经典之作。1963年，美国肯尼迪总统遇刺，和很多理想主义的年轻人一样，Simon受到很大的冲击。他在愤怒和哀伤之中写出了“The Sound of Silence”。