{"id":6509,"date":"2011-09-13T09:23:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T09:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=6509"},"modified":"2011-09-13T12:55:45","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T12:55:45","slug":"the-sound-of-silence-at-ground-zero-on-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-09\/the-sound-of-silence-at-ground-zero-on-911\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sound of Silence at Ground Zero On 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 9\/11\/11, America’s masterful Paul Simon <\/strong>delivered a moving version of his salient song, The Sound of Silence<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 Not much more need be said, except that if you’re not affected by the video, you may require a soul-check<\/strong>.\u00a0 Check the performance below the lyrics, which seemed to\u00a0 only find their purpose 37 years after having been written (in 1964).<\/p>\n

“Hello darkness, my old friend
\nI’ve come to talk with you again
\nBecause a vision softly creeping
\nLeft its seeds while I was sleeping
\nAnd the vision that was planted in my brain
\nStill remains
\nWithin the sound of silence<\/p>\n

In restless dreams I walked alone
\nNarrow streets of cobblestone
\n‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
\nI turn my collar to the cold and damp
\nWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
\nThat split the night
\nAnd touched the sound of silence<\/p>\n

And in the naked light I saw
\nTen thousand people maybe more
\nPeople talking without speaking
\nPeople hearing without listening
\nPeople writing songs that voices never shared
\nNo one dared
\nDisturb the sound of silence<\/p>\n

“Fools,” said I, “you do not know
\nSilence like a cancer grows
\nHear my words that I might teach you
\nTake my arms that I might reach you”
\nBut my words like silent raindrops fell
\nAnd echoed in the wells of silence<\/p>\n

And the people bowed and prayed
\nTo the neon god they made
\nAnd the sign flashed out its warning
\nIn the words that it was forming
\nAnd the sign said “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
\nAnd tenement halls
\nAnd whispered in the sound of silence””<\/p>\n