Meaning_Of_The_Sounds_Of_Silence

Meaning Of The Sounds Of Silence The Sounds of Silence By Simon And Garfunkel Simon and Garfunkel present a common problem surrounding the way people live. That is the problem of people having trouble speaking about their problems, fears, and emotions. I myself have this problem and that is one of the reasons I like this song. It helps me reflect on what I feel. The first words of the song are: “Hello darkness, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again” This could mean if you do not share your problems you get angry and that in a way is talking to darkness. Simon and Garfunkel call darkness their old friend because they have talked to darkness before. The song also says: “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.” Many people feel they can hide their feeling by speaking things they do not believe. People are so caught up in their problems and emotions that they can’t share or really listen to someone else’s problems. “People writing songs that voices never share no one dared disturb the sounds of silence.” People are to embarrassed to people, song, silence, problems, share, words, songs, walls, subway, sounds, one, emotions, darkness, written, speaking, simon, problem, meaning, mean, lot, garfunkel, writing, without, voices, think, things, talking, sign, said, prophets, old, never, neon, means, know, keep