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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
All Angels
Vocal Ensemble
Simon Lole
Music Director
James Fitzpatrick
Performer
Bohumil Kotmel
First Violin
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra
John Langley
Performer
Daisy Chute
Vocals
Melanie Nakhla
Vocals
Charlotte Ritchie
Vocals
Laura Wright
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Simon
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ian Tilley
Producer
Steve Abbott
Executive Producer
Jan Holzner
Recording Engineer
Steve Lowe
Recording Engineer
Neil Tucker
Assistant Recording Engineer
Patrick Armstrong
Assistant Recording Engineer
Dick Beetham
Mastering Engineer
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 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
And no one dare
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 to 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 whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
Writer(s): Paul Simon
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