SteemitCentral Lyrics Challenge Day 2

The Sound of Silence by Disturbed

![Album Cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71mA31G4EvL._SL1050_.jpg) 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 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 Lyrics from Google Search

Reflections

This song is a cover of the original by Simon and Garfunkel and I simply chose this because I like the dynamics in this version better. This song is about how people in a society tend to worship and blindly follow the shiny Gods which they themselves create without even paying a second thought to what these Gods are saying and how they choose to follow their commands. What frustrates the protagonist in this song the most is how these blind people don't even pay heed to anyone who tries to free them of these chains which bind them and actually get them to see things for what they are. An indication of how we don't really want to see the truth for ourselves. Follow this [link](https://steemit.com/challenge/@steemitcentral/steemitcentral-lyrics-challenge-announcement) to enter the @Steemitcentral Lyrics challenge and use the hashtag #sclyrics.