The sound of silence

是的，大家都知道這首歌是電影「畢業生」的主題曲，但是你可知道其實這首歌的是Paul Simon在1963年John F. Kennedy遇刺之後有感而發，花了四個月才完成的？一開始這首收錄在1964年發行專輯Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.的空心吉他譜曲版本並沒有引起大眾回應，直到Bob Dylan的製作人Tom Wilson以電吉他和爵士鼓重新譜曲後，以單曲形式發行，才迅速爬上冠軍榜，而後收錄在專輯Sounds of Silence中。

歌詞裡的vision指得是「JFK的政治理念」，而不是影像喔！

The Sound of Silence

Artist: Simon and Garfunkel
Writer: Paul Simon

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 whispered in the sounds of silence