The Sound of Silence

寂静之声
1967年美国电影《毕业生》主题歌
《寂静之声（The Sound of Silence）》是保罗·西蒙（Paul Simon）和阿特·加芬克尔（Art Garfunkel）合作的一首歌曲，收录在1964年10月19日录制的专辑《Wednesday Morning》中。
该歌曲在1967年作为美国电影《毕业生》的主题歌，2009年作为电影《守望者》的插曲[4]，2013年作为电影《激战》主题曲。
创作背景
1964年，保罗·西蒙移居欧洲后，开始在巴黎和英国伦敦各种民间俱乐部中演出。返回纽约后，他与CBS的唱片公司签约，制作人为汤姆·威尔森（Tom Wilson），并且重新与他的老搭档加芬克尔合作。他们在1964年录制的专辑《Wednesday Morning》，其中包括歌曲《The Sound Of Silence》的销量不是很好，使得西蒙返回伦敦。
1967年，保罗·西蒙（Paul Simon）和加芬克尔（Garfunkel）有一个重要的计划是为电影《毕业生》担任音乐制作，在1968年哥伦比亚唱片公司发行的电影原声唱片中，人们听到了《寂静之声》。
歌曲歌词
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 walk 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 signs said, 'The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.