The Sound of Silence
Aga Lyrics

hello darkness my old friend
I have returned to my old friend, the darkness, as I face a situation where I feel alone and need to confide in someone who understands.

I've come to talk with you again
I've returned to share my thoughts and emotions with the darkness once again, seeking comfort and understanding.

Because a vision softly creeping
A mental image is slowly and subtly appearing in my mind, almost as if it's sneaking up on me.

Left its seeds while I was sleeping
This vision came to me while I was asleep, planting thoughts and ideas in my mind that I may not have noticed but are influencing me nonetheless.

And the vision that was planted
The image that was planted in my mind

In my brain still remains
This vision is still present in my thoughts and impacting how I feel and perceive the world around me.

Within the sound of silence
The vision is associated with the silence and stillness that surrounds me in the darkness.

In restless dreams I walked along
I experience vivid dreams where I am wandering aimlessly.

Narrow streets of cobble stone
The streets in my dreams are narrow and paved with cobblestones, indicating a sense of confinement and constraint.

Beneath the halo of a street lamp
I am walking under the glow of street lamps, which represents a guiding or illuminating force in my life.

I turned my collar to the cold and damp
I shield myself from the harsh, cold, and damp environment of the streets by turning up my collar to protect myself.

When my eyes were stabbed
Suddenly and unexpectedly, my eyes were painfully assaulted.

By the flash of a neon light
This pain was caused by the sudden illumination of a neon light, which represents the harshness and artificiality of the world around me.

That split the night
The light was so bright that it pierced through the darkness of night.

And touched the sound of silence
This sudden intrusion into the stillness and silence of the night suggests a disruption or violation of the peace and quiet I was seeking.

And in the naked light I saw
In the sudden brightness of the neon light, I became aware of something that was previously hidden or obscured.

Ten thousand people maybe more
I became aware of a multitude of people, who were previously invisible to me in the darkness.

People talking without speaking
These people were engaged in conversation but not communicating anything meaningful or genuine.

People hearing without listening
The people were physically present and could hear, but they were not actively engaged or receptive to what was being said.

People writing songs that voices never share
These people were creating art that was not genuinely expressive or honest, but rather created for the sake of creating.

And no one dare
None of these people had the courage to break through the surface level conversations and address deeper issues.

Disturb the sound of silence
These people chose to maintain the shallow, meaningless conversation to avoid any disruptions in the atmosphere of false peace and quiet.

Fool said I You do not know
In response to this realization, I called myself a fool for not seeing this before and confronted the artificiality of the environment around me.

Silence like a cancer grows
The silence and stillness around us is not a healing or restorative force, but rather a negative influence that spreads like a disease.

Hear my words that I might teach you
I offer my insights and knowledge to those around me in order to guide them toward a more truthful and authentic way of living.

Take my arms that I might reach you
I offer my support and assistance to those around me in order to help them break through the false silence and connect with each other.

But my words like silent raindrops fell
Despite my best efforts, my words had no impact and fell on deaf ears like the quiet patter of raindrops.

And echoed in the wells of silence
My words echoed and amplified the sound of the silence around us, emphasizing the negativity of the environment and the cultural barriers to genuine conversation and communication.